Celebrity Deaths

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D'Angelo. Lauryn Hill, Beyoncé, Jamie Foxx, Jill Scott, theGrio.com
October 15, 2025
Black A-listers in the music industry react after R&B legend D’Angelo died at the age of 51 of pancreatic cancer.
D'Angelo Dead, thegrio.com
October 14, 2025
The elusive genius behind classics like "Brown Sugar" and "Voodoo" transformed R&B and inspired a generation of artists.
October 6, 2025
The son of the famous couple and a musician in his own right, died from kidney failure, according to TMZ…
T-Hood, rapper, what happened to T-Hood, T-Hood Kirk and Rasheeda Frost, Ky Frost T-Hood, theGrio.com
August 12, 2025
‘Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta’ Rasheeda and Kirk Frost’s son Ky may be at the center of T-Hood’s murder investigation.
July 23, 2025
Police confirm Malcolm-Jamal Warner drowned while swimming with his 8-year-old daughter in Costa Rica. Surfers rushed to save them.
July 8, 2025
Harry Smith shared 14-year-old Langston with Ananda Lewis, who passed away in June after a years-long battle with breast cancer. 
June 11, 2025
The former media personality announced in 2020 that she had been battling breast cancer for years and became an advocate…
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June 10, 2025
Country star Brittany Spencer honored the late Angie Stone at the 2025 BET Awards with a soulful performance of “No…
Bobby Brown, Bobbi Kristina, Bobby Brown Jr. Whitney Houston, Bobby Brown's wife, Black celebrity death, Black celebrity children, theGrio.com
May 19, 2025
Bobby Brown opens up about how he’s navigated grief following the deaths of two of his children and ex-wife Whitney…
celebrities who died in 2024, Influential people who died in 2024, O.J. Simpson, Carl Weathers, James Earl Jones, Louis Gossett Jr., Dexter Scott King, Frankie Beverly, Faith Ringgold, Sheila Jackson Lee, theGrio.com
December 8, 2024
O.J. Simpson, Quincy Jones, James Earl Jones and Louis Gossett Jr. were among the many influential and noteworthy people who…
DJ Clark Kent, DJ Clark Kent death, New York hip-hop, Jay-z, theGrio.com
October 28, 2024
DJ Clark Kent, influential hip-hop producer and DJ, died on Oct. 24 at 58.
Michaela DePrince, Elaine DePrince, the DePrince family, Black ballerina, Black ballet dancers, Black celebrity deaths, theGrio.com
September 17, 2024
A spokesperson for Michaela DePrince’s family addressed the death of their mother via Facebook.
James Earl Jones, James Earl Jones death, Black celebrity death, Black Hollywood, theGrio.com
September 11, 2024
Courtney B. Vance, Kerry Washington, Colman Domingo, and more Black Hollywood A-listers pay tribute to James Earl Jones.
Frankie Beverly, Maze, Frankie Beverly death, theGrio.com
September 11, 2024
Frankie Beverly and Maze, the band he co-founded, have become the soundtrack to generations of lives. 
September 20, 2023
Irish Grinstead’s recent passing comes 15 years after the death of her twin sister, Orish, who was an original 702…
Irish Grinstead
September 18, 2023
Irish Grinstead, one-third of '90s girl group 702, has passed away at the age of 43 after battling an undisclosed…
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May 26, 2023
Gloria Reuben spent a year touring with Tina Turner and now the former “ER” star is speaking out about the…
November 27, 2022
Jonathan “Hovain” Hylton, an award-winning music manager and vice president at Cinematic Music Group, has died.
September 8, 2022
Standup comedian, writer and actor David A. Arnold has passed away at 54. Arnold's family confirmed his death ...
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August 13, 2022
Comedy Central has confirmed that comedian and actor Teddy Ray, known for his viral online sketches, has died at the…