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	<title>International Black Women&#039;s Film Festival &#187; Obituaries</title>
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		<title>Stylist to the Stars L’Toska Powell Passes Away</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 22:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Chicago-Sun Times reported that Mrs. L&#8217;Toska Powell &#8211;stylist to the stars&#8211; passed away at 97 years old in Chicago, IL. L’Toska Powell was there to see the beginnings of African Americans in Hollywood. The&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Notable Deaths in 2010: Sunset</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 22:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was another sad year for film, music and television, as we lost more legends. Here are some notable passings from 2010. [myyoutubeplaylist JBn_7JsnJ3c, QCG3kJtQBKo, 1sxrAZvd01A, AGfAAKj92Os, 2QgLtBsPspo, lYVWoi72Ow4]]]></description>
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		<title>11-Yr. Old Broadway Actress Shannon Tavarez Passes Away</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 19:38:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shannon Tavarez was a multi-talented young singer/dancer/performer who recently played the Young Nala in &#8220;The Lion King&#8221; on Broadway. According to Broadway World and People.com, she was battling acute myeloid leukemia. Shannon was only 11&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>OBITUARY: Jazz musican, singer and actress Abbey Lincoln dies at 80</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 22:17:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The phenomenal, multi-talented pianist, singer, actress and activist Abbey Lincoln passed away at the age of 80 years old. Known in her later years for her Civil Rights activism, she was often compared to another&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>OBITUARY: Actress Vonetta McGee Passes Away at 65</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The beautiful and talented actress Vonetta McGee passed away on July 9, 2010 in Berkeley, California, after being in a coma for two days due to a heart condition. Diagnosed with Hodgkins Disease while in&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>FLASHBACK: NPR Interview’s Gail Lumet Buckley About Her Mother Lena Horne</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 20:39:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally airing in 1986, NPR&#8217;s Terry Gross interviews Gail Lumet Buckley, Lena Horne&#8217;s daughter. The interview gives more insight into Lena Horne&#8217;s family history. According to the late-Lena Horne&#8217;s daughter (listen to the NPR podcast&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Lena Horne Passes Away at 92</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 17:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Screen legend, activist and entertainer Lena Horne passed away on Mother&#8217;s Day, May 9, 2010, in Manhattan, at the age of 92. Ms. Horne was a force of nature who blazed trails for Black women&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>OBITUARY: Celebrity Make-up Artist &amp; Former Actress Roxanne Floyd Dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amber Magazine reported that make-up artist to the stars, Roxanne Floyd, passed away from unknown causes on January 28, 2010. Ms. Floyd was well known for her amazing make-up work on African American actresses, singers&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Actress Alaina Reed Hall Dies of Breast Cancer</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the weekend, TV actress Samaria Graham delivered some sad news that actress Alaina Reed Hall passed away. Mrs. Hall played Ms. Graham&#8217;s TV mother on the hit television series &#8220;Blossom.&#8221; Mrs. Reed &#8211;a stage,&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Sunset &#8211; Notable Deaths</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eartha Kitt, Dancer, Vocalist, Performer &#38; Activist &#8211; December 25, 2008 Odetta, Folk and Blues Singer, and Activist &#8211; December 2, 2008 Miriam Makeba, Singer, Actress &#38; Activist &#8211; November 10, 2008 Ave Montague, Director&#8230;]]></description>
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