Dexter Scott King, the esteemed younger progeny of civil rights icons Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, has passed away, as confirmed by his brother.

The founder of a former megachurch in Oklahoma who was branded a heretic and lost one audience — but gained a new one — after he rejected the idea of hell and supported gay rights has died, his agent said Monday.

Pat Robertson, a Christian broadcaster who turned a tiny Virginia station into the global Christian Broadcasting Network that was a staple in many African American homes, has died. He was 93.

On May 31, Jacky Oh—real name Jacklyn Smith— a 32-year-old model, entrepreneur, and actress, died in Miami, FL, while receiving a “mommy makeover,” leaving three children and a longtime partner behind.

Tina Turner, the unstoppable singer and stage performer who teamed with husband Ike Turner for a dynamic run of hit records and live shows in the 1960s and ’70s and survived her horrifying marriage to triumph in middle age with the chart-topping “What’s Love Got to Do With It,” has died at 83.

Harry Belafonte, the civil rights and entertainment giant who began as a groundbreaking actor and singer and became an activist, humanitarian and conscience of the world, has died. He was 96.

Gone way too soon. That’s what fans of a gospel singer known to be a mainstay in Nashville, TN, are saying after she died suddenly at age 44.

“Yesterday with family surrounding his bedside I had the sacred honor of witnessing the man responsible for my life, take his last breath,” the media mogul wrote. “We could feel peace enter the room at his passing.”

Rapper and businessman, Percy Miller Sr. – best known by his stage name, Master P – is in the throes of grief since losing his daughter, Tytyana Miller, who died Sunday, May 30. She was 29.

Many are still reeling from the news that YouTube and Instagram personality, Kevin Samuels, who specialized in giving relationship advice that rubbed some the wrong way, died last Thursday in Atlanta. He was 57.

Singer Toni Braxton is grappling to come to terms with the reality of the passing of her sister, Traci Braxton, but is doing her best to keep a positive perspective amid the pain and devastation.

After the devastating death of the gospel legend was announced, her cause of death has been revealed.

LaShun Pace, age 60, has died according to her management team. At the time of writing, the cause of death for the former member of the gospel group, The Anointed Pace Sisters, has not been disclosed.

Publicly, Miss USA 2019, Cheslie Kryst, seemed to have it all: beauty, success, happiness, and a platform to do good in the world. But privately, she was battling internal demons. Authorities say she jumped to her death.

Less than two weeks after celebrating her 63rd birthday, international evangelist, best-selling author, platinum-selling singer, and UN Ambassador, Juanita Bynum, is mourning the passing of her mom, Mother Katherine Bynum. She was 83.

NEW YORK (AP) — Sidney Poitier, the groundbreaking actor and enduring inspiration who transformed how Black people were portrayed on screen, became the first Black actor to win an Academy Award for best lead performance and the first to be a top box-office draw, has died. He was 94.

Cicely Tyson, the pioneering Black actor who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper’s wife in “Sounder,” won a Tony Award in 2013 at age 88 and touched TV viewers’ hearts in “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,” died Thursday at age 96.

Viral singing sensation Duranice Pace of Atlanta’s acclaimed gospel group, The Anointed Pace Sisters, died Thursday, Jan. 14. She was 62.

“I am incredibly sad right now,” said Sherri Shepherd who detailed the first and only time that she and Desselle Reid connected on a deep, personal level.