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Ida McBeth started her career as a teenager singing at the Playboy Club in downtown Kansas City. She went on to earn mayoral proclamations and a lifetime achievement award from the American Jazz Museum.

McFadden performed for decades with his brother Lonnie McFadden. The two danced, sang and played instruments. "I love entertaining," Ronald McFadden told KCUR's Up to Date last year.

The songwriter and singer, who cemented his prominence with hits like "Say A Little Prayer" and "Walk on By," died Wednesday of natural causes. Bacharach was born in Kansas City in 1928.

Colleagues, friends and family of Norge Jerome will gather on Sunday to remember the KU Medical Center faculty member for her work linking culture and diet in the study of public health outcomes, as well as for her support of education, service and the arts.

Emmy Award-winning composer Stephen Lawrence, who co-wrote songs for Sesame Street and Free to Be... You and Me, died on December 30 at age 82.

Bob Kipp was one of the most consequential city managers in Kansas City history. He was praised for his humble approach as a government official and, later, corporate executive.

U.S. Rep. Dennis Moore served Kansas' 3rd Congressional District from 1998 to 2010. Later, diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, he spoke out in support of more resources and research. Moore died Nov. 2.

A funeral home obituary stated that Jeanie M. Evans died unexpectedly "from a reaction to the Covid (sic) vaccine." That information wasn't verified by news outlets that repeated it.

An obituary linking a Kansas woman's death to her vaccination against COVID-19 was picked up by local media, and questions arose when several news outlets rushed to unsubstantiated conclusions. Plus, innovations in the metro's fitness industry are seeing gyms through the pandemic.

Sykes was an icon among Kansas City's civil rights activists. While he had a hard-headed, solo working-style, his success in drawing attention to unsolved civil rights cases is recognized nationwide.

After fleeing political violence in Haiti, Annessoir Annelus came to Kansas City and worked his fingers to the bone building a better life for his family.

Copeland was elected Olathe mayor in 2001, making him the longest serving mayor in the city's history.