Obituaries

The tragedy coming as Tarver was working on a musical comeback. 

Hastings was one of Florida's most senior members in Congress and represented majority Black communities outside of Miami.

Marvin Gaye's legacy is still being felt to this day. Today, April 2, he is being celebrated for his everlasting greatness.

Donovan Lynch and former Bad Girls Club star Deshayla Harris were among individuals shot and killed in three separate incidents in Virginia Beach, Virginia on Friday (March 26).

The step-grandmother helped raise Barack's father and was a philanthropist to help young girls and orphans gain an education in her native Kenya.

Elgin Baylor is a DC native and is considered one of basketball's greatest players.

. Baylor played for the Minneapolis and Los Angeles Lakers for 14 seasons before becoming a coach and an executive.

Kotto often portrayed hard-nosed characters on screen in films such as 'Alien,' 'Live & Let Die' and on the TV series 'Homicide: Life On The Street'

"Marvelous" was the undisputed middleweight champion from 1980 to 1987 and is widely considered one of the greatest middleweight boxers of all-time.

Prince Markie Dee born Mark Anthony Morales was 1/3 of The Fat Boys. It was confirmed Thursday, February 18th that he passed away at the age of 52. He will live on forever in 1980 classics like the films Krush Groove and Disorderlies. 

One of the key figures in the adult magazine empire has reportedly passed away. Larry Flynt had died on Feb. 10 in his Los Angeles residence according to TMZ and The Washington Post.  He was 78-years-old. From WEWS News 5 Cleveland: The Post reported that Larry’s brother Jimmy Flynt confirmed the death but did not […]

Mary Wilson, a founding member of the legendary singing trio, "The Supremes," has passed away. In a statement, Wilson's longtime publicist Jay Schwartz said she passed at her home in Henderson, Nevada. No cause of death has been revealed at this time.