Jazz composer and sax player Jimmy Heath passes at 93
PHOTO COURTESY OF BILLBOARD.COM New York (AP) – Jimmy Heath, a Grammy-nominated jazz saxophonist and composer who performed with such greats as Miles Davis and …
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Final goodbye: Recalling notables who died in 2019
In 2019, the political world lost a giant in U.S. Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the death of Toni Morrison in August left a chasm in …
Slain civil rights leader Vernon Dahmer honored with statue
Hattiesburg, Miss. (AP) – A statue of slain civil rights leader Vernon Dahmer now sits outside the Forrest County Courthouse in Mississippi. The Hattiesburg American …
A Leader, a Legend a Great man
PHOTO COURTESY OF MIAMITIMESONLINE.COM MIAMI – When icons talk, it’s best to listen. It’s one of the reasons Garth Coleridge Reeves Sr.’s prophetic declaration in …
‘Friday’ actor-comedian John Witherspoon dies at 77
PHOTO COURTESY OF DECIDER.COM LOS ANGELES (AP) – Actor-comedian John Witherspoon, who memorably played Ice Cube’s father in the “Friday” films, has died. He was …
Diahann Carroll, pioneering actress
PHOTO COURTESY OF ONECOUNTRY.COM NEW YORK (AP) – Diahann Carroll, the Oscar-nominated actress and singer who won critical acclaim as the first black woman to …
Tanya “Chiaka” Aslanda Oparah, 37
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Tanya “Chiaka” Aslanda Oparah, the daughter of Tanya Simons-Oparah and Chief Victor-Vela Oparah, died on Sept. 6 following an extended illness. …
Mugabe, liberated Zimbabwe, then held it for 37 years
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) – Former Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe, an ex-guerrilla chief who took power when the African country shook off white minority rule, and …
D.C. loses black-owned funeral parlor to gentrification, death
PHOTOS COURTESY OF YELP AND STOCK PHOTO WASHINGTON (AP) – A black-owned funeral parlor in Washington, D.C., was handling up to 140 funerals per year …