Obituary – Page 46 – People's World

Kenneth J. BeSaw, photojournalist and Communist

December 18, 2009 By PW Editorial Board

Kenneth J. BeSaw, longtime photographer for People's World, died at the end of November while recovering from back surgery.

Radical folk music pioneer dies at 88

December 5, 2009

Bess Lomax Hawes, a member of the famous Lomax family of folklorists and of the legendary Almanac Singers, died Nov. 27 at the age of 88.

Lawrence McGurty, a tremendous life

October 22, 2009 By Tim Wheeler

Lawrence "Mac" McGurty passed away Oct. 9 at the age of 93. His life encompassed the major events and movements of the last century, many that he participated in as an activist rather than an observer.

Filmmaker Ousmane Sembène, lifelong radical

June 22, 2007 By Dennis Laumann

His films tackled the most contentious issues in Africa, frequently provoking the indignation of the ruling class of both his home country and its former colonizer.

Harry Gaynor: fighter for open housing, social justice

October 7, 2005

Harry Gaynor, a longtime fighter for peace and justice, died in Chicago on Aug. 19 of heart failure. He was 90. Born in 1914 in Brooklyn, N.Y., of Ukrainian Jewish immigrants, Gaynor’s family moved to Chicago...