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WCHL Founder, Former Chapel Hill Mayor Sandy McClamroch Passes Away at 90

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 31, 2016 | Featured, Obituaries

Roland “Sandy” McClamroch died on Wednesday afternoon at his home in the Carol Woods retirement community, according to family members. McClamroch founded WCHL and put the station on the air in 1953. He also served...

Former UNC Board of Trustees Member Maurice Koury Passes Away

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 8, 2016 | Obituaries

Maurice Koury, a Burlington native with strong ties to UNC, has passed away. Jones Angell and Roy Williams announced Koury’s passing on the Tar Heel head coach’s weekly radio show Monday night. Koury served on the UNC Board of...

UNC Charlotte Student from Chapel Hill Dies in Virginia Wreck

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 22, 2016 | Featured, Obituaries

A student manager for the UNC – Charlotte men’s basketball who was from Chapel Hill was killed in a traffic accident last Thursday night. Local outlets are reporting 19-year-old Austin Rainey was on a weekend trip to Washington,...

Remembering Harper Lee’s Impact on the South

Posted by Associated Press | Feb 19, 2016 | Featured, Obituaries

Harper Lee, the elusive author whose “To Kill a Mockingbird” became an enduring best-seller and classic film with its child’s-eye view of racial injustice in a small Southern town, has died. She was 89....

Former Orange County Commissioner Gustaveson Dies

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 16, 2016 | Obituaries

Former Orange County Commissioner Norm Gustaveson has died. Family members say Gustaveson died on Friday at Carol Woods Retirement Community. Gustaveson served as the secretary of the Campus Y at UNC from 1964 through 1976 and...

Former UNC Professor and Longtime Chapel Hillian Vasa Mihailovich Passed Away

Posted by Staff | Nov 27, 2015 | Obituaries

Dr. Vasa Mihailovich, a former professor at the University of North Carolina, died this past Saturday at his home in Stamford, Connecticut. Mihailovich taught Slavic languages and literature at UNC from 1961 until he retired in...

Former UNC Linebacker Quincy Monk Passes Away

Posted by Blake Hodge | Nov 25, 2015 | Featured, Obituaries

Former UNC linebacker Quincy Monk passed away on Tuesday afternoon after a battle with cancer. Monk played for the Tar Heels from 1998 through 2001 and finished second on the team in tackles in his senior season. Monk was...

Jonathan Howes Remembered

Posted by Staff | Aug 8, 2015 | Featured, Obituaries

“Picture a town too good to be true.” That was the theme Jonathan Howes chose for an inter-city visit by community leaders that he led to Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, in the 1980’s. It was the large vision by a largely quiet man,...

Byron Freeman, Former Carolina Coffee Shop Owner, 1931-2015

Posted by Staff | Jul 21, 2015 | Obituaries

Byron Freeman, longtime owner of the Carolina Coffee Shop died at his home near Saxapahaw on Friday

Former UNC Chancellor William Aycock Dies at 99

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jun 21, 2015 | Obituaries

Legal educator and former UNC chancellor William Aycock has died at age 99. Aycock taught for more than four decades at the UNC School of Law, retiring as the Kenan Professor of Law in 1985. He led the university as chancellor...

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