Tribute Black Celebs Who have Died

[@kckc120]

Man I just want to say THANK YOU I THANK GOD FOR U I LOT OF ARE PEOPLE PAST ON I WE DIDN'T EVEN NOW OMG GOD BLESSINGS TO YOU FOR DOING THIS TRULY MEAN THIS WOW I SUPPORT ARE GOOD PEOPLE. SO THANK THANK U THEY DONT CARE ABOUT US CLEARLY NEVER NEW THIS I AM SO BLOWN AWAY AGAIN. 🙏😇🙁🌹

[@BKNY728]

This really tugged at my heart strings. I'm shamed there were some I did not know of. Thank you for this tribute!

[@rthominc]

It takes a great spirit of compassion to do a tribute like this........much thanks!!

[@gagorder13]

A great tribute to great artists! We will miss them all forever

[@cclintrich]

Thank you for showing June Pointer. She was a funny and wonderful woman. It was a blessing to have known her. A great sadness to see her go away. Rest in Heaven

[@kennethjackson333]

Beautiful song. I lost my granny 2 years ago but still break down and cry when I think of the bond we had. She was my bestfriend. The hole in my heart is in the shape of her and no one can fill it. It will forever be empty.😢

[@ms.robinson1854]

She's with you always..remember that

[@marvinmoore3171]

I'm sorry for your loss, and I know what you're going through, because I lost both of my grandmothers too , so I get it

[@MrWINNSLAW]

"I know that it is impossible to name all of the great Black entertainers when doing something like this but, you did a very good job! I was looking for Jimi Hendrix RIP-1970."

[@205breed]

I grew up listening to this song, this is my mom's favorite song. Everytime I hear it, I get teary eyed. CeCe Winans made a touching song.

[@marvinmoore3171]

She deserved a grammy, and an oscar for this beautiful song right here

[@joycegausmann5840]

Huge fan of Lynn Thigpen. Loved her acting and personality. Sad for all.really.

[@cheekscheeks5840]

Lean on me

[@Lswisdom77]

Thank you for loading this vid. There are a lot of people here, I haven't heard of. Bless their Soul's.

[@cheekscheeks5840]

This was very nice so many wonderful ppl have gone on to heaven 😘😘😘

[@cuteluv13]

R.I.P. Aaliyah You were my favorite when I was little. I remember trying to learn how to do the dance to, "Rock The Boat", lol.

[@dumasthompson4567]

Thank you...beautiful song and beautifully done. I didn't even know some of them had passed.

[@ALSESSIONS]

thanks who ever did this. there were stars in there i have forgotten. PS: I'm have Indian and white. This is the 21st century lets all get along.

[@nicolegreene2208]

All love here, Fam 🤜🏾❤🤝🏾❤🤛🏾

[@amandaamelia8235]

All or most of these celebs have been dead for decades. But I guess it's good to remember them by this lovely tribute song by the lovely CeCe Wynans-Love! 😍😇💞💛💕

[@GearsinMotionGraphics]

Rest in peace Supernova AKA Lisa Left Eye Lopes.. it was such a great honor for me to go to your open funeral that took place at New Birth Baptist Church. A woman pulled me to the side to get in line because it was so packed and I was thankful that I made it.

[@Emanuel9991000]

Beautiful song and wonderful interpretation by Cece Winans.

[@plezhurhouse]

This was very nice. A lot of them I didn't realize or had forgotten that they died. Thanks!

[@BlackPopeye44]

Man! Some of these actors I thought was just taking a break. Now I see why I stop seeing them. Thanks for posting this

[@yucansuckadee8930]

Thank you for creating this...Omg! Lynn Thigpen😭No one will ever know how much I loved Carmen Sandiego! I miss her and disgusted I didn't keep up w her career.

[@FSTOPDR]

BRAVO! WELL DONE! Don't worry about forgetting some. This was great and it was gut wrenching how young some of them were. Be Well

[@tootiejohnson9252]

Its sad that this talented black star didn't get the recognition she so deserved. The media didn't let us know she passed away...SMH.

[@thekingshighway]

Thank you for posting this, I am going to save this and share it with my child when she is old enough to understand.

[@mrdasbruce]

Just watched this, thanks for taking the time to put this together. it was nice.

[@roslynheyward9193]

I love the way Lynn Thigpin read Mya Angelou's autobiographies...

[@amandaamelia8235]

Roslyn Heyward, I just saw the newer version of the Shaft movie with Samuel Jackson, and her. Her son (Mikai Pfeifer) was killed by a racist thug whose rich daddy kept bailing him out of jail and other trouble when he committed a crime and she got tired of seeing him get away with them especially with murdering her son and she got a gun, waited outside when he came out of court and popped a cap in him. I love justifiable endings like that. 😉😊

[@asafaust6774]

I liked her in the movie Lean on Me with Morgan Freeman.

[@ronaldwatson1951]

Gosh that brought back memories and great times. Those people won't be forgotten.

[@theresathompson7487]

Beautiful song for beautiful actors and singer who have left us but left memories of who they were,

[@speedytoo]

Thanks for putting a smile on my face thats an uplifting video

[@maurozonta8693]

Bob Marley,Dennis Emanuel Brown and Ray Charles RIP

[@donnaalston6896]

R.I.P. great men of music 🎵 🎶 👍🏽

[@DaOrigTruthSeeker]

We need to do a updated version of this....because Vesta dided recently and not much has been said about that. She really was an amazing singer.....to say the least.

[@ingodwetrust7648]

R.I.H. my Beautiful Black Stars

[@MadameLil]

I would've expected Josephine Baker & Paul Robeson among these people. Then again, they didn't die tragically young. This was still a wonderful, heartfelt clip. Thank you for sharing.

[@rockybudgeboa]

Beautiful tribute and a perfect song

[@brianjohnson3855]

Good tribute to these celebrities.

[@OOOLDSKOOOOOL]

so so sad, but great video.. thanks for putting in the time and effort..

[@Kenyahs_Mommy]

This was a beautiful tribute. And to those complaining about why certain people isn't on here, just look at the date that it was done... some of those people weren't dead yet okay. And he got who he could in the time frame that the song allotted. Gosh, some of y'all could ruin a wet dream with all the "why so and so not on here".

[@dmayojohnson2568]

Absolutely right. And, if it's that important, they can sit right down, create one & upload to KZbin!😉

[@TRACKMASTERPC]

That was a great tribute. But you forgot the one who everyone in the whole world that has truly missed. It's none other than, "Michael Jackson"

[@MichaelJacksonFan141]

R.I.P. my boy Wylie Draper!!! He is the man on 0:37. He portrayed Michael Jackson a.k.a THE KING OF POP ON THE MINI-SERIES THE JACKSONS : AN AMERICAN DREAM. HE DID AN INCREDIBLE, TERRIFIC,EXCELLENT,FABULOUS,ETC. ALL OF THE POSITIVE STATEMENTS YALL CAN THINK OF, HIS PERFORMANCE WAS ALL OF IT AND 100,000,000,000,000,000 TIMES!!!! I MISS HIM SO MUCH!!!! HE WOULD HAVE BEEN HUGE IF HE DID NOT DIE FROM LEUKEMIA IN 1993. BUT HE IS WHERE HE BELONGS, AND MICHAEL IS WITH HIM TO. RIP WYLIE DRAPER!!!!!!!!!!

[@EvangelistStrong]

This is a beautiful tribute

[@mookienvi]

Thanks for this, so much!

[@BishopTJH]

I know one person people may have forgotten but should be on here, Robin Harris (BeBe's Kids, House Party). Also, Michelle Thomas was way too beautiful to leave us so soon. RIP to all who left us, including the recent celebrities who passed.

[@stjamesallstar]

Hey hiphopstara. What a nice video you have put together. Very amazing. Although you forgot to add one celebrity. He is WWE Hall Of Famer Junk Yard Dog. Overall...excellent job. ;)

[@mbigboyny]

Sad, but beautiful tribute. Thanks

[@garrykessinger7320]

i'm white but to me color does not matter i miss all these guys they were grate no one can replace them. god bless them all.

[@jazzyred3833]

thanks for sharing!!

[@Karrenola]

Very good posting, shocking at times to learn who is no longer with us! And that typo does indeed need fixing.

[@yvonneday6784]

Wow, didn't know Richard "dimples" Fields passed away. Beautiful tribute

[@bootsybrown]

No wonder why T.V. aint interesting anymore ,😶

[@damienchance2622]

Yep

[@CoolTLCDude]

R.I.P Left Eye, I Miss and Love you so much! i'm honored to have an autograph from you.

[@GearsinMotionGraphics]

It's amazing that you would mention this bright star, I had an opportunity to go to her open funeral when I was out of high school in 98 it was so packed that I was trying to get in line in a lady offer to let me in line with her. She was truly an angel that was one of a kind that got took advantage of while she was on this human playing field

[@garyjohnson7626]

Whitney Houston Michael Jackson come on now greatest entertainers of generations

[@rodneyjr22]

This tribute was made in 2008, before they died.

[@emanlainem4896]

This was before they died

[@rmronalda57]

I LOVE THE SONG AND ALL THE PEOPLE WHO I LIKE AND LISTEN TO. THEY WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN. THEY WILL BE MISSED, BUT ALWAYS BE IN OUR HEARTS. MAY THEIR SOULS RIP!

[@mattiewright1608]

Ronald Anderson

[@abouttravel-fantastic]

Thank you for posting, but it would have been more informative if the year they died & what they died from was added to the video.

[@ms.gwendolynpittmantharpe9817]

To: All the viewers, and posters remember we all don't know the time of hour it's Bible sure if we are born sure we will die for all those that have gone Rip one day someone will say the same about us Rip why you are living. Peace posters.

[@taratheus9214]

Amen!

[@donalddavis6689]

AMEN!! We Are Born To Die!! I Do Agree 100%.

[@mingram7748]

Very true.

[@WillardLockeJr-mh3mf]

Richard Pryor should have been included.

[@tinotse2007]

As well Sammy Davis Jr.

[@garyjohnson7626]

I think Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston should have been included also

[@elviswilliams5764]

What about Sam Cooke??????

[@dajourphil0soph3r36]

@@garyjohnson7626 This video came out in 2008

[@chukmorris8264]

Remember guys this is from 11 years ago. Which means this was made in 2009. That's the same year Michael and Whitney passed. Time line might of been a tad late. But then again, Bernie Mac was on here and he passed I believe in 2008. So you guys could have a point

[@madeinheaven1955]

How true. I love all those T.V. friends of yesteryear..a good show, good acting Black or White. I watched What s Happening, Welcome Back Kotter, The Waltons, Family Matters,,, back a few years, Get Smart, Julia and so many classic GREAT shows with great talent

[@Getrealpeeps]

Thanks for posting this video. I was familiar with all of them EXCEPT Juilius Cary III. NEVER heard of him! I didn't know that the guy who played "Rudi Huxstable"" Stanley" died. Can I ask WHY didn't you have the LATE GREAT Michael Jackson, Marvin, Gaye, Bob Marley' (so many more I didn't say? Thank you for posting this

[@vonlossberg]

Beautifully done. You forgot Micheal Jackson, Richard Pryor, Luther Van dross, that is all I can think right now. I was shocked about so many who have passed. Such a shame..so young.

[@Northwest-side]

Great song

[@alicianoel6089]

Thank you for the video

[@molinalong3468]

Where Redd Foxx ( he played by Fred Sanford in Sanford and Son) Sherman Hemsley ( he played by George Jefferson ) Whitney Houston ( she sing heartbreak hotel in 1999) Michael Jackson ( he sing bad 1987)

[@Bayprodfilms]

God Bless these great talents! From The Late Night with Johnny P Show

[@abductedbyaliens8892]

beautiful people, love them, god bless them all...

[@Janvsone]

RIP Beautiful Artists....Thanx..

[@rondar623]

Don't forget The Godfather of Soul, Mr. James Brown and our Super bad White Soul sister, Teena Marie!!

[@curtistinemiller1560]

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL GROUP OF BLACK PPL PAVING THE PILLOWS OF HEAVEN.........SLEEP ON.....

[@Coreycolay]

God YAHUAH thank u for Nell Carter i use to love that show gimme a break and Dino Conner u are my hero

[@keishahenderson8731]

I vaguely remember most of these artist...i loved thigpen...her characters were not to be messed with..

[@YeOldeTowneCryer]

Some of these people were very young. Sad they are gone. I was surprised no mention of Otis Redding. He was becoming well known when I was in the service. One of my pals had a battery powered record player. When we were at base camp in Chu Lai, Vietnam he played music. That was in 1967. We were listening to one of Otis's songs when a guy came running in and said, "Dammit, Otis' plane went down in Madison, WI." I about lost it, that is my hometown. Right before Christmas. Bad news.

[@daurkskin]

this was awesome

[@metsfan42192]

my man Easy E was forgotten too but good vid

[@Ranbutch75]

very nice video

[@charlene12341234]

Don't forget Kenny "G Love" Greene with the music group-Intro,who was a singer writter and producer of the 90's with grammys in the RnB music industry.

[@lakeisharobinson2132]

Touching Tribute!

[@nubianqueendomful]

Damn! I didn't know half these people had even died. Mind blowing!

[@debraleesparks]

What about Redd Foxx ???

[@johnfulwood7432]

Debra Sparks j the 7

[@kasim0wens685]

It's so many pictures cuz they don't even have Marvin Gaye picture

[@724Baker]

Wow! some of these I wasn't aware of....RIP"

[@MahoganyConsulting]

Excellent video.

[@garyjohnson7626]

Video left out off the greatest entertainer of all time and best voice of all time not excellent

[@blockmasterscott]

3:06 Oh man, I never knew that Rerun passed away. When I was a kid I used to watch "What's Happening" and "Welcome Back Kotter" religiously. I heard that Horseshack passed away too. All my 70's stars are starting to pass away. :( I don't care if they are black or white, I love them all.

[@Karl671]

Nice video

[@irocwell32]

R.I.P. For the ones in the video, and the ones that did'nt make the cut. I feel soo old & I'm only 33. I grew up to most of the people in this clip. They say death is a part of life, but I still can't help feeling sorrow

[@rondar623]

I could not help but cry!! I thought it was Whitney that was singing the song, but it is her friend CeCe. I am so proud to belong to a group of people that has suffered so much in this country of ours, but yet, we have always found a way to make lemonade out of lemons. Survivors, yes, that is what we are!! There will never be any other group of people who can or will possess the talent that African Americans had or have. Yes, I am proud of all of them!!

[@amandaamelia8235]

Rondar623, well said. I definitely agree. There's no other group or race of people as creative and talented like our black race. We're the most culturally influential race, so much that most or all other race copy us in hair style, dance, music (Jazz, Blues, rock-'n'-roll which they wrongfully claim that Elvis Presley is King of) , rhythm and blues and even lanuage slang and catch phrases. I remember when 2-live crew were getting a lot of backlash from a lot of white people about rap music, and now look at them, they've come up with vanilla ice and eminem 'n em' white rappers and some wanna be rappers. Now there's reggaeton which consists of Latino hip hop rappers...etc. There's new kids on the block and others like NSinc who harmonize like black singers in the 70's and 80's... singers like Britney Spears for example, who sings and dance like Janet Jackson, just to name a few. It's ironic that the black culture is the most influential all over the world, but yet it's the most despised and oppressed according to the afro centric singing group; "The sounds of Blackness". I concur with you in that I too, am proud to be part of a group of people that has survived so many trials and tribulations and mistreatments from other races, yet still survive and continue influencing them with creative skills that others love to follow. 😍😄

[@grandcarriage1]

Wow. So many of them so very young.

[@nikki3321100]

Beautiful music.

[@soromegetachew1868]

at :35 I thought it was Michael Jackson 😊

[@lialanikaija7127]

tibs firfir since when did Michael Jackson had a lion?😂😂😂

[@mimIsra1]

@@lialanikaija7127 stop it 😂🤣😅

[@hotmama9772]

Omg me too!! I was about to blast somebody until I googled the name and saw that its the guy who played MJ in the American Dream movie smh lol!!!

[@preciousjones2752]

He played Michael Jackson on “Jackson 5: American Dream”

[@venusclark3066]

@@lialanikaija7127 he should have been on here

[@heavensent4050]

Nice but missing Tupak, Whitney, Michael, Prince, Rick James. I could go on!!

[@rodneyjr22]

Tupac was in this tribute, and this was made in 2008, before Whitney,Michael and Prince died. I do think Rick James should have been in this tribute though.

[@michaeledwards3578]

In time our body pass away.not our eternal soul

[@Ressa1211]

love the song.

[@bbfmail]

A bit teary..but thank you so much.

[@ar57smith]

I'm waiting for Sam cooke, Jackie Wilson ,Otis Redding

[@GamerNisha39]

They all inspired to Everyone that’s watched tv they make historical happenings today may they all r.i.p & they now in a better place amen 🙏😇😇✝️ Good Memories they still around 😭😭😭😍😍😍

[@pantera89]

and now Prince...sadly.............

[@lindahopkins5675]

Wow , i didn't know that all these people had passed, lot of them I know from TV shows, they all are missed ,RIP .

[@lorebay2593]

Wow, and half of them I did not know who they were.

[@terifham]

Well done!

[@lisaweiner9981]

Sad video but a great tribute .

[@cricket7313]

As long as I live you will, live with in me! R.I.P, black beautiful Angel's.

[@oldschlmusic]

It's obvious you can't put everyone in here, but those who are here, God loves you , as do I. when God calls you to come home, so many lives are affected, so many people cry, so many hurt and so many forget. let us NOT forget them for long.

[@TheLovelylove]

Good video,It would have been nice to know what they died from,though.

[@annwhitley6096]

Bring old actress and actors back who passed on

[@Tricorvus]

Wow. Dorothy Dandridge was a looker!! Men of all colors musta had crushes on her!!