News Obituaries

Colorado civil rights activist and pioneering Denver radio broadcaster James “Dr. Daddio” Walker has died. (Courtesy of Denver Public Library)

Famed Colorado radio broadcaster, civil rights activist James ‘Dr. Daddio’ Walker dies

Colorado civil rights activist and pioneering Denver radio broadcaster James “Dr. Daddio” Walker has died,...
State Sen. Faith Winter poses in front of her office in the Colorado State Capitol building on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Colorado Sen. Faith Winter, killed in I-25 crash, remembered for relentless advocacy, ‘tremendous heart’

State Sen. Faith Winter was a fierce and relentless advocate for Colorado's families, climate and...
William J. "Bill" Barrett was well known in the region's oil and gas industry. He died at his Denver home Sept. 16 at age 96. (Photo by Eric Bakke)

Colorado oil and gas explorer Bill Barrett dies at 96

Bill Barrett’s death on Sept. 16 “kind of represents an end of an era, where...
Former Denver Post reporter Virginia Culver has a laugh on the way down the elevator on her last day at the Post in Denver on Nov. 25, 2011. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post, file)

Longtime Denver Post reporter Virginia Culver dies

For 44 years, Culver covered religion and reported obituaries yet remained intensely private on the...
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