Celebrity R.I.P.s

I just found out today that Bobby Caldwell died on March 15th

https://www.usatoday.com/story/ente...ies-what-you-wont-do-love-singer/11476518002/

Bobby was one of the original blue-eyed soul "brothers"

This song 'fooled' a lot of black folks back in the day. Folks would have bet money that Bobby was black R.I.P.

 

My dad and I turned my little nephew on to this guy. At least his artistic gifts to us will live on.

 

This one hurts. Loved him since I first saw him on "The Wire" (where he was in a wwbm relationship btw!). I'm going to see John Wick 4 to pay my respects.

 

Harry Belafonte, singer, actor and tireless activist, dies aged 96




https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/apr/25/harry-belafonte-singer-dies-actor-singer-activist

 

I was just about to post this. Mr. Belafonte will definitely be missed. He was a true original. R.I.P.

 

He would be sorely missed. He was lR for a long time. Movies like Island in the

He would be sorely missed. Belafonte has been in IR for many years. In film Island in The Sun,The World, the Flesh and the Devil,his appearance with Petula Clark on TV,etc.

 

Grew up on this Legend. It was a pleasure to be enlightened and entertained by Mr. Belafonte all these years. RIP HARRY!

 

Trash talk-show pioneer, Jerry Springer, has died. He was 79.
R.I.P.

https://pagesix.com/2023/04/27/jerry-springer-dead-at-79-after-cancer-battle/

 

He was something else. One can't count on the numerous episodes of two women either White or Black/White fighting over a brother. Or a WW cheating on her man with a brother.

 

True that, lol.
The best part of the show though, was his 'Final Thoughts' epilogues.

I also learned that he discovered he had pancreatic cancer only 3 months before his death.

 

Rest in Heaven.. https://mol.im/a/12112215 via https://dailym.ai/android

 

Wow . I really liked that guy. I think he also starred in season three of "Medici" on Netflix. I will have to watch it again as tribute. Rest in Power Ray Stevenson!!

 

Tina Turner Singer, Queen of Rock n Roll passes away at 83



https://news.sky.com/story/tina-turner-dies-aged-83-12888593

 

So sad. She is now with her 2 sons.

 

Pat Robertson, broadcaster who helped make religion central to GOP politics, dies at 93


https://apnews.com/article/pat-robertson-dead-christian-broadcasting-700-club-91299d0953c014ca6860fe545cac793e

 

I didn't know myself. And l heard that song on the black radio stations.

 

He and his Black sidekick Ben Kinchlow are a trip on the 700 Club. Also he exploited Africans from the mines he owned in the Congo.

 

Good riddance !!! a rat has died why even bring him up ? him and his stupid 700 club that fund oppression. This is the man who said people of Haiti, are paying for "pact to the devil" when disaster hit that country. If Haiti was full of Caucasians with blonde hair and blue eyes he wouldn't say such thing about them.

 

Looked that up. He also said the same about Americans and Hurricane Katrina.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/01/13/haiti.pat.robertson/index.html


What's more interesting is learning this...

In 1825, Haiti was forced to pay millions of French francs to France in exchange for that country's recognition of its sovereignty.

And...

America was saved largely through the efforts of one man: Toussaint L'Ouverture. No longer a slave himself, Toussaint nonetheless trained and led the half million African slaves of Haiti to victory after victory, over England and France, for more than a decade. In the process, he kept America free from European domination.

And...
Early in the 19th century, Haiti helped modern-day northwest Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, northern Peru, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Bolivia to obtain their independence.

I knew about the slave revolt, but not this. They are some Warriors.

Oh, and it goes without saying...

Since the 2010 earthquake, $6 billion has been disbursed in official aid to help the people of Haiti. Nearly all of it has gone to intermediaries such as international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and private contractors.

(Including thieves Hillary and that bum from the Fugees, Wyclef.)

 

Actor Julian Sands, 65, Confirmed Dead After Being Missing Since January While Hiking




https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/julian-sands-dead-room-with-a-view-hiking-accident-1235523335/