Tragic life of Duy Ngo ends in heartbreak

Community, Obituary, Vietnamese

Tragic life of Duy Ngo ends in heartbreak

No Comments 11 June 2010

Duy Ngo in 2003 (AAP photo by Emmett Timmons)

AAP staff report

It was announced this week that Duy Ngo, 37, the Minneapolis Police Officer who was shot in the line of duty in 2003 by a fellow officer, enduring years of health and legal battles to clear his name and seek justice with the city – has reportedly taken his own life in his Mendota Heights home. Ngo is survived by his spouse Mary, a daughter, Isabella, 9, parents and a brother.

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Herbert Gee passes away

Chinese, National, Obituary

Herbert Gee passes away

No Comments 08 April 2010

SAN FRANCISCO (March 29, 2010) – The Chinese American Citizens Alliance, established in 1895, and among the oldest civil rights organizations in the United States, is mourning the sudden loss of its fraternal brother and national Grand Treasurer, Herbert H. Gee who reportedly passed away in San Francisco on March 21, 2010.

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Leann Chin remembered for indomitable spirit

Chinese, Community, Obituary

Leann Chin remembered for indomitable spirit

No Comments 01 April 2010

AAP staff report

Approximately 350 people attended a burial service for Leann Chin on March 27, 2010 at Normandale Lutheran Church in Edina. She was interned following at Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis.

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Native American Press publisher lost to cancer

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Native American Press publisher lost to cancer

No Comments 18 March 2010

A Memorial Service attended by hundreds was held March 13 at Bemidji State University for William Joseph “Bill” Lawrence, founding publisher of the Native American Press/Ojibwe News from 1988 to 2009, who passed away of cancer in Idaho on March 2, 2010.

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Lucie Cheng remembered as pioneering transpacific scholar

Education, International, Obituary, Taiwanese, Women

Lucie Cheng remembered as pioneering transpacific scholar

No Comments 12 February 2010

LOS ANGELES (Feb. 5, 2010) – Lucie Cheng, former Director of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center and Professor Emeritus of Sociology at UCLA, passed away on January 27, 2010 in Taipei, Taiwan after courageously battling cancer for several years.

Don T. Nakanishi, Ph.D., Director and Professor Emeritus, UCLA Asian American Studies Center, described Professor Cheng as “a courageous and innovative scholar who placed Asian Americans at the forefront of class, gender and labor, breaking away from stereotypes that saw them as either the victims of their circumstances or the pawns of History.”

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