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Former model, restaurateur, author and television host B. Smith has passed away after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease.
Smith, 70, died in her Long Island, NY home on Saturday (February 22, 2020). The sad news was announced by her husband, Dan Gasby, via social media on Sunday.
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Dubois, best known for her portrayal of Willona Woods on the classic television show, was found dead in her home in Glendale, California.
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Sad news today. NBA great Kobe Bryant reportedly died in a helicoper crash in Calabasas earlier this morning (January 26, 2020).
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Comic actor John Witherspoon, best known for his role as Ice Cube’s father in the “Friday” movies, has died at age 77.
Witherspoon had a long career in stand-up comedy, television and movies dating back more than 40 years. But he was best known by fans of the cult-hit comedy for playing Willie Jones, the father of Ice Cube’s character in ‘Friday’ that spawned two sequels and an animated series.
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Diahann Carroll, the first Black woman to star on her own TV show in a non-subservient role has died at the age of 84 from complications of breast cancer.
In addition to being a sitcom pioneer, Carroll was talented actress and singer who won a Tony Award for her Broadway performance.
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Toni Morrison, the first African-American woman to win the Nobel prize in literature, has died.
Morrison, whose acclaimed, best-selling work explored black identity in America and in particular the experience of black women, reportedly passed away Monday in the Bronx after a brief illness. She was 88.
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