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The first actor cast was R&B singer Aaliyah (who had made her film and acting debut in Romeo Must Die) as Akasha, the eponymous Queen of the Damned. The search for an actor to play Lestat took much longer — the idea of Tom Cruise reprising the role was considered but dismissed (ultimately Cruise declined to reprise the role) —although front ...
Rashad Hasan Haughton was born in Brooklyn, New York, on August 6, 1977, to Diane (née Hankerson) and Michael Haughton. [citation needed] Haughton’s mother is African-American and his father’s parents were from Jamaica.
R. B. Greaves, 68, American singer ("Take a Letter Maria"), prostate cancer. [421] Herbert Lom, 95, Czech-born British actor (The Pink Panther, Spartacus, Gambit). [422] Ted Boy Marino, 72, Italian-born Brazilian actor and telecatch wrestler, cardiac arrest. [423] Joseph Parker, Jr., 95, American Navy physician, last surviving physician from ...
Aaliyah Dana Haughton (/ ɑː ˈ l iː ə / ah-LEE-ə; January 16, 1979 – August 25, 2001), known as Aaliyah, was an American singer, actress, dancer, and model.She has been credited with helping to redefine contemporary R&B, pop, and hip hop, [2] earning her the nicknames the "Princess of R&B" and "Queen of Urban Pop".
Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of death Ref. Scott La Rock: August 27, 1987 25 New York City, New York, U.S. Shooting [7] Paul C: July 17, 1989 24 New York City, New York, U.S. Shooting [8] Danny "D-Boy" Rodriguez: October 6, 1990 22 Dallas, Texas, U.S. Shooting [9] [10] Charizma: December 16, 1993 20 East Palo Alto, California ...
Monument at the crash site of the airplane carrying Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens; "The Day the Music Died".. The following is a list of notable performers of rock and roll music or rock music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters or in other closely related roles, who have died.
Bad Boy Entertainment, doing business as Bad Boy Records, is an American record label founded in 1993 by Sean "Diddy" Combs. [3] [4] During the mid-1990s, the label signed hip hop and contemporary R&B artists, beginning with the Notorious B.I.G.
Death Row Records is an American record label that was founded in 1991 by The D.O.C., Dr. Dre, Suge Knight, and Dick Griffey. [8] The label became a sensation by releasing multi-platinum hip-hop albums by West Coast-based artists such as Dr. Dre (The Chronic), Snoop Dogg and 2Pac (All Eyez on Me) during the 1990s. At its peak, Death Row was ...