Human Race

BORN: The family of Martin Luther King Jr. announced the birth of the late civil-rights leader's first grandchild May 25. Yolanda Renee King, the new daughter of Martin Luther King III and his wife Arndrea Waters King was named after her father's sister, who died last year. "We are excited about our precious gift from God and cannot express how fortunate we feel to have our beautiful baby girl," Martin Luther King III said. "It is truly the happiest day of our lives. I know my parents are smiling down from heaven."

DIED: Dick Sutcliffe, the creator of the religious-themed cartoon show Davey and Goliath, died May 11 at the age of 90. In the late 1950s, the United Lutheran Church in America consulted Sutcliffe about producing brief televised sermonettes, but according to Sutcliffe's daughter, Judy, "my father said, basically, 'The theology is fine, but it's not good for television.'" Instead, Sutcliffe developed the animated show about a boy and his dog. It was filmed by Claymation pioneers Art Clokey, the creator of Gumby, and his wife, Ruth Clokey Goodell.