Sunset: Memorial Guestbook for Michael Jackson – Legacy.com
June 25, 2009
Legacy.com, national obituary and memorial website confirms death of Michael Jackson. click here to sign memorial guestbook | Obituary | follow the tweets
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Sunset: David Carradine star of the 1970s TV series Kung Fu
June 4, 2009
(CNN) — American actor David Carradine has been found dead in a Bangkok, Thailand, hotel, according to his personal manager, Chuck Binder. Carradine’s death was “shocking and sad. He was full of life, always wanting to work … a great person,” Binder said, according to People magazine. Read More
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Sunset: Exodus Tyson, Daughter of Mike Tyson
May 26, 2009
CNN.com — The 4-year-old daughter of boxing legend Mike Tyson died Tuesday, a day after she was injured in a treadmill accident at her home, police in Phoenix, Arizona, said. Read More
Fans were praying for the recovery of Tyson’s daughter. The family had issued earlier thanking fans for their support.
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Sunset: Wayman Tisdale former Oklahoma star and NBA player
May 15, 2009
Legacy.com — Former Oklahoma star and NBA player Wayman Tisdale has died at 44 after fighting cancer the past two years. St. John Medical Center in Tulsa says he died Friday morning.
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Sunset: Dom DeLuise actor-comedian. He was 75
May 5, 2009
Legacy.com — Dom DeLuise, the portly actor-comedian whose affable nature made him a popular character actor for decades with movie and TV audiences as well as directors and fellow actors, has died, a son told two broadcasters Tuesday. He was 75.
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Sunset: Mrs. Mayme Hatcher Johnson, Harlem Mourns Widow of Bumpy Johnson
May 3, 2009
Mayme Hatcher Johnson, author, and widow of Harlem gangster Bumpy Johnson, dead at 94
Literary News and Views (Karen E. Quinones Miller) –In her book, Harlem Godfather: The Rap on My Husband, Ellsworth “Bumpy” Johnson, she told of meeting Bumpy for the first time in a Harlem restaurant.
Before long I was known as Bumpy’s girl. It was a good title to possess. It meant I could get in anywhere I wanted to go, I was treated as queen wherever I went, and I was showered with gifts and jewelry on a steady basis. It also meant that I was constantly accosted by other women who were in love with Bumpy and wanted me out of the way. At first I was upset, but then I pretty much learned to ignore them. Like Bumpy said, they wouldn’t even be stepping to me if they didn’t realize that I was the one real woman in his life. And hell if I was going to let them back me away from a man who treated me as good as Bumpy treated me. . .
Bumpy and I met in April 1948. In October that year we were driving past 116th and St. Nicholas Avenue in his Cadillac when he suddenly turned to me and said, “Mayme, I think you and I should go ahead and get married.”
I was stunned, but I kept my composure. I said simply, “Is that right?”
He said, “Yes, that’s right,” and kept on driving.
We were married in a civil ceremony just two weeks later.
She remained married to Bumpy until his death of a heart attack in 1968, though he was incarcerated at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary for ten years of their marriage.
Mrs. Johnson was a long-time member of St. Martin’s Episcopal Church in Harlem, and was known for her charitable and volunteer activities.
“Mayme was a class act, and had a big heart,” said Henry “Perk” Perkins, a Harlem restaurateur who was a close friend of both Bumpy and Mrs. Johnson. “She was the sweetest woman in the world, but she didn’t take any nonsense. She carried herself like a real lady and expected to be treated as such.”
In 2004, Mrs. Johnson moved to Philadelphia, and three years later decided to finally write a biography about her husband, so that “people could know the truth about him rather than all the myths.” Harlem Godfather was published in February 2008. More than 200 people attended the book launch party held in Harlem.
“Yeah, she was tickled pink to tell people she was an author at age 93,” Perkins said with a laugh. “Boy, it really made her proud to finally get that book done.”
Mrs. Johnson was notified two days before her death that a film production company was negotiating to purchase a book option for Harlem Godfather.
Final arrangements are private at the family’s request.
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Catch the Buzz You Missed: (November 17, 2007) — Following the release of “American Gangster” starring Denzel Washington, as the widow of Ellsworth “Bumpy” Johnson, the original American gangster, who ruled Harlem in the early 20th century, Mayme Johnson came to DryerBuzz & Company to set the record straight! The podcast excerpt remains a top topic on youtube today.
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Sunset: Memorial Services for David “Pop” Winans Sr.
April 10, 2009
legacy.com — David “Pop” Winans Sr., the Grammy-nominated patriarch of the award-winning gospel music family, died Wednesday. He was 76. Memorial services are planned for Tuesday and Wednesday at Perfecting Church in Detroit where Marvin is the senior pastor. Earlier this year Winans suffered a heart attack and stroke last October.
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Sunset: Marvin Webster death apparently stemmed from an illness
April 8, 2009
Sunset: Marvin Webster, a fierce shot-blocking center who helped lead the Seattle SuperSonics to the 1978 NBA finals, was found dead in a hotel bathtub. He was 56.
His body was discovered in his room Monday morning in the downtown Ambassador Hotel, police said Wednesday.
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Sunset: Sonya Hamm August 25, 2009 – March 25, 2009
March 26, 2009
sonyahammlive.com — Sonya went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday night (3/25/09) – with her husband and mother by her bedside. Tentative plans include: a memorial service at World Changers Church International (Pastors Creflo & Taffi Dollar / College Park, Georgia); and a homegoing service at Christian Faith Center (Pastor Brenda Timberlake / Creedmoor, North Carolina).
Hamm was a former radio personality in Atlanta Radio.
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Sunset: Actor Ron Silver
March 18, 2009
Actor Ron Silver, who won a Tony Award as a take-no-prisoners Hollywood producer in David Mamet’s “Speed-the-Plow” and did a political about-face from loyal Democrat to Republican activist after the Sept. 11 attacks, died Sunday at the age of 62.
“Ron Silver died peacefully in his sleep with his family around him early Sunday morning” in New York City, said Robin Bronk, executive director of the Creative Coalition, which Silver helped found. “He had been fighting esophageal cancer for two years.”
His big-screen credits included “Ali,” ”Reversal of Fortune,” ”Enemies: A Love Story, ” ”Silkwood” and “Semi-Tough.”
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