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White woman whose claim caused Emmett Till murder has died

2 years 2 months ago
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of whistling at and accosting her in Mississippi in 1955 — causing his lynching, which galvanized a generation of activists to rise up in the Civil Rights Movement — has died at 88. Carolyn Bryant Donham died in hospice care Tuesday night [...]
EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, Associated Press

Jerry Springer, politician turned TV ringmaster, dies at 79

2 years 2 months ago
CINCINNATI (AP) — Jerry Springer, the onetime mayor and news anchor whose namesake TV show featured a three-ring circus of dysfunctional guests willing to bare all — sometimes literally — as they brawled and hurled obscenities before a raucous audience, died Thursday at 79. At its peak, “The Jerry Springer Show” was a ratings powerhouse [...]
DAN SEWELL, Associated Press