Melanie Shouse, health care activist, dies at 41
ST. LOUIS -- Melanie Shouse was 37 when she first felt the lump. She couldn't believe it. But she kept up her fighting spirit, especially for health care reform.
Kenneth J. BeSaw, photojournalist and Communist
Kenneth J. BeSaw, longtime photographer for People's World, died at the end of November while recovering from back surgery.
Radical folk music pioneer dies at 88
Bess Lomax Hawes, a member of the famous Lomax family of folklorists and of the legendary Almanac Singers, died Nov. 27 at the age of 88.
Lawrence McGurty, a tremendous life
Lawrence "Mac" McGurty passed away Oct. 9 at the age of 93. His life encompassed the major events and movements of the last century, many that he participated in as an activist rather than an observer.
