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This is a list of African-American actors by alphabetical order. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article and/or references showing the person is African American and a notable actor.
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in January 2025 ) and then linked below. 2025
Oscar Grant III was a 22-year-old African-American man who was killed in the early morning hours of New Year's Day 2009 by BART Police Officer Johannes Mehserle in Oakland, California. Responding to reports of a fight on a crowded Bay Area Rapid Transit train returning from San Francisco , BART Police officers detained Grant and several other ...
A number of history makers passed away in 2019: "Boyz n the Hood" director John Singleton, who was the first black director nominated for an Academy Award, died at 51 years old after experiencing ...
A Rhodes scholar with a deft writing style and rough charisma who became a country music superstar and an A-list Hollywood actor. Sept. 28. Drake Hogestyn, 70. The “Days of Our Lives” star ...
Roundtree’s “Shaft” was part of a change in how Black movies were viewed in Hollywood, which failed to consider Black actors – especially for leading roles — in projects at the time.
South African actor Morry Barling suddenly died onstage during a performance at the National Theatre, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. [15] 1960: Actor Louis Jean Heydt died of a heart attack upon conclusion of the first act of the Boston production of There Was a Little Girl, also featuring Jane Fonda.
The late singer and actress Irene Cara, who died at her home in Largo, Florida, on Nov. 25, 2022, died The post Irene Cara died of something more than half of Black American adults suffer from ...