A man whose life was the focus of "The Corner," a book about a year on a drug-plagued Baltimore street corner, has died.
Sherman Hemsley, best known for his starring role on "The Jeffersons," has died. He was 74.
Sally Kristen Ride Ph.D, the first woman to fly in space, has died at the age of 61.
Sylvia Woods, the founder of famed Sylvia's Soul Food Restaurant in Harlem, has died. She was 86.
The Boogie Down Productions Affiliate, and ex-wife of KRS-One has reportedly passed away.
Popular writer and journalist Erica Kennedy, most famous for her book Bling, was found dead in her Miami apartment.
Rodney King, whose beating by Los Angeles police in 1991 was caught on camera and sparked riots after the acquittal of the four officers involved, was...
Yvette Wilson, best known for her role Andell Wilkerson on Moesha & The Parkers, has succumbed to cancer. She was 48.
According to Black Enterprise Magazine Barbara Kydd Graves the wife of Earl Graves Sr, passed away at Howard University Hospital after a more than three-year battle...
Harold Baron Jackson is an American disk jockey and radio personality who broke a number of color barriers in American radio broadcasting.
