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. At the 1960 Rome Games, Davis won ...

We are heartbroken to learn of the passing of Otis Davis, our first Olympic gold medalist. He was a two-time Olympic champion (400, 4x400) at the 1960 Games in Rome and is one of the icons ...

Muriel Annice Davis Johnson, a former Harlem Park Junior High School vice principal, died of dementia complications April 2 at her Pikesville home. The former Ashburton resident was 96.

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. He was married to Christa E. Mansbarth for ...

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 Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, and Sonny Rollins has died. He was 82. (Photo by Andre CLERGEAT/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images ...

Davis was jazz critic for The Village Voice and a contributing editor for The Atlantic. ... Francis Davis, Jazz critic and Terry Gross' husband, dies at 78. April 17, 2025 2:17 PM ET.

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.

Alonzo Joseph Davis Jr. was born on Feb. 2, 1942, in Tuskegee, Ala., near the Tuskegee Institute, where his father taught psychology and his mother, Agnes (Moses) Davis, was a librarian.

A black-and-white portrait of Alonzo Davis (image courtesy Alonzo Davis Studios; all photos courtesy parrasch heijnen gallery) Artist and gallerist Alonzo Davis, who championed Black American art ...