Detroit native blazed trail through rock ‘n’ roll journalism

Richard Siegel, one of Creem Magazine’s first staffers and general manager during its glory years, died Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012, in Farmington Hills of esophageal cancer. The Detroit native was 68. More

Bassist from '60s band MC5 dies at age 68

Los Angeles— Michael Davis, the bassist of influential late 1960s rock band MC5, has died of liver failure, his wife said Saturday. He was 68. More

N.Y. Times reporter dies of illness in Syria

New York — Anthony Shadid, a journalist who gave voice to those muffled by the turmoil around them — from Iraqi families enveloped in civil war to young Libyans spurred to take up arms against a dictator — died while doing just that: reporting from Syria in defiance of official attempts to limit... More

‘Mini-mayor’ loved Detroit, its people

Peter Schick loved working for the city of Detroit because it involved serving the public. “He was primarily interested in helping people,” said his son, Tim. “He really believed in making local government work for the benefit of people who paid the taxes.” More

NY Times correspondent Anthony Shadid dies in Syria

New York— New York Times correspondent Anthony Shadid, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner whose dispatches captured untold stories from Baghdad under "shock and awe" bombing to Libya wracked by civil war, died Thursday of an apparent asthma attack in Syria while reporting on the uprising... More

Journalist brought people together

Laura Anne Geist, a journalist who embraced becoming a stay-at-home mom, faced cancer with grace. “Invariably she would make friends with roommates” during her many hospital stays, said husband Gordon Geist. “She was very upbeat.” More