Theater, film and television actor Anthony Chisholm has died at age 77, The Katz Company, his talent management,…
Hall of Fame second baseman Joe Morgan, who was integral to the Cincinnati Reds’ Big Red Machine era of the 1970s,…
Johnny Nash, the singer, songwriter, and producer best known for the legendary hit “I Can See Clearly Now,” has died…
Veteran actress Armelia McQueen has died at the age of 68, Variety reported. Her cause of death has not yet been…
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We are saddened to report that actor Thomas Jefferson Byrd was shot and killed over the weekend in southwest…
Bob Gibson, the powerful former pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals and a National Baseball Hall of Famer, died on…
Roy “Roy C” Hammond, the soul singer best known for writing and producing the Honey Drippers’ song “Impeach the…
Gale Sayers, one of the greatest running backs in the history of the NFL, has died at the age of 77.
Toots Hibbert, the Grammy-winning Jamaican singer behind seminal reggae tracks like “Pressure Drop” and “54-46",…
Friends and family of Hall of Famer John Thompson, the architect of the Georgetown Hoyas’ gilded age, say the…
Chadwick Boseman, the award-winning leading man who portrayed inspiring Black figures in movies like Marshall, 42,…
Quinn Coleman, the Senior Director of A&R at Capitol Records and son of former BET Chairman and CEO Debra Lee, has…
Raymond Allen (Sanford and Son, Good Times) died on Monday after a battle with respiratory issues, Variety reports.…
Former presidential candidate and ardent Trump supporter Herman Cain has died after a battle with COVID-19. The…
As a superfan of the hip-hop group The Roots, I will always contend that “Water,” a raw and vulnerable tale of…
U.S. Rep. John Lewis, the civil rights leader who served in Congress since 1987, has died after a months-long battle…
The Rev. Cordy Tindell Vivian—a product of the Midwest who helped make history in the South—died on Friday morning…
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Lawrence Franks Jr., known as rapper Huey, has died at the age of 31. The Kinloch, Mo., native was reportedly shot…
Citizens are demanding answers surrounding the death of 19-year-old Oluwatoyin Salau, a Black Lives Matter activist…
On Wednesday afternoon, a dark cloud covered the Black Twitter timeline as news was released that Jas “JasFly”…