Mary Lou Retton is “still fighting,” according to her daughters. The iconic former gymnast, 55, who has been in the ICU battling a rare form of pneumonia, has been hospitalized for over a week.

Born Mary Elfrieda Scruggs in Atlanta on May 8, 1910, Mary Lou Williams was one of the most influential jazz musicians in the ...

Atlanta-born jazz pianist and composer Mary Lou Williams arranged music for greats like Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman and Cab Calloway ...