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Harry Belafonte, activist and entertainer, dies at 96
Harry Belafonte, the civil rights and entertainment giant who began as a groundbreaking actor and singer and became an activist, humanitarian and conscience of the world, has died. He was 96.
Shock and Grief: Chadwick Boseman, who embodied Black icons, dies of cancer
As his Hollywood career boomed, Boseman was privately undergoing “countless surgeries and chemotherapy” to battle colon cancer, his family said in a statement announcing his death at age 43 on Friday. He’d been diagnosed at stage 3 in 2016 but never spoke publicly about it.
‘Queen of Soul’ Aretha Franklin dies at 76
Aretha Franklin, the undisputed “Queen of Soul,” who stood as a cultural icon around the globe, has died at age 76 from pancreatic cancer. She transitioned Thursday at 9:50 a.m. at her home in Detroit.