Patricia Eva “Bonnie” Pointer, one of the founding members of The Pointer Sisters has died. She was 69 years old.
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Legendary drummer Jimmy Cobb, the last surviving member of Miles Davis’ First Great Sextet, died at the age of 91 in…
Betty Wright, the R&B and soul singer known for classics like “Clean Up Woman” and “Tonight is the Night,” has died…
The man behind Uptown Records, the New York City-based label that launched the careers of acts like Diddy, Jodeci,…
“I should be better recognized today for sure,” Little Richard said in an August 2010 interview with the Wall Street…
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Millie Small, the Jamaican singer best known for recording the chart-topping smash “My Boy Lollipop” as a teenager…
Fela Kuti drummer Tony Allen, lovingly known as the “Father of Afrobeat” died on Thursday evening at the age of 79, R…
Model turned rapper Chynna Rogers, known as Chynna, died Wednesday at the age of 25.
The founder and publisher of Black Enterprise, Earl Gilbert Graves Sr., was an internationally recognized authority…
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Jazz legend Manu Dibango has died at the age of 86.
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Katherine G. Johnson, the NASA mathematician who played a key role in helping America win the space race and whose…
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Esther Scott, most known for her roles in Boyz n the Hood and Beverly Hills 90210, has died at the age of 66.
Unfortunately, we have to start the evening with some sad news.
Los Angeles Lakers great and five-time NBA champion Kobe Bryant was among nine killed in a deadly helicopter crash…
Herman Boone, the inspiration behind the classic film Remember the Titans, died Wednesday at his home in Alexandria,…
James Robert Kennedy, a man embraced by a South Carolina high school football team and the inspiration behind the…