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Bohannon (Courtesy of Howard Theatre)

Entertainment, Obituary

Music Legend Bohannon Dead at 78

by WI Guest Author April 27, 2020December 21, 2021

Clive Davis (left) and Aretha Franklin speak with Videofashion at the 30th Annual Night of Stars in New York City on Oct. 22, 2013, as Franklin's escort Willie Wilkerson (right) looks on. (Screen grab courtesy of Videofashion)

Willie Wilkerson, Former Partner of Aretha Franklin, Dies of Coronavirus

by WI Guest Author April 10, 2020December 21, 2021

Earl Graves Sr. (Courtesy of Black Enterprise)

Black Experience, Obituary

Earl Graves Sr., Black Enterprise Founder and Publisher, Dies at 85

by WI Guest Author April 7, 2020December 21, 2021

Ellis Marsalis plays with the Ellis Marsalis Trio at Tulane University's Dixon Hall in New Orleans on Oct. 21, 2010. (Tulane Public Relations via Wikimedia Commons)

Entertainment, Obituary

Ellis Marsalis Jr., New Orleans Jazz Legend, Dies at 85

by WI Guest Author April 2, 2020December 21, 2021

Wallace Roney

Jazz Trumpet Legend Wallace Roney Dies From COVID-19 Complications at 59

by WI Guest Author April 1, 2020December 21, 2021

B. Smith (Courtesy of B. Smith Style)

Lifestyle, Obituary

B. Smith, Renowned Restaurateur and Model, Dies at 70

by WI Guest Author February 24, 2020December 21, 2021

Ja'net DuBois on the set of "Good Times" in 1976 (Wikimedia Commons)

D Kevin McNeir, Entertainment, Obituary

‘Good Times’ Star Ja’net DuBois Moves on Up at 74

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor February 18, 2020December 21, 2021

Kobe Bryant

NBA Legend Kobe Bryant, Daughter Die in Helicopter Crash

by WI Guest Author January 27, 2020December 21, 2021

Barbara Flack-Darko

Notable 2019 D.C./Maryland/Virginia Deaths

by WI Webstaff January 8, 2020December 21, 2021

Ulysses Currie (Courtesy of Maryland State Archives)

Obituary, William J. Ford

Ulysses Currie, 84, Longtime Md. Lawmaker Dies

by William J. Ford December 27, 2019December 21, 2021