Soccer Star Pele, Brazilian Legend of the Beautiful Game, Dies at 82

Pele, the legendary Brazilian soccer player who rose from barefoot poverty to become one of the greatest and best-known athletes in modern history, died on Thursday at the age of 82. Sao Paulo’s Albert Einstein hospital, where Pele was undergoing treatment, said he died at 3:27 p.m. […]

Dancer/DJ Stephen “tWitch” Boss Dies At 40

Source: Frazer Harrison / Getty Update: His wife, fellow dancer Allison Holker, confirmed his death via a statement to PEOPLE: “It is with the heaviest of hearts that I have to share my husband Stephen has left us. Stephen lit up every room he stepped into. He […]

Dorothy Pitman Hughes, Black Feminist Pioneer Dies at 84

Arguably one of the most important Black figures in the feminist movement has died. Dorothy Pitman Hughes passed away on December 1 at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Delethia and Jonas Malmsten in Tampa, Florida. She was 84 years old. Born in 1938 in Lumpkin, Georgia, Hughes […]