Charley Pride — a sharecropper’s son who rose from rural Mississippi to become the first Black superstar in country music — died Saturday at age 86. The “Kiss An Angel…
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Charles Henry Kelly Jr. of Phoenix, Ariz., passes away at 79
by Debert Cookby Debert CookHenry was born In Elizabethtown, North Carolina on March 15, 1941 to parents Charles and Christian Kelly. After High School, Henry went on to honorably serve in the United States…
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December 9, 2020 Marcus Garvey Jr, the firstborn son of Jamaica’s first national hero, Marcus Mosiah Garvey, died in Wellington, Florida, on Tuesday, reports The Gleaner. Garvey, 90, lost his…
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December 6, 2020 (StarTribune.com) Manderville, Edward “Eddie” age 88, died November 19, 2020. He is survived by his wife, Lorraine, of 62 years; his daughter, Shauntel; and two grandsons. He…
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Eddie Manderville, ironman golfer from Theodore Wirth, died on Thursday at age 88
by Debert Cookby Debert CookDecember 1, 2020 — (article originally posted in StarTribune.com) Eddie Manderville was the proverbial “beauty.” Here’s a column from April 8, 2001, with Eddie talking about his golfing pal Harvey…
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November 24, 2020 David Dinkins, New York City’s first and only Black mayor, has died at 93. Two senior NYPD officials confirmed to NBC New York that Dinkins’ health aide…
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Hubert Lamont Davis was born January 28, 1960 in Plainfield, New Jersey to Era Louise Davis and Richard Davis. It is with great sadness that the Davis family announced his…
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UPDATED SEPT. 21, 2020: Greetings to All;The In-Person memorial service for Lamont Davis has been canceled because of the overwhelming response to attend. The service will be filmed at 12:00PM…
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Catana Starks, First African American Woman to Coach a Collegiate Men’s Golf Team, Dies at 75
by Debert Cookby Debert CookDr. Catana R. Starks, Tennessee State University (TSU) golf coach and alumna, died on Sunday, September 6 at the age of 75. Dr. Starks, born in 1944, leaves behind a…
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June 19, 1940 – July 1, 2020 Carl C. Seldon was very active in the H. M. Turner High Alumni Assoc., Inc. serving as co-Team Captain of his Class (1958) and as…
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James L. Curtis (Bird) passed away Saturday, May 30th, 2020. A long time resident of Sacramento, California, Jim was born November 13th, 1939 in Washington D.C. to William and Annie…
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85, made his transition at home in Oakland, CA, in the presence of his wife of 53 years, Dolores Vitero Presley, on June 22, 2020. Ed is survived by daughter…