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Cissy Houston, Whitney Houston’s mother and a Grammy-winning singer, dies at 91
Houston died Monday morning in her New Jersey home while under hospice care for Alzheimer’s disease.
Prayers Up: Nine suffocate to death in Ugandan New Year firework crush
As millions around the world celebrated the incoming of the New Year by giving thanks to God and attending events with family and friends, tragedy struck in Uganda.
Nashville gospel singer Shonka Dukureh dies at 44 – just one month after her role in ‘Elvis’ biopic
Gone way too soon. That’s what fans of a gospel singer known to be a mainstay in Nashville, TN, are saying after she died suddenly at age 44.
Master P says ‘I put my faith and trust in God’ as he grieves the loss of his daughter
Rapper and businessman, Percy Miller Sr. – best known by his stage name, Master P – is in the throes of grief since losing his daughter, Tytyana Miller, who died Sunday, May 30. She was 29.
Forgiveness Fatigue: Families of Buffalo victims massacred by White Supremacist shooter are tired
Former Buffalo Fire Commissioner Garnell Whitfield Jr., who lost his 86-year-old mother, Ruth Whitfield, when a white gunman, 18-year-old Payton Gendron, massacred 10 Black people in a racist rampage at a Buffalo supermarket, is struggling with the notion of forgiveness.
LaShun Pace’s cause of death revealed + daughter Aarion remembers her mother
After the devastating death of the gospel legend was announced, her cause of death has been revealed.
Miss USA 2019 Cheslie Kryst dies by suicide at 30: Family says she 'inspired others around the world'
Publicly, Miss USA 2019, Cheslie Kryst, seemed to have it all: beauty, success, happiness, and a platform to do good in the world. But privately, she was battling internal demons. Authorities say she jumped to her death.
Former US Rep. Carrie Meek remembered as trailblazer
arrie Meek, who died Sunday, is being remembered as a trailblazer, a descendent of a slave who became one of the first Black Floridians elected to Congress since Reconstruction. But the late Congressman John Lewis had another way of describing her.
Rest in power, Queen: Cicely Tyson dies at 96, tributes pour in
Cicely Tyson, the pioneering Black actor who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper’s wife in “Sounder,” won a Tony Award in 2013 at age 88 and touched TV viewers’ hearts in “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,” died Thursday at age 96.
Rest In Heaven: Duranice Pace of The Anointed Pace Sisters dies at 62
Viral singing sensation Duranice Pace of Atlanta’s acclaimed gospel group, The Anointed Pace Sisters, died Thursday, Jan. 14. She was 62.
Prayers for her family: ‘B.A.P.S.’ and ‘Cinderella’ star Natalie Desselle-Reid dies of colon cancer at 53
Actress Natalie Desselle-Reid, known for her roles in Cinderella and B.A.P.S (Black American Princess) has passed away from colon cancer at the age of 53.
Praying for this family: Parents mourn the loss of their kindergartner who died from COVID-19
We should all remember to pray for parents like the ones in Texas who are grieving the loss of their 5-year-old daughter from coronavirus complications, and mourn with them as Romans 12:15 instructs.. Tagan Drone, a once vibrant and healthy kindergartner died Friday, Oct. 30, after testing positive for COVID-19, says her family.
We Are Praying: Chrissy Teigen and John Legend grieve their miscarriage
We are praying. Chrissy Teigen said she and John Legend are in “deep pain” following her miscarriage, which she announced in a heart wrenching social media post.
We Are Praying: Miami-Dade police captain and father of NFL player James White killed in car crash
The father of New England Patriots’ running back James White was killed Sunday in a car crash in Florida, authorities said. The wreck that killed Tyrone White happened around 1 p.m. in Cooper City, Florida, the Broward County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
This Hurts: Christian actress Letitia Wright shares heartbreaking tribute to ‘brother’ Chadwick Boseman
As the public grapples with the fresh loss of “Black Panther” star Chadwick Boseman, Letitia Wright, who played Shuri— the spunky, intelligent onscreen sister of Boseman’s character King T’Challa— is revealing that their brother-sister bond was real off-screen.
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.
3 former presidents mourn John Lewis at funeral in Atlanta
John Lewis was mourned, revered and celebrated as an American hero on Thursday at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, a sacred place for many of those who helped to shape civil rights history.
Mourners bid farewell to Rayshard Brooks at historic church, Rev. Bernice King speaks
Scores of mourners Tuesday paid their final respects to Rayshard Brooks at the Atlanta church where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. used to preach, taking part in a funeral filled with historical echoes and a tragic sense that Black America has been through this all too many times before.
Watch: Kobe Bryant’s friend Lisa Leslie reflects on his life and death
WNBA legend Lisa Leslie sat down for a one-on-one with CBS This Morning to reflect on the life and death of her friend Kobe Bryant who tragically died in a Jan. 26 helicopter crash. The 47-year-old told journalist Gayle King that his death reminded her of a quote about how “joy and sorrow are inseparable.”
Kirk Franklin sends prayers to Kobe Bryant’s family during Grammy acceptance speech
During his acceptance speech, the songwriter and composer acknowledged the passing of 41-year-old NBA icon Kobe Bryant who died in a helicopter accident Sunday morning along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna.