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In this Feb. 14, 2018 photo, actor Chadwick Boseman poses for a portrait in New York to promote his film, "Black Panther. (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP, File) 

Tributes for Chadick Boseman who has died at just 43. The actor portrayed Jackie Robinson, James Brown, Thurgood Marshall and T’Challa, gracefully filling the screen with the dignity of Black lives

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In this April 28, 2012 file photo, former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain speaks during the annual Tax Cut Rally, sponsored by the Taxpayers League of Minnesota, at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Genevieve Ross, File) 

Cain, who had hoped to become the first Black politician to win the GOP nomination, has died of complications from the coronavirus.

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In this June 19, 2014, file photo, Civil Rights pioneer Rev. C.T. Vivian preaches during a commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act in Knoxville, Tenn. (Paul Efird/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP) 

The Rev. C.T. Vivian, was an early and key adviser to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., organized pivotal civil rights campaigns and spent decades advocating for justice and equality

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Alberta Mae Simmons, March 15, 1933 - July 6, 2020 

Services will be held at Truevine M.B.C., 4735 N. Commercial on Friday July 17, 2020 at 11:00 a.m.

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Hilton Eugene Smith, June 16, 1935 - June 30, 2020 

Hilton Eugene Smith, 85, passed away lovingly surrounded by family, on June 30, 2020.

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Dante Eugene Johnson, September 20, 1971 - June 15, 2020 

It is with great sadness, that the family of Dante Eugene Johnson announces his passing at the age of 48. Dante died unexpectedly on Monday, June 15, 2020. Viewing will be on June 25, 2020 from 1PM to 4PM at Terry Funeral Home.

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In this Jan. 20, 2011 file photo, Jean Kennedy Smith attends a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's inaugural speech on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) 

Though she never ran for office, Smith campaigned for her brothers, traveling the country for then-Sen. John F. Kennedy as he sought the presidency in 1960.

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In this Sept. 14, 1978, file photo, Harry Glickman, general manager of the NBA Portland Trail Blazers, discusses events surrounding star player Bill Walton, who has been asked to be traded, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jack Smith, File) 

Glickman was part of the original ownership team and held a number of positions with the team, including general manager. Under Glickman, the Trail Blazers reached the NBA Finals three times, winning their lone title in 1977

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In this Sept. 4, 1979 file photo, Bonnie Pointer poses for a portrait in Los Angeles. Pointer, founding member of the Pointer Sisters, has died. Publicist Roger Neal says Pointer died of cardiac arrest in Los Angeles on Monday. She was 69. (AP Photo/George Brich, FIle) 

Bonnie Pointer, who in 1969 convinced three of her church-singing siblings to form the Pointer Sisters, which would become one of the biggest acts of the next two decades, died Monday.

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The R&B giant was gay, black and out to the max; he was also a father and a man of faith

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