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A devastating loss for the OU community: Glenn McIntosh passes away

Adrian Jimenez Morales and Mallory Waligora September 17, 2025

Glenn McIntosh, Senior Vice President for Student Affairs and Chief Diversity Officer, died on Tuesday, Sept. 17. After 31 years of serving Oakland University students and providing leadership for 24 departments...

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Italian designer Giorgio Armani passes at the age of 91

Maria Magnoli, Arts Reporter September 10, 2025

Giorgio Armani, the Italian fashion designer known for the “power suit” and for collaborating with countless Hollywood celebrities, passed away on September 4 at the age of 91. In a statement provided...

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Commemorating an American Favorite: Malcolm-Jamal Warner

Maria Magnoli, Arts Reporter August 20, 2025

On July 20, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, best known as Theo Huxtable in "The Cosby Show", passed away at the age of 54 in a case of accidental drowning. The TV personality was on a family vacation with his...

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Mama, I’m Coming Home: Remembering Ozzy Osbourne

Maria Magnoli, Arts Reporter August 20, 2025

Ozzy Osbourne, the pioneer of heavy metal and lead singer of the band Black Sabbath, passed away on July 22 at the age of 76, just a few weeks following his final performance in Birmingham, England. The...

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Catholic church reformer Pope Francis dead at 88

Morgan Warneke, Content Editor April 23, 2025

On April 21, 2025, it was announced that Pope Francis had died. On Easter Monday, at 9:45 a.m., Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, announced the death of Pope Francis in a statement. “Dearest...

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Michelle Trachtenberg dead at 39: A timeless legacy

Morgan Warneke, Content Editor February 28, 2025

On Feb. 26, 2025, it was announced that actress Michelle Trachtenberg had died. It’s been alleged that Trachtenberg was suffering from complications of a liver transplant, though the cause of death has...

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A trailblazing auteur: David Lynch dead at 78

Chelsea Bossert, Editor-in-Chief January 22, 2025

On Jan. 16, 2025, it was announced that film director David Lynch had died. “It is with deep regret that we, his family, announce the passing of the man and the artist, David Lynch. We would appreciate...

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2 Writing and Rhetoric Department professors remembered for their tutelage

Adrian Jimenez Morales, Campus Editor November 27, 2024

Marshall Kitchens, recently retired associate professor of writing and rhetoric, died on Nov. 16, 2024. Special Lecturer, Cindy Mooty-Hoffmann, died on Nov. 17, 2024. Both professors passed away as a result...

Jane Briggs-Bunting with over a dozen former Oakland Post student journalists.

Legendary OU, MSU journalism professor and lawyer Jane Briggs-Bunting dies at 70

Holly Gilbert and Garry Gilbert March 24, 2021

Every semester, every year, we love to regale our students with stories about the inestimable Jane Briggs-Bunting. Jane was a journalist, First Amendment attorney, professor, director, author, advocate,...

Retired facilities management employee passes away

Sarah Lawrence February 17, 2016

Leonard “Luke” Vaughn, Oakland University retired facilities management employee, passed away on Dec. 22, 2015.Vaughn was born to his late parents Willis and Zelflee Vaughn on Nov. 15, 1944. He passed...

Jeremy Wagner possessed a ‘rare combination of intelligence, wit and humbleness’

By Andrew Wernette July 1, 2014

Jeremy Wagner, a junior majoring in philosophy at Oakland University, died Saturday, June 14. He was 21.Wagner succumbed to complications from bone cancer, which he had fought for more than seven years.Jeremy...

Adam Wilson leaves behind a life of art, music and love

By Kaylee Kean April 7, 2014

He was an artist, he was a musician, and above all, he was a friend.Students and faculty at Oakland University are mourning the loss of a student for the fifth time this year after Adam Wilson, 25, died...

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