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Junior Bridgeman, a former Milwaukee Bucks and Louisville Cardinals star who led an even more successful career as an entrepreneur and investor after his basketball days, died Tuesday at age 71.

Felix Mantilla died January 10, at age 90. He was remembered during a memorial service Sunday on Milwaukee's south side.

Bob Uecker, the voice of his hometown Milwaukee Brewers who after a short playing career earned the moniker “Mr. Baseball” and honors from the Hall of Fame, has died. He was 90.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has died. He was 100 years old and had spent roughly 22 months in hospice care.

The last remaining child of Aldo Leopold, Estella Leopold, died this week. Her father’s 1949 book, A Sand County Almanac , fueled the conservation movement. Estella carried on the family tradition, as a paleoecologist and conservationist.

James Hall is remembered as a staunch civil rights defender who fought for the underrepresented and underserved people in Milwaukee for decades. He died at the age of 69 after a battle with cancer.

Herb Kohl, a former Democratic U.S. senator from Wisconsin and former owner of the Milwaukee Bucks basketball team, has died. He was 88.

Milwaukee Bishop Sedgwick Daniels passed away on Sunday, November 12, 2023. He leaves a legacy of pastoral care and support for Black arts and culture.

For decades, Bob Welch conserved habitat in the Waupaca area, while sparking his passion for natural resources in others. He passed away at the age of 69.