The Canadian Press Ezzrett (Sugarfoot) Anderson, one of the first African-Americans to play in the CFL, died Wednesday. He was 97. The Calgary Stampeders, who Anderson played with for six seasons, made the announcement on their Twitter account. "It is with great...
Emmy-Nominated Actor Ron Glass Dies by Ross A. Lincoln | Deadline Hollywood Ron Glass, veteran film and television actor best known for his Emmy-nominated role as Detective Ron Harris on the classic ABC sitcom Barney Miller and for playing Shepherd Book on the cult...
Legendary R&B Singer Sharon Jones Dies by Ross A. Lincoln | Deadline Hollywood Funk, soul and R&B singer Sharon Jones, lead singer of the revivalist funk band Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, has died following a battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 60....
PBS NewsHour Co-anchor Gwen Ifill Dies at 61 from PBS Newshour | Thirteen It is with extremely heavy hearts that we must share that our dear friend and beloved colleague Gwen Ifill passed away this afternoon following several months of cancer treatment. She was...
Variety Staff | Variety Actor Tommy Ford, a regular on the Fox comedy “Martin” and UPN sitcom “The Parkers,” was taken off life support an Atlanta hospital Wednesday afternoon. Ford was on life support after an aneurysm ruptured in his abdomen. He was 52. Ford’s rep...
Bill Nunn – A Peek Into the Life of the Artist and Activist Shadow and Act | Tambay Obenson And thankfully, that wasn’t it, because, a year later, he would go on to originate quite possibly the most memorable role of his career, playing Radio Raheem – an indelible...
South African rally driver Gugu Zulu dies on Kilimanjaro by BBC News South African rally driver Gugu Zulu has died while attempting to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Mr Zulu, 38, was on a Nelson Mandela-linked charity trip to raise funds to buy sanitary towels...
by Greg Evans | Deadline Hollywood Kyle Jean-Baptiste, a 21-year-old New York actor who made his Broadway starring debut July 23 in Les Miserables as the youngest — and Broadway’s first African-American Jean Valjean died August 21 night in a home accident, falling...
Christopher Morris | Variety.com Singer-guitarist B.B. King, the “King of the Blues” who helped define his genre’s electrified postwar sound and became the music’s best-known international ambassador, has died. He was 89. His attorney said he died Thursday in Las...
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — Actor Alton "Ben" Powers, known for his role in the 1970s CBS television series "Good Times," has died at age 64. Powers died April 6 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, according to the Auclair Funeral Home, which is handling arrangements....
by Amsterdam News Sometimes it was hard to separate Dick Anthony Williams the man from the characters he inhabited, especially when he portrayed slick urban hustlers or powerful ghetto-based leaders such as Malcolm X. Williams, 77, died Thursday at Valley Presbyterian...
Obituary from Corbett Funeral Home NOTHEMBA SENTSE HUDDLESTON was born on February, 18, 1982 in Mdanstane, South Africa to Stanford and Ethel Sentse. Departed this world on January 10, 2013 after a short bout with cancer. Survived by her loving husband Daniel...