Here’s the official statement from Teena Marie’s record label: December 26th, 2010 – Stax Records, the Concord Music Group family and millions of fans around the world, lost a great artist and friend on Sunday when soul music icon Teena Marie died at the age of 54. An internationally renowned singer, songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist and […]
(Undated) — Michael Jackson isn’t just the top-earning dead celebrity on “Forbes” magazine’s annual list, he has also outearned other living stars over the past year. Boasting posthumous earnings of 275-million dollars in the year since his death, Jackson’s estate pulled in more than the combined total of the other 12 celebrities on “Forbes'” deceased […]
By now, you know the deal. Slim Thug gives AllHipHop.con his faves, who and why. AllHipHop.com: Please, let me know which MCs compose your Top 5 Dead Or Alive. Slim Thug: Top 5 Dead Or Alive—Tupac! TUPAC AllHipHop.com: Why Tupac? Slim Thug: Tupac, his music is so meaningful; you know what I’m saying. With […]
A man was found dead inside a locked video booth at an adult bookstore yesterday. Houston police said Broderick S. White’s body was found at a store in the 15500 block of the Eastex Freeway at about 2 p.m. Surveillance video showed White, 35, walking into the store at about 8:30 p.m.. Monday. Investigators said […]
AUSTIN, Texas — A gunman opened fire Tuesday inside a University of Texas campus library then fatally shot himself, and police are searching for a possible second suspect, university police said. A man fired an automatic weapon on the sixth floor of the Perry-Castaneda Library early Tuesday, UT police spokeswoman Rhonda Weldon said. “He subsequently […]
Bill Cosby is used to winking at internet rumors of his death. But after another one spread Monday, he said he hopes people will give the hoaxes a rest. After false news of Cosby’s death spread by Twitter on Monday – “Bill Cosby died” was a trending topic on the microblogging service – the […]
Several of you have called "The Box" request lines to confirm if Lil Boosie was indeed dead. Well is he now?
Former Temptations front man Ali "Ollie" Woodson died on Sunday, May 30 after a battle with Leukemia.
VIA KHOU.com: by khou.com staff A Sugar Land teen was killed over the weekend while traveling in Nuevo Laredo, according to the Fort Bend County ISD. Elisabeth Mandala, 18, was a senior at Kempner High School. A Mexican newspaper reports Mandala and two men were beaten to death near the town of Mina. Their bodies were found […]
Via ABCLOCALGO.com: Houston police are trying to figure out who killed a husband and wife in their southwest Houston apartment. Their bodies were found by their daughter Tuesday afternoon. Police say the couple was killed execution style, which if true, would make this more than a random killing. In front of the couple’s apartment, where […]
Via NewsOne.com: Benjamin L. Hooks, a champion of minorities and the poor who as executive director of the NAACP increased the group’s stature, has died. He was 85. State Rep. Ulysses Jones, a member of the church where Hooks was pastor, said Hooks died early Thursday at his home, following a long illness. Hooks became […]
VIA KPRC/CLICK2HOUSTON.com: BAYTOWN, Texas — Two teenagers’ bodies were found inside a burning home Sunday, and police don’t think their deaths were accidental, KPRC Local 2 reported. Baytown firefighters put out flames at a home on Lloyd Drive near Garth Road at about 7 a.m. When crews went inside, they found the bodies. Relatives identified […]
