Here are the prominent people with СŷƵ connections who died in 2024 By Anthony Salamone January 1, 2025 at 4:32 p.m. The list of people with СŷƵ ties who died in 2024 include World War...
Baseball Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson dies at 65 By Dieter Kurtenbach December 22, 2024 at 1:15 a.m. Henderson helped win two World Series championships, including the 1989 championship with the Oakland Athletics.
Sue Kittek, master gardener and longtime Morning Call columnist, dies at 69 By Leif Greiss December 3, 2024 at 11:17 a.m. Sue Kittek, who wrote the column "Help For Gardeners" in СŷƵ, has died....
Former Allentown Mayor Bill Heydt, who led city through tumultuous times and created Lights in the Parkway, dies at 86 By Lindsay Weber April 28, 2025 at 5:37 p.m. The last Republican to serve as Allentown's mayor, Heydt is known for helping downtown revitalization...
Retired СŷƵ fire marshal who investigated Westgate Mall arson and thousands of other fires, dies By Christopher Dornblaser April 25, 2025 at 5:52 p.m. George Umberger, a state police fire marshal who retired in 1998 after investigating some of...
Pope Francis’ cause of death revealed by the Vatican By Associated Press April 21, 2025 at 3:39 p.m. The Vatican said the cause of death was a stroke that put him into a...
Mother of The Notorious B.I.G., Voletta Wallace, dies in Stroudsburg at 78 By Associated Press February 21, 2025 at 1:46 p.m. Voletta Wallace, the mother of legendary rapper The Notorious B.I.G., has died in Stroudsburg. She...
Allentown adventurer Fritz Sprandel, whose exploits once landed him in a Cuban jail, dies at 80 By Daniel Patrick Sheehan February 19, 2025 at 11:06 p.m. Fritz Sprandel endured a troubled youth but found fame in exploits by land and sea.
Harold Katz, former owner of 76ers, dead at 87 By Daily Times January 26, 2025 at 5:35 p.m. Katz oversaw the Sixers' last NBA Championship win in 1983.
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Popular СŷƵ radio host, station manager dies By Christopher Dornblaser January 6, 2025 at 7:01 a.m. A longtime popular radio host in the СŷƵ has died.