Chadwick Boseman, a Black american movie star, best known for playing Black Panther in the movie produced by Marvel Studiis, has died of colon cancer. He was 43 years old. According to a statement posted on social media, Chadwick Boseman died at his home in Los Angeles , his wife, Taylor Simone Ledward, and and his family by his side. The sudden death shocked and stunned the World, the film industry, and the Black community, in general.
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Atlanta, Georgia: US and the World Say Goodbye to Civil Rights Icon John R. Lewis.
The late African-American Civil Rights icon John R Lewis's funeral was held on July 30, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia, US. The funeral and memorial service was attended by several high profile individuals, including Former Presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, the US Congress Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senators Kamala Harris and Cory Booker, and the current Atlanta mayor Keisha Bottoms, among others. It was held at Ebenezer Baptist Church, formerly led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., at which John Lewis was a member.
US Rep. John Lewis, Civil Rights and Racial Justice Icon, Passes Away at 80.
Rep. John R. Lewis, the civil rights icon whose fight for racial justice began in the Jim Crow south and ended in the halls of Congress, died Friday night. John Lewis represented Georgia's 5th congressional district. He had been suffering from Stage IV pancreatic cancer since December. He was 80 old.
Pierre Nkurunziza, Burundi President, passes away at 55 years.
News from Bujumbura, Burundi, later confirmed in a statement from the Burundian Government, indicate that Pierre Nkurunziza, the President of Burundi, has died following a cardiac arrest on June 8, 2020 at the Karusi Fiftieth Anniversary Hospital. He was 55 years old.