Roll call for 2006

[saraphen]

Here's the list from the end-of-year issue of Jet Magazine:

(In alphabetical order, with their age)

Larry Black - 54, Olympic sprinter
Gerald Boyd - 56, First Black New York Times managing editor
Ed Bradley - 65, Award-winning journalist known for his work on the "60 Minutes" CBS news show
Carl Brastiear - 75, First Black master diver of the U.S. Navy
Dr. Clinton Bristow Jr. - 57 President of Alcorn State University
George Brown - 79, First Black elected to statewide office in Colorado
Ruth Brown - 78, R&B singer
Octavia Butler- 58 Science fiction writer
Lillian Scott Calhoun - 82 Journalist
James Cameron - 92 Lynching survivor/author
BeBe Moore Campbell - 56 Author/journalist
LeGree S. Daniels - 85, U.S. Postal Service Governor
Tamara Dobson - 59, Actress known for her roles in Cleopatra Jones films
Phyllis T. Garland - 71 Former EBONY editor and Columbia
Truman K. Gibson Jr. - 93, Lawyer. activist and first Black boxing promoter and secretary of the International Boxing Club
Richard T. Greene Sr. - 93, Former president of Harlem's Carver Federal Savings Bank
Lula Mae Hardaway - 76, Stevie Wonder's mother
Beatrice Mae Jones - 92, Chicago Social Worker
James Jones - 77 Pioneering physician of Chicago
Lovana Jones - 68, Illinois state representative
Coretta Scott King - 78 First lady of the Civil Rights Movement
Gerald Levert - 40, R&B singer
Edna Lewis - 90 Author of books on Southern cuisine
Gene McFadden - 56 Singer/songwriter and member of McFadden & Whitehead duo
Harry McGilberry Jr.- 55 Bass vocalist with the Temptations
Enolia P. McMillan -102 First woman president of the NAACP
Theodore McMillian - 86 First Black to become state judge and sit on U.S. Court of Appeals in St. Louis
Willi Ninja - 45 Vogue dance innovator
Gordon Parks - 93 Legendary photographer and filmmaker
June Pointer - 52 Member of the Pointer Sisters
Billy Preston - 59 Solo musician
Kirby Puckett - 45, Baseball Hall of Fame member
Lou Rawls - 72 Soul singer
Jack Tanner - 86, First Black federal judge in the Northwest
Herbert Thompson Jr. - 72 Bishop of Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio
Cora T. Walker- 84, Pioneering female New York attorney
Milan Williams - 58 Member of The Commodores
Charles L. Wimbley - 60, CEO of the Wimbley Group

[LadyDivine]

Rest in Peace.

[charliekilothree]

James Brown 73

[saraphen]

Mike Evans, original Lionel Jefferson, dead
December 22, 2006

Actor Mike Evans, best known as Lionel Jefferson in the TV sitcoms "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons," has died. He was 57.

Evans died of throat cancer December 14 at his mother's home in Twentynine Palms, said his niece, Chrystal Evans.

Evans, along with Eric Monte, also created and wrote for "Good Times," one of the first TV sitcoms that featured a primarily black cast.

Michael Jonas Evans was born November 3, 1949, in Salisbury, North Carolina. His father, Theodore Evans Sr., was a dentist while his mother, Annie Sue Evans, was a school teacher.

The family moved to Los Angeles when Evans was a child.

He studied acting at Los Angeles City College before getting the role of Lionel Jefferson in 1970s situation comedy "All in the Family."

Evans kept the role of Lionel when "The Jeffersons" launched in 1975. The hit show was a spinoff featuring bigoted Archie Bunker's black neighbors in Queens who "move on up to the East Side" of Manhattan.

Evans was replaced by Damon Evans (no relation) for four years, then he returned to the series from 1979 to 1981.

He also acted in the 1976 TV miniseries "Rich Man, Poor Man" and made guest appearances on the TV series "Love, American Style" and "The Streets of San Francisco." His last role was in a 2000 episode of "Walker, Texas Ranger."

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/1...ion=cnn_latest

I heard about Lionel the other day. I sure did hate to hear that. I liked what he brought to the character. (Never liked that second Lionel.) My prayers are with his family.

[LadyNoir]

I didn't like the second person who tried to play the role of Lionel either.

[Samoon]

Roll Call for 2007:

Barbara Mc Nair - Singer and Variety Show Hostess,

Roscoe L. Brown - What an Actor, Author and Orator! RIP...2007

[jimihaze]

I did not know micheal evans died. Was he married?

[black_phoenix]

Originally Posted by jimihaze

I did not know micheal evans died. Was he married?

im guessing not cause it said on his profile

Survived by his daughter, Tammy; his mother, Annie; his brother, Thomas; his cousin, Harold; and his niece, Chrystal.

maybe at one time cause he has a daughter, but i dont know if that was an ex-wife or ex girlfriend?