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Reflecting On A Legend: Harry Belafonte Dead at 96
The world recently mourned the passing of an entertainment icon, Harry Belafonte. Belafonte’s life was certainly a remarkable one, and his death was felt deeply by many. Born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr., Belafonte left an indelible mark on the music…
Pioneering Black feminist Dorothy Pitman Hughes dies at 84
Black feminist Dorothy Pitman Hughes died Dec. 1 in Tampa, Florida, at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, said Maurice Sconiers of the Sconiers Funeral Home in Columbus, Georgia. Her daughter, Delethia Ridley Malmsten, said the cause was old…
Cuban singer-songwriter Pablo Milanés dead at age 79
Legendary Cuban singer and songwriter Pablo Milanes died at the age of 79. According to his Representatives, Milanes was hospitalized in Madrid after falling ill in the Spanish capital. He had been undergoing treatment for cancer. Milanes was the founder…
Bill Plante, the CBS News White House Correspondent, Dead at 84
Bill Plante, whose tenure as a CBS News White House correspondent spanned the administrations of Ronald Reagan to Barack Obama, has died. Plante retired in 2016 after 52 years with the news division, a career that included coverage of the civil rights…
Nichelle Nichols, Lt. Uhura on ‘Star Trek,’ Dead at 89
Nichelle Nichols, who broke barriers for Black women in Hollywood when she played communications officer Lt. Uhura on the original “Star Trek” television series, died at 89. Her son Kyle Johnson said Nichols died Saturday in Silver City, New Mexico.…
NBA Legend Bill Russell & Boston Celtics Great dead at 88
Bill Russell, born William Felton Russell on February 12, 1934, was an American professional basketball player. He played as a center for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1956 to 1969. A five-time NBA Most Valuable Player and a 12-time NBA All-Star, he was the centrepiece of the…
Mary Alice, Tony-Winning ‘Fences’ Star, Dies
Tony- and Emmy-winning actress Mary Alice — known for originating the role of Rose in August Wilson’s “Fences” — died Wednesday evening in her home in New York City, the New York Police Department confirmed to TheWrap. There are conflicting…
Martin Luther King Jr. January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born Michael King Jr. on January 15, 1929. He led an American civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. He was the son of early civil rights activist and minister Martin Luther King Sr.…
Sidney Poitier: The Black Actor Who Broke Color Barriers Dead at 94.
Sidney Poitier died on Friday at age 94. The Bahamas Prime Minister Philip Davis broke the sad news in a speech broadcast on Facebook Sidney Poitier was Born Sidney L. Poitier on February 20, 1927. He was a Bahamian-American actor, film director,…
70-year-old Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh is dead. He died Wednesday, February 17, 2020
Rush Limbaugh, the conservative commentator whose fiery rhetoric forged a new landscape for talk radio and inflamed the partisan divide that came to characterize political discourse in the United States, has died, according to an announcement on his radio show…
Good Famous People Who Died in December 2020
Some famous people died in 2020, and in the last month of 2020, many more have died. Listed below four recent death in December. Jon Huber, the wrestler, dies at 41 from ‘non-Covid related lung issue,’ his wife says Huber…
