Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Michigan native John James Witherspoon will be buried in Charlevoix this week after he died fighting in Ukraine over a year ago.

Actor-comedian John Witherspoon, who memorably played Ice Cube's father in the "Friday" films, has died. He was 77. Witherspoon's manager Alex Goodman confirmed late Tuesday that Witherspoon died in ...