Obituaries

En esta foto del 5 de abril de 1994, Toni Morrison en la Iglesia Catedral de San Juan el Divino en Nueva York. La autora laureada con el Nobel de literatura falleció el lunes 5 de agosto del 2019 en el Centro Médico Montefiore en Nueva York, informó la editorial Alfred A. Knopf. Tenía 88 años. (AP Foto/Kathy Willens, Archivo)

FILE- This Jan. 27, 1993 file photo shows Nobel prize winner Toni Morrison at Princeton University in Princeton, N.J. Morrison, a pioneer and reigning giant of modern literature whose imaginative power in "Beloved," ''Song of Solomon" and other works transformed American letters by dramatizing the pursuit of freedom within the boundaries of race, has died at age 88. Publisher Alfred A. Knopf announced that Morrison died Monday, Aug. 5, 2019 at Montefiore Medical Center in New York. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

FILE - In this April 5, 1994 file photo, Toni Morrison as she holds an orchid at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York. The Nobel Prize-winning author has died. Publisher Alfred A. Knopf says Morrison died Monday, Aug. 5, 2019 at Montefiore Medical Center in New York. She was 88. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

FILE - In this July 16, 2019, file photo a pedestrian reflect in a store window at Barneys department store in New York. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, becoming the latest retailer unable to withstand the consumer shift to online shopping and high rents. Barneys said it’ll use the bankruptcy process to review store leases to best optimize its operations. The company also announced Tuesday, Aug. 6, that it has secured $75 million in new capital to facilitate a going concern sale process. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Courtney Kennedy Hill, left, in blue, shares a hug after the funeral services for her daughter Saoirse Kennedy Hill at Our Lady of Victory Church in Centerville, Mass., Monday, Aug. 5, 2019. (David L Ryan/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)

In this July 25, 2019 file photo New York Jets' Trevon Sanders leaves the field after a practice at the NFL football team's training camp in Florham Park, N.J. Sanders spent some time off from crushing ballcarriers on the football field to crunch numbers for the city budget. Lengthy meetings with local leaders, spirited conversations and hearty handshakes _ lots of them _ were all in a day's work for Hizzoner. The New York Jets rookie defensive lineman was honored in February as the Mayor for the Day in his hometown of North Charleston, South Carolina, trading in his jersey for a spiffy jacket and tie. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, file)