Obituary

Comedian Jonathan Nokielski, also known as Jaded Jaden, died unexpectedly.

Detroit comedy scene mourns death of local comic Jaded Jaden

The comedian, winner of the Metro Times Best of Detroit 2024 reader poll, was known for helping other aspiring comics

By Steve Neavling

Mark Paul (at right), aka Captain Don River, with his bawdy band of salty seamen, Captains of the Head.

Beloved Detroit musician Mark Paul dead at 45

Image: How Quincy Jones achieved musical immortality (2)

How Quincy Jones achieved musical immortality

Robert L. Allen in 1967.

RIP Robert L. Allen, a Black scholar in every sense of the words

Image: R.I.P. Willie Mays, baseball immortal dead at 93 (2)

R.I.P. Willie Mays, baseball immortal dead at 93

RIP Amp Fiddler, 1958–2023.

Remembering the funky, out-of-this-world life of Detroit’s Amp Fiddler

By Odell Waller

Kevin Ransom was a celebrated freelance journalist and music writer from Dearborn.

Kevin Ransom, a beloved music writer in metro Detroit, dies at 69

By Steve Neavling

Image: John Sinclair: The rebel of many causes

John Sinclair: The rebel of many causes

Chef Maxcel Hardy.

Detroit chef Max Hardy dies suddenly

By Randiah Camille Green

A 1979 ad for Ron Cameron’s WXYZ radio show.

Lapointe: Sportscaster Ron Cameron was one of a kind

By Joe Lapointe

Flint City Councilman Eric Mays.

Outspoken Flint Councilman and TikTok sensation Eric Mays dies

By Steve Neavling

A mural of Wayne Kramer and the MC5 on Detroit's former Grande Ballroom, where the band recorded its landmark Kick Out the Jams.

Lapointe: Mixed memories of Wayne Kramer and the MC5

By Joe Lapointe

Image: RIP MC5’s Wayne Kramer, dead at 75

RIP MC5’s Wayne Kramer, dead at 75

Image: Remembering Detroit jazz pianist Charles Boles, dead at 91

Remembering Detroit jazz pianist Charles Boles, dead at 91

By Veronica Johnson

Charles Boles has tickled the ivories for more than 60 years, in a career that reaches from long-ago Hastings Street to today.

Detroit jazzman Charles Boles has died

By Randiah Camille Green

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