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Jim Stewart, producer, engineer and co-founder of legendary Memphis music label, Stax Records, has died at age 92.
Clarence Gilyard, longtime actor from 'Walker, Texas Ranger,' 'Matlock," and UNLV professor, has died at age 66.
Lewis, a three-time Grammy Award-winning pianist and composer who helped jazz cross over in the 1960s, died at his Chicago…
Dr. Marie V. McDemmond, the first woman named president of Norfolk State University, died Wednesday at the age of 76.
William "Poogie" Hart, the lead singer and principal songwriter for Philly Soul group The Delfonics, has died at age 77.
While McCrary's cause of death is still unknown, her siblings confirmed that the gospel group singer passed away on Wednesday.
Musician and singer Bernard Wright, best known for the R&B hit "Who Do You Love," has reportedly passed away at…
Andrew Woolfolk, saxophonist and flautist for six-time Grammy-winning band Earth, Wind and Fire, has died at 71 after a six…
For theGrio, Richard Prince pens obituaries for Black journalists Valerie Boyd, Askia Muhammad and Renee Poussaint.
Clyde Stubblefield, a drummer for James Brown who created one of the most widely sampled drum breaks ever, died Saturday.…
The New York Times issued an apology for the use of the words "slave mistress" to describe Julian Bond's great-grandmother.