by Chris Morris | Variety Singer, actor, producer and activist Harry Belafonte, who spawned a calypso craze in the U.S. with his music and blazed new trails for African American performers, died Tuesday of congestive heart failure at his Manhattan home. He was 96. An...
By Erik Pedersen | Deadline Willis Reed, the Hall of Fame NBA center who won two championships with the New York Knicks including his legendary hobbling return to the court in Game 7 of the 1970 Finals, died today. He was 80. His former teammate-turned-U.S. senator...
by Jordan Moreau | Variety Lance Reddick, who appeared in major TV series like “The Wire,” “Fringe,” “Bosch” and films like the “John Wick” franchise, which is set to debut “John Wick: Chapter 4” next week, died of natural causes Friday morning, Variety has confirmed...
by Chris Morris | Variety Saxophonist Wayne Shorter, one of the most distinctive voices of his jazz generation as a soloist, composer and bandleader, died Thursday at a hospital in Los Angeles, his publicist confirmed to Variety. He was 89. Initially counted among...
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By Jem Aswad, A.D. Amorosi | Variety De La Soul cofounder Dave Jolicoeur, better known as Trugoy the Dove, has died at the age of 54, a rep for the group has confirmed to Variety. Details were not immediately available, but he has suffered from health issues for...
By Bruce Haring | Deadline Gregory Allen Howard, the first African American screenwriter for a $100 million drama with Remember The Titans, died today in Miami after a brief illness, his publicist said. He was 70. Howard also was the only African American screenwriter...
By Paul Woolverton | The Fayetteville Observer Fayetteville-area resident Ineitha Lynnette “Diamond” Hardaway of the popular “Diamond and Silk” Trump-supporting political duo died on Monday. The media personality was 51. A cause of death was not stated. Hardaway and...
By Erik Pedersen | Deadline Fred White, who played drummer for the Grammy-winning R&B band Earth, Wind & Fire during its 1970s and early-’80s heyday including such classic songs as “September” and “Shining Star,” has died. He was 67. His brother and bandmate...
By Chris Willman | Variety Anita Pointer, who rose to fame in the 1970s as a member of the hit sibling singing group the Pointer Sisters, died Saturday at age 74. The cause of death was cancer; her publicist said she died surrounded by family. “While we are deeply...
By Don Burke | New York Post Edson Arantes do Nascimento remembered exactly when he first saw his father weep. It was 1950 and Brazil, appearing in soccer’s World Cup for the first time, had just been beaten by Uruguay. “My father was crying with a lot of Brazilians,”...
By Will Graves | AP News The ball fluttered in the air and all but one of the 22 players on the Three Rivers Stadium turf on that cold December day 50 years ago essentially stopped. Franco Harris never did. The Pittsburgh Steelers running back kept right on going, the...