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Mourners embrace as the casket of Kasandra Perkins is loaded into a waiting hearse outside of Ridgeview Family Fellowship Church following a funeral service, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, in Blue Ridge, Texas. Perkins was shot and killed last Saturday by her boyfriend Jovan Belcher, a Kansas City Chiefs football player. AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Relative: Kasandra Perkins brought joy

Jamie Stengle, Associated Press
BLUE RIDGE, Texas (AP) - The slain girlfriend of Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher was a loyal friend who brought joy to others with her smiles and laughter, a relative said Thursday at a memorial service for the woman...
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Perkins, Belcher

Service held for Kasandra Perkins

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BLUE RIDGE, Texas (AP) - A memorial is being held in North Texas for the slain girlfriend of Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher...
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Lawrence Guyot, 23, of Greenwood, Miss., removed his shirt in Jackson, Miss., to show newsmen where he says Greenwood and Winona police beat him with leather slapsticks, in this June 14, 1963 file photo. His daughter Julie Guyot-Diangone said late Saturday Nov. 24, 2012 he died late Thursday or early Friday outside Washington, D.C. at the age of 73. Guyot, a civil rights leader who survived jailhouse beatings in the Deep South in the 1960s and went on to encourage generations to get involved in various causes, had a history of heart problems and suffered from diabetes. (AP Photo/Jim Bourdier, File)

Civil rights leader Lawrence Guyot dies at 73

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawrence Guyot, a civil rights leader who survived jailhouse beatings in the Deep South in the 1960s and went on to encourage generations to get involved, has died. He was 73...
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Bily Scott Anthology

1960s, 70s hit R&B singer Billy Scott dies in NC

Associated Press
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Rhythm and blues singer Billy Scott has died in North Carolina at age 70...
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Major Harris from 1975's 'My Way' album cover

'Philly sound' R&B singer Major Harris, dies at 65

Michael Felberbaum, Associated Press
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Major Harris, a former member of the 'Philadelphia sound' soul group the Delfonics and singer of the 1975 hit 'Love Won't Let Me Wait,' has died...
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Herb Carter (courtesy of Tuskegee)

Tuskegee Airman Herbert Carter dead

Ugonna Okpalaoka
theGRIO REPORT - Tuskegee Airman Herbert Carter died Thursday at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika...
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Sherman Hemsley arrives at the LG's Mobile TV Party held at Paramount Studios on June 19, 2007 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Texas judge to consider DNA in Sherman Hemsley case

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EL PASO, Texas (AP) - A man who says he is Sherman Hemsley's brother is expected to reveal the results of a DNA test to a judge in Texas in an effort to prove his claim for a share of the late actor's estate...
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Charles Vernon Bush, the first African-American to graduate from the United States Air Force Academy, passed away November 5 at the age of 72. (Tri Lake News)

1st black US Air Force Academy grad, dead at 72

Ugonna Okpalaoka
theGRIO REPORT - The first African American graduate from the United States Air Force Academy has passed away.
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This July 26, 1952 file photo shows Milt Campbell, center, of Plainfield, N.J. getting set to clear the final hurdle to make him the winner in the fifth heat of the 110-meter hurdles event in the Olympic decathlon at Helsinki, Finland. Campbell, who became the first black to win the Olympic decathlon in 1956 and went on to play professional football and become a motivational speaker, died Friday Nov. 2, 2012 after a battle with prostate cancer. He was 78. (AP Photo/File)

Milt Campbell, 1st black Olympic decathlon winner, dies

Associated Press
GAINESVILLE, Ga. (AP) - Milt Campbell, who became the first African-American to win the Olympic decathlon in 1956 and went on to play pro football and become a motivational speaker, has died, his family said. He was 78...
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Police officers stand in front of the house where Vindalee Smith lived in New York, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. Smith, 38, who was eight months pregnant, was found stabbed to death Saturday in her apartment, the day before her wedding, police said. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Police: Slain NYC pregnant woman's fiance was still married

Colleen Long, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - The mystery surrounding the killing of a pregnant woman deepened Monday, as investigators looked into a strange note left at the scene and discovered that her fiance was still married to another woman...
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