Posts in category Obituaries

New York (AP) – Pioneering hip-hop artist Keith Grayson, who performed as DJ Kay Slay and worked with top stars, has died of complications from …

Brunswick, Ga. (AP) – Cornelia Walker Bailey devoted her life to documenting and preserving the Saltwater Geechee culture on Sapelo Island until her passing in …

Los Angeles (AP) – Tommy Davis, 83, a two-time National League batting champion who won three World Series titles with the Los Angeles Dodgers, died …

Kingston, Jamaica (AP) – Fitzroy “Bunny Diamond” Simpson of reggae trio Mighty Diamonds has died just two days after the shooting death of lead singer …

Pittsburg (AP) – Julius Pegues, the first Black basketball player at the University of Pittsburgh, has died following a battle with cancer. He was 86. …

ROY MIZELL & KURTZ FUNERAL HOME cd Betty Strong, 85, died March 15. Service will be held 10am Saturday, March 26, at Mount Hermon A.M.E. …

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) – Sierra Jenkins was a young Black journalist working in a rapidly shrinking industry where colleagues often didn’t look like her. But …

The Rev. Emmett C. Burns Jr., a civil rights leader in Maryland who also served in the General Assembly for 20 years, has died at …

Washington (AP) – Madeleine Albright, a child refugee from Nazi- and then Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe who rose to become the first female secretary of state …

New Orleans (AP) – The New Orleans Police Department’s first Black superintendent has died. Warren Woodfork Sr. died Wednesday, the department said in a tweet. …