R&B icon dies; family reveals film about his life is in the works Published: Jun. 09, 2025, 4:14 p.m. Legendary musician Sly Stone, leader of the band Sly and the Family Stone, died Monday after ...

From left, Kimberly Schlapman, Faith Hill, and Karen Fairchild perform at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday, May 17, 2015, in Las Vegas.

Colin Jerwood, frontman of iconic punk group Conflict, has died aged 63. The news was confirmed by Jerwood’s family yesterday (June 2), through a statement shared on the band’s social media.

On May 28, 2025, an African literary iroko fell. Ngugi wa Thiong’o departed the earth at 87 years old and joined the realm of the ancestors. Born James Ngugi in 1938, he rejected his birth name ...

Renowned Kenyan author Prof Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o. [File, Standard] Kenyans from all walks of life continue to mourn the death of renowned author and academic, Professor Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, who ...

Renown Kenyan author and literary icon, Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong’o has passed on at 87, a family source has announced. Wanjiku Wa Ngugi, daughter of the demised writer, revealed the development in a ...

Kenyan literary icon and internationally acclaimed author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o has died at the age of 87. His daughter, fellow writer Wanjiku wa Ngugi, confirmed his passing in a Facebook post on ...

Renowned Kenyan author and academic Ngügĩ wa Thiong’o died on Wednesday at 87. On Wednesday evening, his daughter, Wanjiku Wa Ngugi, posted on Facebook that the novelist had passed. She wrote ...

She joins an elite few artists by receiving the Icon Award. Janet Jackson performed for the first time on stage in eight years at this year's AMAs. Watch Party Newsletter What to watch Win $100 ...

Janet Jackson received the ICON Award at the 2025 American Music Awards; Ahead of accepting the award, she performed her 2001 classics "Someone to Call My Lover" and "All for You" ...

Phil Robertson dies at 79; ‘Duck Dynasty’ patriarch was a conservative cultural icon The reality show skyrocketed Robertson and his family to fame in the early 2010s; he also got into trouble ...