Obituaries
Legendary R&B singer Peabo Bryson passes away at 75, leaving a musical legacy spanning decades of cherished love songs.
Former NBA player Jason Collins has died at the age of 47 after a battle with brain cancer.
Ashlee's fiancé Joe McCann claims she died by suicide, but her family disputes this and calls the circumstances suspicious. The post Influencer Ashlee Jenae Found Dead in Tanzania Villa — Fiancé Claims Suicide By Hanging, Family Seeks Investigation appeared first on MadameNoire.
Dr. Bernard Lafayette Jr. was a civil rights leader whose organizing in Selma ultimately led to the introduction of the Voting Rights Act.
As we’ve come to understand year after year, day after day, death is an inevitable part of life—a universal truth that spares no one. Yet, despite its certainty, the weight of loss never becomes easier to bear, nor does the act of processing its impact. For those within Black culture, where community and shared experiences […]
Elder Lawrence Blake, who served on the pastoral staff of West Angeles Church of God in Christ, died last week at 54.
Claudette Colvin was known for refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery city bus nine months before Rosa Parks.
Viola “Mother” Ford Fletcher, one of the last living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died in Tulsa at the age of 111.
Jimmy Cliff’s international breakthrough came in 1972 after starring and recording the soundtrack for the cult classic film 'The Harder They Come.'
Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, formerly known as H. Rap Brown, a Black revolutionary who preached armed resistance, dies at 82.
Conservationist Jane Goodall Passes Away at 91 While on U.S. Speaking Tour Renowned primatologist and conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall has passed away at the age of 91 due to natural causes while on a speaking tour in California. Her death, confirmed by the Jane Goodall Institute, marks the end of a groundbreaking career that transformed […]
Popular 1980s Actor Loni Anderson Of The Hit TV Series ‘WKRP in Cincinnati’ has died Loni Anderson, the beloved actress best known for her role as Jennifer Marlowe on the hit 1980s sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati, has passed away at the age of 79. Anderson died in Los Angeles following a prolonged illness, as confirmed by […]