Celebrity Deaths

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chi chi devayne RuPaul Drag Race thegrio.com
August 20, 2020
RuPaul's Drag Race alum Chi Chi DeVayne has died at the age of 34 after being hospitalized with pneumonia and…
July 25, 2020
Regis Philbin, the genial host who shared his life with television viewers over morning coffee for decades, has died at…
Pop Smoke - theGrio.com
July 9, 2020
Five people have been arrested in the shooting death of rapper Pop Smoke, the LAPD announced today but they have…
June 11, 2020
Vanessa Bryant paid tribute to her late husband Kobe and daughter Gianna by getting tattoos that she shared on her…
May 18, 2020
Twilight star Gregory Tyree Boyce and his girlfriend were reportedly found dead inside the actor's Las Vegas condo, E! News…
May 9, 2020
theGrio reached out to music industry veterans to discuss Uptown Records founder Andre Harrell's impact on hip-hop and R&B music…
May 9, 2020
Andre Harrell, the music executive who founded Uptown Records, is reportedly dead at 59. He was best known for signing…
April 29, 2020
The Game pays tribute to Nipsey Hussle and Kobe Bryant in a new animated video based on a song from…
April 28, 2020
Ashley "Miss Minnie" Ross, 34, died after a hit and run accident, the reality star's publicist confirmed to theGrio in…
April 3, 2020
The three-time Grammy Award winner, who withdrew from making music in the mid-1980s, died on Monday in Los Angeles, the…
Don Imus thegrio.com
December 29, 2019
Infamous radio host Don Imus has died at the age of 79. Imus' death comes over 10 years after he…
Kristoff St. John thegrio.com
February 6, 2019
The last "Young and the Restless" episode featuring Kristoff St. John will air Wednesday on CBS.
February 4, 2019
Beloved 'Young and the Restless' soap opera star, Kristoff St. John has reportedly been found dead at age 52.
Nancy Wilson dies thegrio.com
December 14, 2018
Nancy Wilson, the Grammy-winning "song stylist" and torch singer whose polished pop-jazz vocals made her a platinum artist and top…
November 20, 2017
A family rep says singer-actress died peacefully Sunday evening in California
November 1, 2017
Keith Wilder, the lead singer of Heatwave, died in his sleep on Sunday at the age of 65.
October 25, 2017
Fats Domino, the amiable rock 'n' roll pioneer whose steady, pounding piano and easy baritone helped change popular music, has…
October 19, 2017
Mychael Knight, whose death recently shocked the fashion world, was already looking frail a month before his dead due to…
October 17, 2017
Mychael Knight, of Project Runway fame, died early Tuesday in Atlanta, Georgia, while surrounded by friends and family. He was 39 years…
September 28, 2017
News broke that Hugh Hefner had died of natural causes at age 91, and celebrities and notable figures poured out…