Category Archives: Deaths

Harlem’s Lynnette C. Velasco Has Passed

Posted on August 23, 2012 by | 2 Comments

Good day, I have sad news to share, one of our friends has transitioned. I got the news early this morning

Services for Lynnette C. Velasco will be at Evangel Temple, and are as follows: Continue reading →

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In Loving Memory of Bishop Quick Bishop Norman N. Quick

Posted on August 3, 2012 by | 3 Comments

Dear Friends:

It is with profound sorrow that we announce the passing of our former Board member, Bishop Norman Quick on Wednesday, August 1, 2012.   Continue reading →

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Steven Carter Gets 26 Years After Cold Case

Posted on July 31, 2012 by | Leave a comment

The cops got their man, 26 years later. Violent career felon Steven Carter was hit with the maximum 25-years-to-life sentence Monday for strangling a woman in Harlem’s St. Nicholas Park — in 1986. Continue reading →

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Harlem Remembers Sylvia Woods “The Queen Of Soul Food”

Posted on July 26, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Harlem restaurateur Sylvia Woods was a legendary chef, but she was also a key figure in the Harlem political scene. Continue reading →

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Sylvia Woods, ‘Queen of Soul Food,’ Passes

Posted on July 19, 2012 by | 3 Comments

Sylvia Woods, the matriarch of the famed Harlem restaurant that bore her name and a New York City icon, died Thursday at her Westchester home, family members said in a statement. Continue reading →

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Arlington National Cemetery App Helps Find Gravesites

Posted on July 4, 2012 by | 1 Comment

The folks at Springwise report that back in 2010 gravestones and memorials being given a high-tech makeover to help mourners from Harlem to Hollywood remember special moments with deceased loved ones, but recently Virginia’s Arlington National Cemetery took what promises to be an even bigger technological step forward. Continue reading →

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Bill Lindsay, A Tenor On The Corner of Doo Wop Heaven Passes (video)

Posted on June 21, 2012 by | 8 Comments

Bill Lindsay’s (that’s him, third from the left) musical roots began as a little boy in Birmingham, Alabama where he won a radio talent show at the age of 6 where he sang. Continue reading →

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Qoute Of The Day: Inspired By “…Women” In Harlem – Sassoon

Posted on May 9, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Legendary hairstylist Vidal Sassoon died Wednesday at age 84 at his home on Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles, after almost half a century in the business. Continue reading →

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Whitney ‘The Queen of Pop’ Houston, one of Harlem’s Greatest Love of All (video)

Posted on February 18, 2012 by | 2 Comments

Harlem loved Whitney and Whitney loved Harlem. She may have been raised across the river in East Orange, but in Harlem, we mourned her passing as if she was a local. Continue reading →

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Harlem’s Jimmy Castor, Dies at 71 (video)

Posted on January 17, 2012 by | 2 Comments

Jimmy Castor, a singer, instrumentalist and songwriter whose mastery of genres from doo-wop to Latin soul to funk, and instruments including saxophone and bongos earned him the title Everything Man, died on Monday in Henderson, Nev. He was 71. Continue reading →

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