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Traci Braxton, “Braxton Family Values” Reality Star and Former The Braxtons Group Member, Loses Cancer Battle

by St. Louis American March 12, 2022March 14, 2022

“Traci passed this morning as the snow was falling, our angel is now a snowflake,” Toni Braxton wrote of her sister’s passing.

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Fashion Icon, Influential Vogue Editor André Leon Talley Dies at 73

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The Great Actor and Director Sidney Poitier is Dead at 94

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by St. Louis American January 1, 2022January 3, 2022
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by The Afro September 7, 2021September 7, 2021
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Bob Moses, Civil Rights Movement legend and mathematician, dead 86

by New York Amsterdam News July 29, 2021July 29, 2021
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