Posts in category Obituaries

ANANDA LEWIS: Who made a name for herself as a host on BET’s "Teen Summit,” passes at 52. PHOTO COURTESY OF HOWARDUNIVERSITY Los Angeles (AP) …

ROY MIZELL & KURTZ FUNERAL HOME  Sallie Tillman, 71, died June 9. Service 10:30am Saturday, June 21, at Mizell & Kurtz Worship Center. Tavaris Lewis, …

DR. JERREL W. JONES: A trailblazer in Black-owned media, as first African American in the nation to own both a newspaper and radio station. PHOTO …

SLY STONE: Unprecedented, groundbreaking leader of widely considered the greatest rock ‘n roll band of all time, “He was a special case, cooler than everything …

JAY FUNERAL HOME  Willie L. Adams, 77, US postal carrier, died June 4. Service 11am Saturday, June 14, at Morning Star MBC. Esperanza D. Ortega …

NGŨGĨ WA THIONG’O: "He wrote English like an African, another gift that very few people have," and later transitioned to writing only in his native …

EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Former Minnesota Vikings defensive end Jim Marshall, one of the four members of the famed Purple People Eaters front that formed …

JAY FUNERAL HOME  Marie Riles, 79, DOT toll attendant, died May 21. Service 10am Saturday, June 7, at Lee C. Jay Memorial Chapel. Annie C. …

U.S. REP. CHARLES RANGEL: Defeated the legendary Adam Clayton Powell in 1970 to start his own nearly 50-year congressional career. His distinctive gravelly voice was …

LARRY DEMERITTE: Became the second Black trainer since 1951 in the 150th Derby last year. “My motto is, ‘I don’t buy cheap horses. I buy …