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Singer D'Angelo performing at Pori Jazz festival in Pori, Finland. (Wikimedia Commons / Photo by Roquai)

IN MEMORIAM: D’Angelo, A Neo-Soul Genius Who Reignited a Genre, Dies at 51 of Pancreatic Cancer

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Today, it was learned that the singer died in New York after a quiet battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 51. Though he...

Sly Stone, Keystone Berkeley, CA, April 16, 1982 (Wikimedia Commons)

Black Press1 year ago

IN MEMORIAM: Legendary Funk Pioneer Sly Stone Dies at 82

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Sylvester “Sly” Stewart—known to the world as Sly Stone, frontman of the groundbreaking band Sly and the Family Stone—has died at the age...

An active member of the Black Rock Coalition and the leader of the Burnt Sugar ensemble, Greg Tate leaves an astounding legacy

Black History5 years ago

IN MEMORIAM: ‘Godfather of Hip-Hop Journalism’ Greg Tate Dies at 64

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “This hurts,” radio host and music journalist Errol Nazareth exclaimed on Twitter. “I worshipped his writing. His book, ‘Flyboy in The Buttermilk,’ hugely...

The legendary film, television, and stage actress who earned an Academy Honorary Award, three Emmy’s and a Tony, has died at the age of 96. (Photo: Cicely Tyson at the 2012 Time 100 gala. David Shankbone / Wikimedia Commons)

Black History6 years ago

IN MEMORIAM: Film and Stage Legend Cicely Tyson Dies at 96

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Among her more memorable stage performances were 1968’s “Carry Me Back to Morningside Heights,” 1969’s “To Be Young, Gifted and Black,” and 1983’s...

Jazz musician Wallace Roney, 59, died of COVID-19 on March 31 in Patterson, NJ. Roney was a trumpet player and a Grammy-award winning artist mentored by Miles Davis. (Photo: YouTube)

Black History6 years ago

IN MEMORIAM: African Americans Who Have Died of COVID-19

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Michigan has been hit particularly hard by the COVID-19 virus. A Flint, Mich. Bishop and pastor in the area both died after recently...

Return of the Legends: The Keystone Klub, which opened in April in Harbor East featured iconic Jazz musicians over the Memorial Day weekend, including (from left), Buster Williams on bass, Antonio Hart (a Baltimore native) on alto saxophone, Lenny White on drums and Cyrus Chestnut (also a Baltimore native), who is not seen here, on piano. (Photo credit: Joe Lee)

Entertainment7 years ago

The Rebirth of Cool

THE AFRO — There was a surreal scene in the swanky Harbor East community over the Memorial Day weekend. Billy Murphy, the legendary defense attorney was...