Atlantic City calls the boardwalk “world famous” on signs but it has a humble origin story. It was dreamed up by two ...

The administration’s proposed budget for HIV prevention represents a 78 percent reduction compared to last fiscal year.

Singer Lou Christie, who topped the charts with his 1966 hit “Lightnin’ Strikes,” died in his Pittsburgh home on Wednesday. He was 82. Christie’s family announced the news in an Instagram ...

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Lou Christie, the pop singer who indeed had lightning strike in a big way with his “Lightnin’ Strikes” smash in the 1960s, died Wednesday at 82, his family announced on social media.

In June 2025, Lou’s family confirmed his death in a statement, which read, “It is with deep sorrow that we share the passing of our beloved brother, Lou Christie, who left us after a brief ...

Lou Christie, the singer-songwriter who hit No. 1 on the Billboard 100 chart in 1966 with 'Lightnin' Strikes,' has died. The onetime teen idol was 82.

Written by Mississippi Today Mississippi Today A screening of the award-winning film “Fannie Lou Hamer’s America” will be held June 21 at 7 p.m. at the Strand Theatre in Vicksburg as part of ...

Native Pittsburgh singer Lou Christie, who scored No. 1 Billboard hit with “Lightnin’ Strikes” in 1966, has died. He was 82 years old. His wife, Francesca, told the Hollywood Reporter that ...

A cause of death was not reported. Christie was remembered by friends and fans across social media. “Lou Christie had the voice of an angel!” Court TV’s Julie Grant wrote on X.

Her aunt, Fannie Lou Hamer, was a civil rights activist in the 1960s and a contemporary of Martin Luther King Jr. Hatcher was wearing a T-shirt with a photo of her aunt, while her son, Ricky Coley ...