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From MyColumbusPower.com: Steve Jobs speaks about his death in a moving yet eery speech he gave at a university back in 2005. In his speech he talks about passion, he talks about losses, he talks about love. But the biggest part of his speech wasn’t about the iPhone, it was about death. Read what he […]

City workers stumbled upon human skeletal remains Tuesday night in northeast Houston.  The remains were found in the woods along Herman Brown Park. Police said the bones were probably scattered by animals and that identifying the person could take time.  The medical examiner will try to determine a cause of death. Reported & Storied by khou.com […]

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  According to the AP, Lee Roy Selmon, the Hall of Fame defensive end who teamed with his brothers at Oklahoma to create a dominant defensive front that helped lead the Sooners to consecutive national championships, died Sunday — two days after being hospitalized for a stroke. He was 56. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/moving_america_news/32100

*(Via AP/Yahoo News) – Nick Ashford, one-half of the legendary Motown songwriting duo Ashford & Simpson that penned elegant, soulful classics for the likes of Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye and funk hits for Chaka Khan and others, died Monday at age 70, his former publicist said. http://www.eurweb.com/?p=126722

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According to the AP, mourners, including some celebrities, have paid tribute to the late boxing promoter Butch Lewis at a memorial service in Delaware. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/entertainment/gossip/30954

*(Via Rolling Stone) – During his brilliant, troubled life, James Brown always called his own shots. So it wasn’t a surprise that Brown set the terms of his legacy after his death. And the centerpiece of that vision was to give virtually his entire fortune, valued then at roughly $100 million, to a trust to […]

via: cnn.com Washington (CNN) — More members of Congress are seeing something cleared for only a select group of Americans: Photos of Osama bin Laden’s corpse. Read More

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  “If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you.  If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, and make allowing for their doubting, too. If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or, being lied about, don’t deal in lies, Or […]

Via MyPraiseATL.com: Bernice King called into Praise 102.5 and spoke with Rhodell Lewis today on what is the 43rd death anniversary of her father, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Saying that today is a sad day for her on a lot of fronts, she talked about all of the problems in the world and wondered […]

Online sources are reporting that Sease died in Vicksburg, Miss., a little more than a week before his 65th birthday. His cause of death has not yet been revealed to the public. http://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/02/08/gospel-singer-marvin-sease-dead-at-the-age-of-64/ Gospel singer Marvin Sease has reportedly passed away at the age of 64.

*In the wake of Teena Marie’s sudden death, reports began circulating online Monday that claimed the ailing Aretha Frankilin had also passed away – but those rumors are flat-out false. http://www.eurweb.com/?p=74013

http://www.eurweb.com/?p=73797 *Berry Gordy, whose Motown Records released Teena Marie’s first four albums, released a statement Monday reflecting on his relationship with the soulful R&B standout, who died in her sleep Sunday of apparent “natural causes.”