scanning the list, calling a lot of those people "celebs" is stretching a little.

there are people of every race who have died with little or no fanfare, though i guess "fanfare" is in the eye of the beholder. would you rather have your passing celebrated mostly by those who loved and knew you best, or would you rather have your death be the cause of a media circus? really, aren't the people on this list the lucky ones?

Um, I totally missed MC Breed's death.

It's hard to believe Merlin Santana has been dead for 7 years!

Anxiety said:

wow! merlin santana has been dead that long! That was a big deal in the black community-even my mom was upset and she doesn't care about any celebs.

Is Tamara Dobson on that list?

I had no idea SHONUFF was gone from THE LAST DRAGON.

Teresa Graves got appropriate mainstream media exposure. BTW: She left Hollywood to become a Jehovah Witness and shunned her previous life. This was before JW's accepted the entertainment lifestyle.

Shirley Hemphill also received appropriate media attention when she passed.

its more sad to see almost all of them died so young....

RnBAmbassador said:

In this country (USA) if black people don't acknowlege our own, they usaully aren't. That's fine, that's what we should do. Well unless they are "lucky" to be in the one black actor/entertainment/star at a time club.

I had forgot a few of the folks on that list.