Ella Jenkins, a singer-songwriter known as the “first lady of children’s music,” has died. She was 100. According to NPR, John Smith, the associate director of Smithsonian Folkways ...

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Nikki Giovanni, a prominent poet, civil rights activist and educator, has died at 81. 'We will forever be grateful for the ...

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By Richard Sandomir Rodney Jenkins, an equestrian who dominated shows in the 1970s and ’80s by deftly guiding horses in competition with a rare feel for their abilities and thoughts, died on Dec.

Longtime Maryland horseman Rodney Jenkins, who successfully transitioned ... fellow graded stakes winners Bandbox and Running Tide, died the evening of Dec. 5 at the age of 80.

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Mr. Jenkins, who died Dec. 5 at age 80, went on to claim dozens of equestrian trophies and ribbons, retiring from the show ring in 1989 as the winningest rider in American show-jumping.