in memoriam

Longtime actor and academic Clarence Gilyard Jr., best known for his roles in television shows Walker Texas Ranger and Matlock passed away on Monday at age 66.

U.S. Rep. A. Donald McEachin died on Monday following a years-long battle with colorectal cancer. He was 61.

Jason David Frank, best known for his role as the Green Power Ranger in the hit 90s superhero television series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, has died after committing suicide. He was 49.

Steve Douglass, the former president of the Christian ministry campus organization Cru and Campus Crusade for Christ International, passed away on Saturday due to complications from cancer. He was 77.

At least 153 people were killed on Saturday in a stampede at a Halloween festival in Seoul, South Korea.

Renowned Professor and New Testament scholar Gordon Fee passed away on Tuesday in New York at the age of 88.

A 23-year-old American Idol finalist was killed in a car accident Tuesday, just one month before he was to perform at a Baptist church in London and just hours after he posted a video on social media singing a powerful rendition of the hymn You Are My Hiding Place.

Angela Lansbury, who came to fame during Hollywood’s Golden Age and who was known for her work in family-friendly projects and a popular detective series, died Tuesday. She was 96.

A Memphis church is mourning the loss of its pastor, who was killed in a fatal car accident last weekend, a week after his youngest daughter was baptized.

The final message to fans from country music legend Loretta Lynn involved a Bible verse quoting the words of the Apostle John.