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In this Feb. 15, 1978, file photo, Leon Spinks celebrates as his entourage holds him aloft after his 15-round split decision victory over world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali in Las Vegas. Former heavyweight champion Leon Spinks Jr. died Friday night, Feb. 5, 2021, after battling prostate and other cancers. He was 67. (AP Photo/FIle) 

Leon Spinks won Olympic gold and then shocked the boxing world by beating Muhammad Ali to win the heavyweight title in only his eighth pro fight

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Cicely Tyson arrives at night two of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Sept. 15, 2019, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File) 

Tyson gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper’s wife in “Sounder,” won a Tony Award in 2013 at age 88 and touched TV viewers’ hearts in “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.”

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Maggie Lee Gibson  

Sunrise: March 11th, 1942 Belzoni, MS, Sunset:  December 15th, 2020 Portland, OR

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35-year-old Tetteh Kofi was known throughout local churches as a man of faith and a talented musician. He died Nov. 19. (photo courtesy of the family) 

Tetteh Kofi was a vibrant street minister who loved people, says family

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Rev. Dr. T. Allen Bethel, Jan. 31, 1953 - Dec. 20, 2020 

Senior pastor of Maranatha Church, president of police accountability coalition, left mark on city

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Jacquelyn Dore Merriwether, December 5, 1948 – November 30, 2020 

Jacquelyn Dore Merriwether died peacefully on Nov. 30, 2020 at Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett, Washington, where she had been admitted a week earlier. She was 71 years old.

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Clarence Austin “Papa C” Woods Sr., April 22, 1948 - November 17, 2020 

A memorial service will be held in celebration of Clarence’s life on December 12, 2020, at 1:00 p.m.

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(Steve Ueckert/Houston Chronicle via AP, File) 

The image of Ruby from a Norman Rockwell painting has gotten renewed attention in a version that shows Vice President-elect Kamala Harris walking alongside Ruby

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Terry Charles Rawlins, August 14, 1948 - June 25, 2020 

Terry Rawlins passed away in Laurel Heights, San Francisco, June 25, 2020.

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This undated image shows singer Johnny Nash. (Houston Chronicle via AP) 

Nash was in his early 30s when “I Can See Clearly Now” topped the charts in 1972 and he had lived several show business lives.

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