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This year’s presentati
on is dedicated
to the memory of Ms. Rosa Parks and the many friends
and heroes lost in
2005 and 2006.
…And I know you're shining
down on me from heaven
Like so many friends we've lost
along the wayAnd I know eventually
we'll be together, One sweet day…
Richard Pryor 1940-2005
Luther Vandross-R&B singer 1951-2005
Brock Peters- Actor 1927-2005
Ray Charles- Soul/R&B singer - 1930-2004
Lamont Bentley- Actor 1973-2005
Shirley Horn- Jazz Pianist 1934-2005
Nipsey Russell- Actor 1925-2005
Renaldo ‘Obie” Benson- Soul/R&B singer from the Four Tops 1936-2005
Ronald Winans- Gospel Singer 1957-2005
Shirley Chisholm- First Black woman in the Whitehouse 1925-2005
August Wilson- Pulitzer prize winner 1945-2005
Rosa Parks 1913-2005
Coretta Scott King 1927-2006
Ossie Davis 1917-2005
Gone but not forgotten.
The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important.
-Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
