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June 17, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Rodney King, whose videotaped beating shook the world in 1991, is dead at age 47, NBC News…
June 14, 2012
Leolah Brown, sister to Bobby Brown claims that she knows what happened to Whitney Houston, and she can prove it...
June 13, 2012
Pioneer graffiti artist Wayne Roberts known as "Stay High 149" died Monday from complications of liver disease in the Bronx,…
June 5, 2012
MIAMI (AP) - A South Florida masseuse died at a hospital after collapsing at the Miami Beach home of injured…
June 5, 2012
BOSTON (AP) - Herb Reed, the last surviving original member of 1950s vocal group the Platters who sang on hits…
May 24, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - Radio pioneer Harold "Hal" Jackson, a staple of New York radio, has died. He was in…
May 24, 2012
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Retired Lt. Cmdr. Wesley Brown, the first African-American to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy, has…
May 24, 2012
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Family and some of her closest friends helped celebrate the life of Donna Summer at the…
May 21, 2012
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Bob Boozer was a star in college, an Olympic gold medalist and an 11-year professional who…
May 18, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - Donna Summer's funeral will be a private one for family and close friends...
May 18, 2012
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Neighbors of a Florida mother who fatally shot her four children before killing herself weren't sure…
May 18, 2012
RABAT, Morocco (AP) - U.S. disco legend Gloria Gaynor has mourned the passing of fellow diva Donna Summer from Morocco…
May 18, 2012
OPINION - Certainly she is the Queen of Disco, no question, but Donna Summer was so much more than that.…
May 17, 2012
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Reaction to the death Thursday of singer Donna Summer, who was 63...
May 17, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - Disco queen Donna Summer, whose pulsing anthems such as 'Last Dance,' 'Love to Love You Baby'…
May 16, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Chuck Brown, who styled a unique mix of funk, soul and Latin party sounds to create go-go…
May 6, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - Madonna says Adam Yauch, the Beastie Boys rapper who died Friday, was one of a kind…
May 4, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - Adam Yauch, the gravelly voiced Beastie Boys rapper who co-founded the seminal hip-hop group, has died…
May 3, 2012
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - Relatives say a founding member of the influential band The Skatalites has died in Jamaica at…
April 30, 2012
Matt Fiddes, who served as Michael Jackson's personal bodyguard for years, is now claiming the late King of Pop had…