Obituary – Page 18 – People's World

Activist and Black Panther co-founder, Elbert ‘Big Man’ Howard, dies at 80

July 26, 2018 By Special to People’s World

He, along with Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton, was one of six people who founded the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense in Oakland in October 1966.

Koko the gorilla, 46: An ‘icon for interspecies communication, empathy’

June 22, 2018 By Lorraine Chow

"Koko's capacity for language and empathy has opened the minds and hearts of millions."

Edward E. Sadlowski, 79; a champion of labor

June 11, 2018 By Ed Sadlowski, Jr.

“Oilcan” passed away today June 10, after a hard struggle with Lewy body dementia.

Max Berrú, founder of the Chilean group Inti Illimani, dies

May 15, 2018 By Barbara Russum

Max Berrú Carrión was born in Cariamanga, Ecuador, June 5, 1942. He died May 1 at the age of 74 in Santiago de Chile.

Winnie Mandela: muere un ícono de Sudáfrica, pero su legado perdura

April 15, 2018 By Ilsa Rodríguez

Sudáfrica dijo adiós a Winnie Mandela, ícono de la lucha antiapartheid, con homenajes y reconocimientos póstumos que culminaron en un tributo multitudinario en Johannesburgo y funerales con honores de jefe de Estado.