"I think it takes a black man to write about black men,” Gregory Allen Howard said in a newspaper interview in 2009.

"It was he who first came up with the notion of using television to teach preschoolers basic skills, such as letters and numbers."

The unexpected death was announced by the Thompson Fire Department in Ohio. The veteran leaves behind a wife and son.

An award-winning chef is being mourned by Scotland's culinary community following his unexpected death at 48 years old.

Parents and students of an Illinois school are mourning after a longtime physical education teacher passed away at her home.

Robbie Knievel's brother said he lost his battle with pancreatic cancer after being in hospice care for three days.

The band sold millions of records in the 1970s with their blend of grinding guitar riffs and catchy melodies.

"The six stringed Warrior is no longer here for us to admire the spell he could weave around our mortal emotions."

"He leaves behind friends, grieving teammates, a grieving cadet wing, and a devastated family," the cadet commander said.

Blake Hounshell, a well-known journalist who edited The New York Times’ “On Politics” newsletter, died on Tuesday.