QUARTER ONE (JANUARY - MARCH) 2021 | VOLUME 2 | ISSUE 1
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role as public defender Liz Williams in the 1980's TV series Night Court. Paula Kelly died of heart failure.
Esther Scott IN REMEMBRANCE
02/14/2020. 66-year-old Dreamgirls actress has a long list of film and television credits including films Boyz n the Hood and Encino Man; TV series Beverly Hills 90210, Martin, The Steve Harvey Show, and Sister, Sister; and voice overs for the Ewok TV series. Scott died of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California.
Nick Gordon 01/01/2020. 30-year-old boyfriend of the late Bobbi Kristina Brown (daughter of musicians Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown) died from a heroin overdose three years after he was found liable for Bobbi Kristina's death.
Kobe and Gianna "Gigi" Bryant 01/26/2020. 41-year-old five-time NBA champion Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna were among nine people killed in a tragic helicopter crash on a hillside in Calabasas, California. Bryant, nicknamed the 'Black Mamba,' spent his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers and is the alltime leading scorer in Lakers franchise history.
Paula Kelly 02/08/2020. 77-year-old Paula Kelly's career spanned over three decades in theater, film and television. Kelly is remembered for her Emmy nominated portrayal of Theresa (a lesbian (opposite Lonette McKee ) in The Women of Brewster Place; and for her 48/046
Ja'net Dubois 02/17/2020. 74-year-old actress Ja'net Dubois is known for her role as Willona Woods on the iconic TV series Good Times and composer/performer of the TV series The Jeffersons theme song, "Movin' On Up." The native Brooklyn, New Yorker reportedly died at her daughter's home in Glendale, California of cardiac arrest.
Pop Smoke (Bashar Barakah Jackson) 02/19/2020. 20-year-old up-and-coming rapper Pop Smoke, known to be the face of Brooklyn drill music, was fatally shot in his home in an alleged home invasion. He was rushed to Los Angeles' Cedar Sinai Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
B. Smith 02/22/2020. 70-year-old businesswoman, entrepreneur and model, B. Smith (Barbara Elaine Smith), passed away due to complications from early-onset Alzheimer’s disease.
