Celebrity deaths in 2015
While the list of celebrity deaths for any given year isn’t the most popular list to create, it is necessary. It provides an opportunity for
December 15, 2015
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While the list of celebrity deaths for any given year isn’t the most popular list to create, it is necessary. It provides an opportunity for
A standout player for Georgia Tech’s football team in his heyday, Jesse Arthiniel Tarplin played defensive end after outgrowing his linebacker position that earned him the
Melvin Williams, a legendary drug kingpin whose life was a big inspiration for HBO’s popular series “The Wire,” died of cancer, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015
If you are a music lover and lived in Atlanta in the 1970s, the name Alex Cooley legendary. Cooley was the top concert promoter for big name
Prominent Black artist Eldzier Cortor died Thursday, Nov. 26, 2015 in Long Island, NY. He was 99. Cortor was born Jan. 10, 1916 in Richmond, Virginia and
Trumpeter and co-founder of funk band Sly & The Family Stone, Cynthia Robinson, dies at 69. Robinson was spunky and spirited and still actively touring. The legendary
Renowned technology entrepreneur and diversity advocate Hank Williams has died at the age of 50. Williams died Nov. 15 after a weeklong stay at the Beth Israel
The former chairwoman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Jacqueline A. Berrien, died this past Monday, Nov. 9, 2015. The highly respected litigator was a native of
Samantha Moxey, owner of Decatur’s ATL Beauty Bar, was honored with a candlelight vigil on Saturday, November 8, 2015. The young entrepreneur was remembered during
Fred Thompson, 73, died on November 1, 2015 after a recurrence of lymphoma, according to a statement issued by the Thompson family. “It is with
On a mild Saturday morning in September 2015 in a small chapel in Atlanta a crowd of friends, relatives and representatives from the local Jamaica
Actor, model and former host of MTV’s “Yo Momma,” Sam Sarpong, has died at the age of 40 according to his publicist. Reports indicate that Sarpong died of an apparent
The city of Chicago has lost a true religious leader with the death of Apostle Richard D. Henton last week. Henton died at home surrounded
Michael Jackson’s dermatologist, Dr. Arnold Klein, 70, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015 in California. Klein once claimed to be the father of two of
The name Dr. Beny J. Primm is one that commands great respect in the medical community and the battle against addiction. Dr, Primm died last week
Robert Cooper Phillips, aka Koopsta Knicca, a member of the popular rap group Three 6 Mafia, has died. One of the original members of the
Few people are aware that the concept for the Texas International Hair and Tradeshow got started simply as Vince Shelton’s way of finding a more
James H. Mason’s name was an Atlanta household name in the late 1980’s. He owned popular and trendy Black nightclubs The Warehouse, in downtown Atlanta,
Another warrior for Black rights has made his transition to the spirits of our ancestors. Esteemed scholar and an original member of the Black Panther
Jackie Collins wrote 32 books, all appeared on the New York Times Bestsellers’ List. She was a brilliant novelist. Her first book, The World Is Full
