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09-27-2023 5:15 pm • PDX and SEA Weather
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Clarence Avant, the judicious manager, entrepreneur, facilitator and adviser, that came to be known as the "Black Godfather" of music and beyond, has died. He was 92.
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In this Oct. 27, 2009, file photo, Harvard law professor Charles Ogletree Jr., stands on stage before moderating a mayoral debate in Boston. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole, File)
Ogletree, who had battled Alzheimer’s disease since 2015, reportedly died at his home in Maryland. The distinguished Harvard Law School professor and celebrated attorney was keynote speaker at a past The Skanner Foundation MLK Breakfast.
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New Jersey Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver speaks to supporters during an election night party in Asbury Park, N.J., Nov. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, file)
Oliver was the first Black woman to hold statewide elected office in New Jersey, and was a well-known figure in state government, making history in 2010 by becoming the first Black woman to lead the state Assembly.
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Daniel Smith, April 1989- July 2022
Daniel Smith was born April 1989 and passed away July 2022. He was raised in the traditional African American community in northeast Portland.
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Tina Turner, Pop and R&B vocalist, as holds up a Grammy Award, Feb. 27, 1985, in Los Angeles. Turner, the unstoppable singer and stage performer, died Tuesday, after a long illness at her home in Küsnacht near Zurich, Switzerland, according to her manager. She was 83 (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)
Tina Turner was known for such songs as “Proud Mary,” “River Deep, Mountain High” and “We Don’t Need Another Hero.” Her trademarks were her growling contralto, her bold smile and strong cheekbones, her palette of wigs and her muscular, quick-stepping legs.
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Brown shattered records during a relatively short NFL career, leading the Cleveland Browns to their last championship in 1964, appeared in more than 30 films, and was a prominent leader in the Black power movement of the 1960s
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Grace Bumbry, a pioneering mezzo-soprano who became the first Black singer to perform at Germany's Bayreuth Festival during a career of more than three decades on the world's top stages, has died
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Jerry Springer, the onetime mayor and news anchor whose namesake TV show featured a three-ring circus of dysfunctional families willing to bare all on weekday afternoons including brawls, obscenities and blurred images of nudity, died Thursday at 79.
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Belafonte died Tuesday of congestive heart failure at his New York home, his wife Pamela by his side
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Bradbury established Oregon’s vote-by-mail system, advocated for environmental issues and ran for governor, all while battling multiple sclerosis for more than 40 years.
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