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Joe Jackson, Jackson Family Patriarch, Leaves Behind a Complicated Legacy
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Stephanie Hertzenberg
Joe Jackson died following a battle with pancreatic cancer early in the morning on Wednesday, June 27, 2018. He was 89 years old. Joe Jackson was the patriarch and manager of the Jackson 5, Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson. Though Jermaine Jackson stated that Joe “kept [them] off the streets,” Joe was a notoriously harsh…
Remembering Dorothy Cotton: Civil Rights Icon and MLK Confidant
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Stephanie Hertzenberg
Dorothy Cotton, a civil rights leader who worked with Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., has passed away at the age of 88. She had been battling illness recently and died in her retirement home in Ithaca, New York on Sunday, June 10, 2018. Cotton first met King in 1960 when he was preaching at her…
Where Fashion Met Function: Remembering Kate Spade
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Stephanie Hertzenberg
Kate Spade was found dead in her apartment on Tuesday, June 5, 2018. Her death is believed to be a suicide, but few details are currently available. Spade was born on December 24, 1962, under the name Katherine Brosnahan. She worked for a time as the accessories editor of “Mademoiselle” magazine, but she found the…
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