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Liz Taylor & Michael Jackson: The Way They Were
Hollywood has lost a grand diva of the silver screen. Actress Elizabeth Taylor is dead at age ...
Funk Band 'Slave' Bassist Mark Adams Dead
Mark Adams, an original member of one of the hottest funk bands of the '70s and '80s, Slave, ...
La MaMa Theater Founder Ellen Stewart Dead at 91
Off-off-Broadway pioneer and founding director of the La MaMa Experimental Theater Club, Ellen ...
Boney M's Singer Bobby Farrell is Dead at Age 61
Bobby Farrell, the only male member of the chart topping seventies group Boney M, was found ...
Teena Marie Dead at 54
UPDATE: The Associated Press reports that an autopsy on R&B singer Teena Marie revealed ...
Gospel's Calvin Williams Passes On
Calvin Williams (pictured), who began singing gospel music before World War II and ended his ...
Pentecostal Bishop and Civil Rights Activist Arthur Brazier Dies at 89
Thousands of people poured into the Apostolic Church of God in southside Chicago on Friday night ...
Solomon Burke: Legendary Soul Singer Dies at 70
The self-proclaimed "King of Rock and Soul" Solomon Burke died on Sunday at age 70 as he embarked ...
Chicago TV Host's Parents Murdered, Car Found
Garrard McClendon, a Chicago-area television personality and CLTV host, is grieving as police ...
Patrick Swayze: Rest in Peace
In a town that revels in bashing and slashing its stars, Patrick Swayze's reputation is sterling. ...
Michael Jackson's Personal Photographer Reminisces
Photographer Harrison Funk was with Michael Jackson and his brothers during the Victory Tour. He ...
Ted Kennedy Remembered by Obama, Rangel, NAACP's Jealous
After suffering a seizure in May and then being diagnosed with brain cancer, Senator Edward Kennedy ...
Remembering Rev. Ike, 1935-2009
It was once said: "The best thing you can do for poor folks is to not be one." While it's unclear ...
Scenes of Remembrance: The World Reacts to MJ's Death
Reactions: MJs Death Fans and media wait outside the UCLA Medical Center in Los ...
DC Crash Train Operator Was 'Humble' and Caring, Say Neighbors
The operator of the Washington, D.C. transit train that plowed into another on June 22, killing nine ...
Brown vs. Board Pioneer Dies
2008 Deaths Odetta Holmes "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement" was a singer, ...
NY Amsterdam News Chairman Wilbert Tatum Dies
The shrinking black newspaper industry has lost another lion. Wilbert A. Tatum, publisher emeritus ...
Civil Rights Music Legend Odetta Dies
Her deep and soulful voice became intertwined with the civil rights movement when she sang during ...
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