Tuesday, April 26, 2005

Loss of a Giant - Clarence 'Big House' Gaines: 1924-2005


Clarence "Big House" Gaines, the legendary former basketball coach at Winston-Salem State, died yesterday. Read More

Friday, April 01, 2005


Johnnie Cochran...RIP in Heaven's Court



Famed attorney Johnnie Cochran, perhaps best known for his successful defense of O.J. Simpson, died Tuesday afternoon after suffering from an inoperable brain tumor, his family said. He was 67.

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Jimmy Smith's Last Note



Famed Jazz Organist Jimmy Smith Dies.

Musician Jimmy Smith, who made the organ into a standard instrument in jazz, has died. Smith began his career in the early 1950s and is credited with creating the distinctive sound of "soul jazz."

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