Grammy-winning musician Reggie Lucas, who played with Miles Davis in the 1970s and produced most of Madonna’s debut album, has died. Lucas was 65. According to his daughter, Lucas died from complications with his heart early Saturday in New York City. “After a long and arduous struggle with his physical heart (his emotional one was perfect) […]
https://youtu.be/CeEhsxoNAjM WSB-TV Anchors Give A Creative Tribute To Craig Mack Atlanta news anchors drop a few bars in remembrance of Craig Mack by using lyrics from his hit 1994 single “Flava in Ya Ear.”This isn’t the first time that Fred Blankenship and Mark Arum paid tribute to hip hip legends, they did the same […]
LONDON (AP) — Stephen Hawking, whose brilliant mind ranged across time and space though his body was paralyzed by disease, has died, a family spokesman said early Wednesday. The best-known theoretical physicist of his time, Hawking wrote so lucidly of the mysteries of space, time and black holes that his book, “A Brief History of […]
Billy Graham, known widely as “America’s Pastor,” was connected to a number of presidents and took his popular “crusades” from small events in towns across the country to television sets around the world. Graham, who passed Wednesday, had a close, if complicated, connection to the civil rights movement even as he shifted away from those […]
2018 is off to a heartbreaking start for the family and friends of former NBA player Rasual Butler and his wife, singer Leah LaBelle, after the couple were both killed in a horrific car crash that happened earlier this week. https://twitter.com/TMZ/status/959003457385615360 As TMZ reports, during the early morning hours of January 31, Rasual Butler and […]
In the 70’s, the miniseries Roots captured the imagination of the American viewing public and launched or upgraded the careers of actors like Ben Vereen, LaVar Burton, Leslie Uggams and more. The story, written by Alex Haley, traced a Black family’s ancestral line all the way back to Africa. Sadly, one of the stars […]
Steve “Snapper” Jones was one of the NBA’s best known television analysts and a beloved fixture of his hometown team, the Portland Trailblazers. Jones, a former American Basketball Association All-Star, passed away this weekend and the National Basketball Association paid its respects for his contributions. Jones was born Stephen Howard Jones on October 17, 1942 […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Earle Hyman, a veteran actor of stage and screen who was widely known for playing Russell Huxtable on “The Cosby Show,” has died. Jordan Strohl, a representative for The Actors Fund, says that Hyman died Friday at the Lillian Booth Actors Home in Englewood, New Jersey. He was 91. A North […]
The entertainment world lost one of most stellar television actors in Robert Guillaume, who died Tuesday from prostate cancer at the age of 89. Guillaume was an Emmy Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated actor who brought a steady and stately presence in his roles. Born Robert Peter Williams on November 30, 1927, in St. Louis, Missouri, […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Robert Guillaume, who rose from squalid beginnings in St. Louis slums to become a star in stage musicals and win Emmy Awards for his portrayal of the sharp-tongued butler in the TV sitcoms “Soap” and “Benson,” has died at age 89. Guillaume died at home Tuesday in Los Angeles, according to […]
Fans and supporters of comedian and civil rights activist Dick Gregory are gathered in mourning today. The fiery social critic and public figure passed over the weekend, leaving behind a rich history of blazing trails for other Black comedians and outspoken thinkers. Richard Claxton Gregory was born October 12, 1932 in St. Louis, Missouri. The […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jerry Lewis, the manic, rubber-faced showman who jumped and hollered to fame in a lucrative partnership with Dean Martin, settled down to become a self-conscious screen auteur and found an even greater following as the tireless, teary host of the annual muscular dystrophy telethons, has died. He was 91. Publicist Candi […]
