Innovative Latino Percussionist Ralph Irizarry has died at the age of 67.

Ralph Irizarry, master of timbals, who played in bands led by conga player Ray Barretto and singer Rubén Blades before forming their own highly regarded band, died in a Brooklyn hospital on September 5. He was 67 years old. His daughter, Marisa Irizarry, said the cause was multi-organ failure caused by a bacterial infection in …

Lloyd Dobyns, co-host of an innovative TV news broadcast, dies at 85

Award-winning NBC News reporter Lloyd Dobyns, presenter of the innovative television news broadcast “NBC News Overnight” in the early 1980s, died Sunday in Mebane, NC, northwest of Raleigh. He was 85 years old. His son, Kenneth, said the cause was a series of stroke complications. Mr. Dobyns has worked for NBC News in Europe, the …