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Nelson Mandela’s ex-wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, an anti-apartheid activist in her own right whose reputation was sullied by scandal, has died. She was 81. Madikizela-Mandela will be honored by a state funeral on April 14, preceded by an official memorial service on April 11,...

Africa Lost A Great Woman Yai Ajaratou  Jainaba Penda Cham. A  Great African Woman!  

Fidel Castro, who led his bearded rebels to victorious revolution in 1959, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 U.S. presidents during his half-century of rule in Cuba, has died at age 90. With a shaking voice, President Raul Castro said on state television...

It was 1980 and Muhammad Ali had no business being in the ring against a younger and stronger Larry Holmes, no matter how much his entourage kept telling him how good he looked in training. And he did look good. He had lost nearly 40 pounds to get his body to a reasonable...

LAS VEGAS — B.B. King believed anyone could play the blues, and that “as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.” But no one could play the blues like B.B. King, who died Thursday night at age 89 in Las Vegas, where he had been in hospice care....

    NEW YORK- Bob Simon, the longtime “60 Minutes” correspondent and legendary CBS News foreign reporter died suddenly Wednesday night in a car accident in New York City. The award-winning newsman was 73. Simon’s career spanned five decades, from covering the war in...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah, the powerful U.S. ally who joined Washington’s fight against al-Qaida and sought to modernize the ultraconservative Muslim kingdom with incremental but significant reforms, including nudging open greater...

Celebrities such as actor Samuel L. Jackson, NASCAR driver Danica Patrick took to Twitter on Sunday to mourn the death of longtime ESPN anchor Stuart Scott, who died that morning at age 49. The sports TV personality and father of two daughters passed away on Jan. 4 after battling...

A controversial and tireless advocate for the nation’s capital who created jobs for generations of black families, Marion Barry was the ultimate District of Columbia politician, though his arrest for drug use in the midst of a crack cocaine epidemic often overshadows his...

Plus size model and former American Idol contestant Joanne Borgella passed away Saturday morning. She was 32 In an emotional Facebook post written by her family, fans learned that the talented star died after battling Endometrial Cancer. “To God be the glory! With heavy...