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October 2, 2024
After decades of sharing his diffused visions of the world, abstract artist Richard Mayhew died on September 26.
August 15, 2023
Former NFL running back Collins, who played five seasons for the Seattle Seahawks and the Ravens after a terrific college…
June 22, 2023
Jack Stokes, a veteran journalist with The Associated Press, has died. He was 73.
May 25, 2023
A collection of tributes that poured in Wednesday from musicians, actors and athletes following the death of musical superstar Tina Turner.
May 24, 2023
Walter Royal, the chef of a destination steakhouse in North Carolina who triumphed as a challenger on “Iron Chef America”…
March 3, 2023
Wayne Shorter, an influential jazz innovator whose lyrical, complex jazz compositions and pioneering saxophone playing sounded through more than half a…
January 30, 2023
Barrett Strong, one of Motown’s founding artists and most gifted songwriters, has died. He was 81.
January 20, 2023
Professional soccer player Anton Walkes has died from injuries he sustained in a boat crash off the coast of Miami,…
May 9, 2022
Jewell Caples, the 'First Lady' of Death Row Records, has died at age 53. The cause of death has not…
Kevin Samuels x theGrio.com
May 6, 2022
Controversial YouTube star Kevin Samuels, known for his divisive views about Black women, has died at age 56. 
Rollo
March 4, 2019
The actor, known for his role on the show as "Rollo" who took wisecracks from Redd Foxx's character was 80,…
Jenkins
February 26, 2019
The public health professional tried to alert the medical field about what was being done to Black men, but his…
George Taliaferro
October 9, 2018
George Taliaferro helped lead Indiana University to its only undefeated season in history and went on to break the color…
Kathleen Dehmlow thgerio.com
June 6, 2018
The say no one escapes karma and it appears one family is making sure their shady matriarch finally gets what
August 6, 2016
A New Jersey man who recently passed away was remembered by two separate obituaries in the same newspaper: one from