Folk and country singer and songwriter Nanci Griffith, whose album “Other Voices, Other Rooms” won the 1994 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album, died on Friday. She was 68.

Nanci Griffith, the Grammy-winning folk singer-songwriter from Texas whose literary songs like 'Love at the Five and Dime' celebrated the South, has died. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File) ...

Nanci Ryder, the powerhouse publicist who co-founded BWR Public Relations and represented some of Hollywood's biggest stars, has died from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS ...

Hollywood is in mourning over the loss of beloved publicist Nanci Ryder. On Thursday, June 11, Ryder, who battled ALS for nearly six years, died at the age of 67.

Nanci Ryder, the beloved Hollywood publicist who co-founded BWR Public Relations, has lost her courageous, nearly six-year battle with ALS. She was 67.

For three straight Octobers, she has led “Team Nanci ” at the L.A. County Walk to Defeat ALS, raising $433,396 so far (a fraction, of course, of 2014’s ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, which ...