Abernathy; Civil rights pioneer is dead at 64; 'I realized my life was with people'
Apr. 18, 1990
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ATLANTA - One of the last links to the birth of the nation's civil rights movement was broken Tuesday with the death of the Rev. Ralph David Abernathy.
Abernathy achieved his success in the shadow of Martin Luther King Jr. He was King's closest aide and best friend. Less charismatic and more militant than his "blood brother," Abernathy was an integral part of the movement.
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Symbol of hope for homeless dies
July 6, 1990
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Homeless activist Mitch Snyder, whose dramatic fasts captured the attention of both the White House and Hollywood, hanged himself Thursday in his Washington shelter.
His death, said Joan Alker of a national homeless coalition, will again place public attention "on the plight of homeless Americans."
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Cruzan's struggle left imprint; Private case triggered public debate
Dec. 27, 1990
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The life and death of Nancy Cruzan focused new attention on the "right-to-die," battle, triggering a national law that takes effect next November.
Cruzan died Wednesday, 12 days after a judge allowed Missouri Rehabilitation Center officials to remove feeding tubes that had kept her alive since a 1983 auto accident left her in a permanent vegetative state.
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PASSAGES 1990
Dec. 27, 1990
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We knew them from politics, movies, TV, commerce and sports. In death they leave a void.
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Atwater: An all-out life recalled
Apr. 1, 1991
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COLUMBIA, S.C. - Family, friends and the politically powerful will say goodbye to Lee Atwater today at a beautiful old downtown cathedral.
Across town, at a concrete-block joint called Bullwinkle's Lounge, the regulars will drink a toast to the man they knew more as a hard-driving musician than a political strategist.
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PASSAGES 1991
Dec. 31, 1991
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LEE ATWATER, 40, GOP's ruthless strategist and passionate blues musician. Ran 1988 Bush campaign. Near death, he mellowed: "What was missing in me: a little heart, a lot of brotherhood." Brain tumor, March 29.
