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Restaurant sign for the BBQ joint LCs Bar-B-Q

Tribute: Remembering BBQ legend LC Richardson

Thomas White
March 8, 2021

In restaurant vernacular, “86” means you have run out of something. It is with poetic tragedy that L.C. Richardson, founder and proprietor of LC’s BBQ, passed away at the age of 86.   I worked a few years at one of the newer, fancier BBQ spots in town. ...

Members of the Chick Corea Jazz Electric Band standing next to one another smiling with a white background, all wearing dark clothing

Pioneer of jazz fusion Chick Corea dies of cancer at 79

Allison Harris
February 23, 2021

Chick Corea, a legendary jazz musician, composer and keyboardist, died of a rare form of cancer on Feb. 9, 2021, at the age of 79.  “Throughout his life and career, Chick relished in the freedom and the fun to be had in creating something new, and in playing the games...

Late Communication Studies professor Jason Martin wearing a suit and tie, smiling proudly

Tribute: Remembering UMKC communications professor Jason Martin

Leah Taylor
February 23, 2021

The communication studies department at UMKC has lost an outstanding faculty member, professor Jason Martin.   Martin joined UMKC in 2011 as an assistant professor, later becoming an associate professor with tenure in the Communication Studies department. Both students...

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