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Obituaries

Charles Ogletree, longtime legal and civil rights scholar, dies at 70 at Maryland home

Ogletree represented Anita Hill when she accused Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment during the future U.S. Supreme Court justice’s Senate confirmation hearings in 1991.

Associated Press

Aug 5, 2023

Harvard law professor Charles Ogletree Jr., center, takes part in a panel discussion during the National Association of Black Journalists convention in Boston on Aug. 1, 2014.

André Watts, acclaimed pianist and Peabody alum, dies at 77

In the late 1960s, Watts started studying at the Peabody Institute under Leon Fleisher while maintaining a full concert schedule.

The Associated Press

Jul 18, 2023

Andre Watts, 16, performs the Liszt piano concerto No. 1 with the New York Philharmonic, on Jan. 31, 1963. Watts died Wednesday, July 12, 2023 in Bloomington, Ind., at age 77. (AP Photo/Matty Zimmerman, File)

Former Baltimore Colts linebacker Johnie Cooks dies at 64

The Mississippi State star was the No. 2 overall pick in the 1982.

The Associated Press

Jul 7, 2023

Johnie Cooks (98) played 10 NFL seasons for the Baltimore and Indianapolis Colts, New York Giants and Cleveland Browns.

Sam Zell, billionaire real estate investor who once owned The Baltimore Sun, dies at 81

The blunt-spoken Zell made a fortune in real estate but his 2007 acquisition of the Tribune Co., including some of the nation’s best-known newspapers, resulted in the media giant filing for bankruptcy.

The Associated Press and Banner Staff

May 19, 2023

FILE - Sam Zell listens during an interview by Maria Bartiromo, during her "Mornings with Maria Bartiromo" program on the Fox Business Network, in New York, on Aug. 15, 2017. Zell, a Chicago real estate magnate who earned a multibillion-dollar fortune and a reputation as "the grave dancer" for his ability to revive moribund properties, died on Thursday, May 18, 2023. He was 81.

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