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Ricardo Munoz
Died: September 13, 2020 — Black Lives MatterOn September 13, 2020, while responding to a 911 call for a domestic disturbance regarding a mental health issue involving a person with a knife, a Lancaster City Bureau of Police (Pennsylvania) officer shot and killed Ricardo Munoz (1993–2020). Following the shooting, in the town of Lancaster,... Read more...
Julian Edward Roosevelt Lewis
Died: August 7, 2020 — Black Lives MatterOn August 7, 2020, in Screven County, Georgia, while pursuing Julian Edward Roosevelt Thompson (1960–2020) for a traffic offense (a broken tail light), Georgia State Patrol trooper Jacob Gordon Thompson shot Julian in the face as he sat in his car in a ditch, killing him. Thompson had attempted to... Read more...
Rayshard Brooks
Died: June 12, 2020 — Black Lives MatterOn the evening of June 12, 2020, an Atlanta police officer, Garrett Rolfe, shot to death Rayshard Brooks (1993–2020) in a Wendy's fast-food restaurant parking lot. Rayshard had fallen asleep in his car, which was parked in the drive-through lane at the restaurant, so restaurant employees called the... Read more...
Margaret Ann Holloway, The Shakespeare Lady
Died: May 30, 2020 — COVID-19On May 30, 2020, Margaret Ann Holloway (1951–2020), known in New Haven, Connecticut, as the " Shakespeare Lady ," died from COVID-19 at Yale New Haven Hospital. Born to a minister and his wife in Albany, Georgia, she won a scholarship to study at the Northfield Mount Hermon School in Gill,... Read more...
George Perry Floyd, Jr.
Died: May 25, 2020 — Black Lives MatterOn April 20, 2021, a jury found Derek Chauvin guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter. The convictions stemmed from an incident on May 25, 2020, when Chauvin, a police officer on the Minneapolis, Minnesota police force pressed his knee... Read more...
Troy Sneed
Died: April 28, 2020 — COVID-19On April 28, 2020, Troy Sneed (1968–2020), a GRAMMY-nominated gospel singer, died in Jacksonville, Florida, from complications related to COVID-19. Born in Perry, Florida, Troy majored in education and minored in music at Florida A&M University, where he was minister of music for the gospel... Read more...
Fred the Godson, Frederick Thomas
Died: April 23, 2020 — COVID-19On April 23, 2020, rapper and hip hop artist Fred the Godson (1985–2020) died in a New York City hospital from complications of COVID-19. He was 35 years old. Born Frederick Thomas in the South Bronx, New York, Fred the Godson broke into the music world in 2010 with Armageddon , a mixtape. Although... Read more...
Charles Gregory Ross
Died: April 8, 2020 — COVID-19Charles Gregory Ross (19??–2020), a renowned hairstylist in the film and television industries, died on April 8, 2020, from COVID-19, just two weeks after he tested positive for the coronavirus. He worked on films such as Remember the Titans (2000) and Drumline (2002), the musical drama Idlewild (... Read more...
Ellis Louis Marsalis, Jr.
Died: April 1, 2020 — COVID-19Jazz pianist and educator Ellis Louis Marsalis, Jr. (1934–2020) was one of five talented musicians in the New Orleans, Louisiana Marsalis family—the others are his sons Branford, Wynton, Delfeayo, and Jason. Born in New Orleans, Ellis, as a young eleven-year-old, began his music studies at Xavier... Read more...
Jenny Polanco, Jenny Altagracia Polanco de Léon
Died: March 24, 2020 — COVID-19On March 24, 2020, internationally acclaimed fashion designer Jenny Polanco (1958–2020), born Jenny Altagracia Polanco de Léon , died in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from complications of COVID-19. The mother of a son and daughter was closely connected to the United States, having studied at... Read more...