Marjorie Parham, publisher emerita of the Cincinnati Herald, dead at 103 Cincinnati Councilwoman Yvetta Simpson presents a resolution to honor Majorie Parham as a community leader and honor her more than 30 years of service as the owner and publisher of the Cincinnati Herald. (Source: The Enquirer/Kareem Elgazzar) By Anne Saker | April 15, 2021 at 8:43 PM EDT - Updated April 15 at 8:44 PM
CINCINNATI (Enquirer) - Marjorie Parham, an accidental publisher who took control of the Cincinnati Herald after her husbandâs death and for more than 30 years made the newspaper a guide star for the regionâs Black residents as well as the city, died Wednesday, according to our media partners at the Enquirer.
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Marjorie Parham, an accidental publisher who took control of the Cincinnati Herald after her husband’s death and for more than 30 years made the newspaper a guide star for the region’s Black residents as well as the city, died Tuesday. She was 103.
Dr. Rhonda Spillers Washington, Parham s granddaughter, said Parham died in her sleep at her longtime home in the Cottingham retirement community in Sharonville. Washington said Parham had otherwise been in good health with no COVID and had been vaccinated in December.