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Robert LaRouche, longtime Post-Dispatch photographer and editor, dead at 90
Robert LaRouche, a mainstay of the Post-Dispatch photo staff for 44 years who was inducted into the Missouri Photojournalism Hall of Fame in 2016, has died at 90.
Tammie Holland, longtime St. Louis radio personality, dies at 53
Holland’s voice was a staple in St. Louis R&B radio for more than two decades.
Alice Handelman, longtime philanthropist and writer, died Monday
Alice Handelman dies; once hosted a hockey show — "Alice in Hockeyland" —on KPLR in the 1970s.
Amateur sports mainstay Gussie Crawford died Monday
Crawford, 86 was a leader in STL amateur sports and a former national president of the Amateur Athletics Union. The AAU's lifetime achievement award is named after her.
Battle of the Bulge veteran to be buried Saturday with military honors
Eugene Ganz, 98, of Manchester, was awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart for his service in the historic battle of World War II.
Elsie Beck Glickert, former U. City councilwoman and civic activist, dies at 96
In recent years, she was in the news as an outspoken opponent of the Loop Trolley.
Masters champion, Belleville native Bob Goalby dies at 92
His 1968 win was unique, and Goalby remainsthe only man born in the St. Louis area to capture one of golf's major championships.
McClellan: A mathematician’s wonderful life
From 1961 to 2013,Guido Weiss was the preeminent mathematician at Washington University.
Robert Bannister, educator and ex-St. Louis alderman, dies at 85
He was principal of St. Louis University High from 1995-2002 and before that a vice principal, teacher at Ladue Horton Watkins High School.
David Pentland, former St. Louis alderman, dies at 83
He died Jan. 3, just weeks after closely following the current board’s reduction of city wards— a cause he championed 40 years earlier.
Memorial postponed for Mark S. Weil, art professor, collector and philanthropist
He had been devoted to St. Louis and was proud to support visual arts, at both Washington University and the St. Louis Art Museum.
Watch now: Notable St. Louis area deaths in 2021
These are just some of the people that left their mark on the St. Louis area community who passed away in 2021.
Local comedian Craig Hawksley, 69, died last week
One of area's leading stand-up comics for decades, Hawksley was at the forefront of popularizing local comedy clubs in the late 1970s, early 1980s.
Lives lost: Some notable St. Louis area deaths in 2021
They include sports champions, industry titans, arts and education pioneers, justice and public safety advocates and political stalwarts.
John Britt, former Missouri public safety director, St. Louis Secret Service head, dies at 72
John Britt was a former lead special agent of the St. Louis Secret Service field office and director of the Missouri Department of Public Safety.
Life Stories November 17, 2021
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Todd Akin, the former Missouri congressman whose ‘legitimate rape’ comment derailed his U.S. Senate candidacy, dies at 74
Akin, who served five terms in the Missouri Legislature and six in Congress, died late Sunday after a long battle with cancer.
Life Stories September 27, 2021
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Memorial service planned for former Wash U. chancellor William Danforth
The service will be held Oct. 2 at Graham Chapel on the Washington University campus; Danforth died Sept. 16, 2020.
St. Louis native, longtime University of Texas at El Paso President Diana Natalicio dies
The Cleveland High and St. Louis University graduate was named in 2016 to Time's list of the 100 "Most Influential People in the World."
Winona ‘Jean’ Schrieber, first female St. Louis County police officer, dies at 94
Schrieber broke ground as the first female officer with the St. Louis County Police Department in 1957.
Life Stories September 22, 2021
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