Voletta Wallace, Notorious B.I.G.'s Mother, Dies At 78
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Voletta Wallace, Notorious B.I.G.’s Mother, Dies At 78

NEW YORK (AP) — Voletta Wallace, the dedicated mother of the late great rapper The Notorious B.I.G., died Friday morning at 78.Monroe County Coroner Thomas Yanac confirmed her death Friday to The Associated Press, saying she died at her home in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, after a stint on hospice care. She died of natural causes.A representative for the estate of The

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Entertainer Mitzi Gaynor, Star Of ‘South Pacific,’ Dies At 93
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Entertainer Mitzi Gaynor, Star Of ‘South Pacific,’ Dies At 93

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mitzi Gaynor, the effervescent dancer and actor who starred as Nellie Forbush in the 1958 film of “South Pacific” and appeared in other musicals with Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly, has died. She was 93. Gaynor, among the last survivors of the so-called golden age of the Hollywood musical, died of natural causes in

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Peter Buxtun, Tuskegee Syphilis Study Whistleblower, Dead At 86
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Peter Buxtun, Tuskegee Syphilis Study Whistleblower, Dead At 86

NEW YORK (AP) — Peter Buxtun, the whistleblower who revealed that the U.S. government allowed hundreds of Black men in rural Alabama to go untreated for syphilis in what became known as the Tuskegee study, has died. He was 86.Buxtun died May 18 of Alzheimer’s disease in Rocklin, California, according to his attorney, Minna Fernan.Buxtun is revered as a hero

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