Teen performer at Obama inaugural fatally shot
NBC CHICAGO - A 15-year-old majorette who performed at some of President Barack Obama's recent inauguration festivities has been shot to death in Chicago...
Pa. man gets Burger King drive-thru send-off after funeral
YORK, Pennsylvania (AP) - Mourners at a U.S. fast-food fan's funeral wanted him to have it his way, so they arranged for his hearse — and the rest of the procession — to make one last drive-thru visit before reaching the cemetery...
Cissy 'thanked God' when Whitney left Bobby
NEW YORK (AP) - Cissy Houston has a few words, and a few more, for Bobby Brown...
Ohio Players frontman 'Sugarfoot' Bonner dead
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - Leroy 'Sugarfoot' Bonner, frontman for the hit-making funk music band the Ohio Players, has died in the U.S. He was 69...
James Hood dies; defied segregation at U. of Ala.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - One of the first black students who enrolled at the University of Alabama a half century ago in defiance of racial segregation has died. James Hood of Gadsden was 70...
Robert F. Chew, who played 'Prop Joe' on 'The Wire', dead at 52
theGRIO REPORT - The passing of Chew spurred an outpouring of grief and condolences from his former cast members...
Racial segregation linked to lung cancer deaths
theGRIO REPORT - How segregated a neighborhood is may determine who dies from lung cancer, according to a new study...
Todd Bridges on Conrad Bain: 'He treated me better than my own father'
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER - The death of Conrad Bain at age 89 has hit no one harder than Todd Bridges...
Conrad Bain, dad from 'Diff'rent Strokes', dead at 89
NEW YORK (AP) - Conrad Bain, a veteran stage and film actor who became a star in middle age as the kindly white adoptive father of two young African-American brothers in the TV sitcom 'Diff'rent Strokes,' has died...
Happy b'day Aaliyah! The late singer's 10 greatest songs
SLIDESHOW - While her time with us was limited, and her star was just beginning to shine, Aaliyah did leave us more than enough great music...
