Gospel music mourns the sudden passing of Bishop Kervy Brown, celebrated vocalist and lead singer for Hezekiah Walker.

Mandisa passed away due to complications related to class III obesity at the age of 47. Her passing was discovered by friends on April 18, and it is believed she had been deceased for approximately three weeks prior. The autopsy listed her death as natural.

"I just wanted to say thank you for all the prayers, kind words, and love that you all have shown our entire family these last few days," Mrs. Obama, 60, wrote.

Marian Robinson, the mother of former First Lady Michelle Obama, passed away peacefully at the age of 86, according to a statement obtained by EEW Magazine.

The “Overcomer” singer, who battled depression and anxiety, was found deceased in her home.

Simpson's attorney confirmed that the former NFL running back died Wednesday night in Las Vegas at the age of 76. A message posted Thursday on Simpson's official X account said he died because of cancer.

The world has lost a cinematic giant and a voice for change with the passing of Louis Gossett Jr. on March 29, 2024, at a rehabilitation center in Santa Monica, California.

Dexter Scott King, the esteemed younger progeny of civil rights icons Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, has passed away, as confirmed by his brother.

The founder of a former megachurch in Oklahoma who was branded a heretic and lost one audience — but gained a new one — after he rejected the idea of hell and supported gay rights has died, his agent said Monday.

Pat Robertson, a Christian broadcaster who turned a tiny Virginia station into the global Christian Broadcasting Network that was a staple in many African American homes, has died. He was 93.

On May 31, Jacky Oh—real name Jacklyn Smith— a 32-year-old model, entrepreneur, and actress, died in Miami, FL, while receiving a “mommy makeover,” leaving three children and a longtime partner behind.

Angela Bassett, who earned an Oscar nomination for portraying Tina Turner in the 1993 biopic What’s Love Got to Do With It, was one of the many stars in the entertainment world who flocked to pay tribute to Turner, who died Wednesday at age 83.

Tina Turner, the unstoppable singer and stage performer who teamed with husband Ike Turner for a dynamic run of hit records and live shows in the 1960s and ’70s and survived her horrifying marriage to triumph in middle age with the chart-topping “What’s Love Got to Do With It,” has died at 83.

Fourteen miners have died and more than 20 have been injured in a mine collapse in Sudan's Northern state, a senior official in state-owned Sudanese Mineral Resources Company told Reuters on Friday.

“Yesterday with family surrounding his bedside I had the sacred honor of witnessing the man responsible for my life, take his last breath,” the media mogul wrote. “We could feel peace enter the room at his passing.”

LaShun Pace, age 60, has died according to her management team. At the time of writing, the cause of death for the former member of the gospel group, The Anointed Pace Sisters, has not been disclosed.

“I am incredibly sad right now,” said Sherri Shepherd who detailed the first and only time that she and Desselle Reid connected on a deep, personal level.

Lucille Bridges, the mother of civil rights activist Ruby Bridges, who walked with her then-6-year-old daughter past crowds screaming racist slurs as she became the first Black student at her all-white New Orleans elementary school, has died at the age of 86.

People paid great heed to John Lewis for much of his life in the civil rights movement. But at the very beginning — when he was just a kid wanting to be a minister someday — his audience didn’t care much for what he had to say.

Investigators searching through garbage found the body of a 3-year-old girl who was missing more than a week, and authorities are charging two people with murder, police said. Birmingham Police Chief Patrick Smith told a news conference that the remains of Kamille McKinney were located in a trash bin.