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In the early morning hours of September 14, 2017, Anthony “Fif” Soares was gunned down by two men while inside a Toronto Community Housing building. Soares, who was 33 at the time of his death, left behind a girlfriend, and a young daughter, but the OVO affiliate was also survived by the brother he had in Drake. Three days after his death, Drake honored Soares by getting […]
Three members of a family living in Miami have died on three consecutive weekends in a row after they contracted the coronavirus, ABC News reports. 42-year-old Mario Mayorga Jr. was first diagnosed with COVID-19 in March, and other members of his family tested positive just a week later. 72-year-olds Esperanza and Mario Mayorga were among those who were […]
A couple who had been together for 73 years died this week due after both being diagnosed with COVID-19. “Our family lost the glue that holds us together,” Natalie Lameka, the granddaughter of the couple—Mary and Wilford Kepler—told WTMJ TV. She added that the deaths were “definitely hard” but “bittersweet.” Wilford died on Saturday, followed six […]
Little Women: Atlanta star Ms. Minnie is dead at age 34. 34-year-old Ashley Ross—known to fans of the Lifetime reality series as Ms. Minnie—died at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta following injuries she sustained in a car accident, per a report from CNN on Tuesday. “It is with profound sadness that we confirm on behalf […]
Erica Telfair, the mother of former NBA player Sebastian Telfair, has died after she contracted COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus, the New York Post reports. She was 64. Just weeks before the passing of his mother, Dan Telfair, Sebastian’s older brother died from the disease on March 28, according to the outlet. Dwayne “Tiny” Morton, the former head coach […]
Not only will fans be getting a posthumous album from Pop Smoke, but a new documentary focused on the celebrated Brooklyn artist is also on the agenda. As teased in a new interview with Complex’s Eric Skelton, Steven Victor—whose previous credits include COO of G.O.O.D. Music and head of A&R at Def Jam—is currently hard […]
With Wyoming‘s announcement that it had confirmed its first loss of life from COVID-19, there are now recorded deaths from the novel coronavirus in all 50 US states. On Monday, Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon said he was “saddened” to share the news that the state had lost its first citizen to the pandemic. “This one […]
Karl-Anthony Towns’ mother has passed away after she tested positive for the coronavirus last month. The news was confirmed in a family statement shared by the Minnesota Timberwolves on Twitter. “The Towns family is heartbroken by the untimely passing of Jacqueline Towns due to complications as a result of COVID-19,” the statement reads. This story is […]
A Michigan woman who lost both her husband and her son to COVID-19 said her goodbyes via a Facebook Live funeral service last week. Sandy Brown of Flint, Michigan first lost her 59-year-old husband Freddie Lee Brown Jr. in late March. Per CBS News, her 20-year-old son Freddie Lee Brown III died three days later. […]
Former Seattle Seahawks quarterback Tarvaris Jackson has died in a car crash in Alabama. As NFL insider Ian Rapoport said on Twitter, Jackson’s passing was confirmed by his employer, Tennessee State, with whom he was a quarterback coach. He was 36. TMZ reports that Jackson’s vehicle hit a tree and overturned around 9 p.m. on Sunday. […]