Deaths (Obituaries) – Page 21

Jeffrey Bruce Klein, a Founder and Editor of Mother Jones, Dies at 77

He was one of four journalists who started the muckraking progressive magazine in 1976. He returned as its editor in chief in the 1990s.

By Clay Risen

Audio Recordings, Downloads and Streaming Blow, Kurtis Christmas Rappin (Song) Dangerfield, Rodney Deaths (Obituaries) Ford, Robert Jr (1949-2020) Mercury Records Moore, J.B. (1943-2025) Nineteen Hundred Eighties Rap and Hip-Hop The Breaks (Song)

J.B. Moore, Producer of Seminal Hip-Hop Records, Dies at 81

He was a magazine ad salesman when he and a colleague, Robert Ford, teamed with Kurtis Blow and helped break rap music into the mainstream.

By Alex Williams

Books and Literature Deaths (Obituaries) Ginna, Robert Emmett Jr Life (Magazine) Little Brown & Co Magazines People (Magazine) Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO) Writing and Writers

Robert E. Ginna Jr., Whose Article Bolstered U.F.O. Claims, Dies at 99

A founding editor of People, he also served as editor in chief of Little, Brown and produced films. But his public image was defined by a 1952 story for Life.

By Sam Roberts

Asian-Americans Deaths (Obituaries) Discrimination Immigration and Emigration Korean-Americans Koreatown (Los Angeles, Calif) Lee, Chol Soo (1952-2014) Lee, K.W. (1928-2025) News and News Media Race and Ethnicity San Quentin Prison

K.W. Lee, Journalist Who Gave a Voice to Asian American Communities, Dies at 96

His reporting sought to humanize and unite Asian Americans. It also led to the release of a Korean immigrant on death row.

By Trip Gabriel