Former NBA great Bill Russell speaks during a news conference at the NBA All-Star basketball weekend, Feb. 14, 2009, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, file)
The most prolific winner in NBA history, Russell marched with Martin Luther King Jr., stood with Muhammad Ali and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama.
READ MOREOur beloved Connie lost her battle with Cancer, however, her humble legacy will forever live on at PassinArt: A Theatre Company. There, they pass art, history, and culture from one generation to the next, which embodies Connie's life mission.
READ MOREA small ceremony will be held at Willamette Cemetery on Tuesday, August 9, 2022
READ MOREPaul E. Stewart Jr. was born October 22, 1945 in Portland, and passed away June 23, 2022.
READ MOREThe funeral mass will be at St. Andrew Catholic Church, NE 8th and Alberta on June 4 at 11 a.m.
READ MOREServices will be held April 2, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at Westminster Presbyterian, 1624 NE Hancock St. in Portland, Ore.
READ MORETaylor Hawkins of the Foo Fighters performs at Pilgrimage Music and Cultural Festival at The Park at Harlinsdale on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Franklin, Tenn. (Photo by Al Wagner/Invision/AP, File)
Seattle's Foo Fighters had been scheduled to play at a festival in Bogota, Colombia, on Friday night. Hawkins' final concert was Sunday at another festival in San Isidro, Argentina.
READ MOREHomegoing Celebration will be held on Saturday, March 26, 2022, 10:00 a.m. at Emmanuel Church
READ MOREA lifelong Democrat who nonetheless worked to bring Republicans into her orbit, Albright was chosen to be America's top diplomat, where she had been only the second woman to hold that job.
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