Otis Davis, a runner who won two gold medals at the Rome Olympics in 1960, including a dramatic photo finish victory in world record time in the 400 meters, died Sept. 14 in hospice care in North ...

Otis Davis, Who Overcame Racism to Win Olympic Gold, Dies at 92 At the 1960 Summer Games in Rome, he set a world record in the 400-meter race and another in the 4 x 400 relay, where he anchored ...

Otis Davis, an Olympic 400m and 4x400m gold medalist in 1960, died Saturday at age 92, according to the University of Oregon, his alma mater, and World Athletics.

Otis Davis, the Olympic champion in the 400 meters and 4x400 relay at the 1960 Olympics in Rome, has died at 92, the University of Oregon announced Monday.

Muriel Annice Davis Johnson, a former Harlem Park Junior High School vice principal, died of dementia complications April 2 at her Pikesville home.

Otis E. Davis, Sr., 92, of Cantonment, Florida passed away May 08, 2025. He was born in Pensacola, Florida on November 17, 1932 to John and Lila Davis.

James McEachin, Star of ‘Tenafly’ and Perry Mason Telefilms, Dies at 94 A war hero who worked with Otis Redding and The Furys, he appeared in four Clint Eastwood movies and portrayed lots of ...

Jazz drummer Al Foster, who played with the likes of Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, and Sonny Rollins has died. He was 82.

Davis was jazz critic for The Village Voice and a contributing editor for The Atlantic. He wrote many books on jazz, and won a Grammy for his liner notes for the reissue of Miles Davis' Kind of Blue.

MACON, Ga. (AP) — One inmate has died and several others are recovering from injuries after a large fight inside a county jail in Georgia, authorities said.

Mr. Davis returned to the classroom in 1970 to study at the Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles with Charles White, a Black artist and a major influence on Mr. Davis’s generation of ...

He co-founded one of the first Black-owned contemporary art galleries in the US, exhibiting the work of David Hammons, Kerry James Marshall, and many others.