Tag: celebrity deaths

RIP: Legendary Rocker David Bowie Dies of Cancer 18 Mos. After Daughter-in-Law Was Diagnosed With Breast Cancer

Gender bending rock/pop legend David Bowie died on Sunday after a long battle with cancer. He was 69. Bowie was best known for his #1...

RIP: “Little” Melvin Williams, Drug Dealer Who Inspired and Acted in HBO’s “The Wire”

RIP to Melvin "Little Melvin" Williams, 73, who made me begin to rethink the drug war. You ended it free, brother. pic.twitter.com/UjtshQAmzz— David...

RIP: Ben Powers (Keith from ‘Good Times’)

Actor Ben Powers, best known for his role as Keith on 1970s TV sitcom Good Times, died on April 6 in New Bedford, Mass....

RIP Johnny Kemp

Johnny Kemp, the singer best known for the 1980s hit song "Just Got Paid," passed away Thursday in his native Bahamas, the Bahamas Weekly...

R.I.P. Joe Cocker

British singer/songwriter Joe Cocker has died following a battle with lung cancer. He was 70. The gravelly voiced singer is best known in America...

RIP Clarence Burke Jr., Lead Singer of the Five Stairsteps

Clarence Burke Jr., lead singer and guitarist of the sibling group The Five Stairsteps died Sunday. Burke's death, one day after he turned 64,...