Showing posts with label deaths. Show all posts
Showing posts with label deaths. Show all posts
Saturday, October 05, 2019

Iconic Actress Diahann Carroll Joins The Ancestors

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I was saddened to hear the news that iconic actress Diahann Carroll has joined the ancestors at age 84 after losing her battle with breas...
Monday, February 11, 2019

Rest In Power and Peace Miriam Rivera

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2019 is already turning into a less than stellar year for the House of Xtravaganza.  The iconic New York ballroom community house has al...
Thursday, August 16, 2018

The Queen of Soul Has Joined The Ancestors

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Was saddened to hear the news that Aretha Franklin has passed away moments ago at age 76 in her hometown of Detroit. The iconic singe...
Saturday, August 04, 2018

Rest In Power Joel Silberman

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I was saddened to hear that Joel Silberman lost his battle with cancer on August 2 just as we started this 13th edition of Netroots Nation...
Monday, July 03, 2017

RIP Aleshia Brevard

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Maybe the question of gender is just that simple; a need for everything to match..feeling you're complete as the person you've al...
Friday, May 19, 2017

Rest In Power, Kristen Capps

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I awoke this morning to hear the shocking news that one of ur Houston TBLGQIA community sheroes in Kristen Capps has passed away. My con...
Thursday, January 05, 2017

Rest In Power and Peace Mesha!

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We haven't even finished the first week of 2017 and I already have the sad duty of reporting that we have lost our first trans person ...
Tuesday, December 27, 2016

May The Force Be With You Always, Carrie!

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Like many of you TransGriot readers, I was shocked to hear that Carrie Fisher had suffered a heart attack while in the final phases of a f...
Monday, November 14, 2016

Groundbreaking PBS Journalist Gwen Ifill Dies

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As if this week couldn't get any worse, now comes the sad news that groundbreaking journalist, longtime host of PBS' Washington We...
Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Rest In Power Trans Pioneer Alina Maria 'Cachita' Hernandez

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Another one of our trans trailblazers has joined the ancestors in television actress Alina Maria Hernandez at age 46.   She was found by a...
Sunday, October 02, 2016

Rest In Power Jay Kallio

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Was advised by Joshua Holiday that our community lost New York based trans man and longtime TBLGQ community activist Jay Kallio to cancer ...
Friday, September 30, 2016

Linda Phillips Celebration Of Life Service Set For October 15

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I posted here about the recent death of one of our trans community pioneers in Linda Phillips, who along with her amazing spouse Cynthia...
Thursday, September 22, 2016

Texas Trans Pioneer Linda Phillips Passes Away

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Was sad to hear the news via Gordene MacKenzie's Facebook page that pioneering Texas trans woman Linda Phillips has passed away sudd...
Thursday, September 08, 2016

Iconic Entertainer The Lady Chablis Dies

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“I want people to remember, parents to remember, that when a child is born, it may possibly be someone like myself, so be prepared for th...
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Saturday, June 04, 2016

Muhammad Ali 1942-2016

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So saddened to hear that another one of our community icons has gone on to join the ancestors. Muhammad Ali, 1960 light heavyweight Olym...
Thursday, April 21, 2016

Prince, His Royal Badness Is Dead

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Just heard the sad and shocking news that Prince has died at his Paisley Park estate at age 57. According to local and multiple news sou...
Monday, February 15, 2016

Denise 'Vanity' Matthews Has Died

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Like most people in the 80's I was a huge Prince fan and loved Vanity 6, the girl group he started that was fronted by Canadian born m...
Saturday, February 13, 2016

(In)Justice Antonin Scalia Dies

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Was shocked to hear while I was at the State of Black Lives  convening that 79 year old Supreme Court (In) Justice Antonio Scalia has died...