#VOA: South African Jazz ‘Giant’ Jonas Gwangwa Dies Aged 83. #VOANews

#VOA: South African Jazz ‘Giant’ Jonas Gwangwa Dies Aged 83. #VOANews

January 23, 2021 No Comments

JOHANNESBURG – South Africa jazz trombonist and composer Jonas Gwangwa, whose music powered the anti-apartheid struggle, died Saturday aged 83, the presidency said. President Cyril Ramaphosa led the tributes to the legendary musician who was nominated for an Oscar for the theme song of the 1987 film “Cry Freedom.” “A giant

#VOA: US Television Host Larry King Dies Aged 87: CNN. #VOANews

#VOA: US Television Host Larry King Dies Aged 87: CNN. #VOANews

January 23, 2021 No Comments

WASHINGTON – Larry King, who quizzed thousands of world leaders, politicians and entertainers for CNN and other news outlets in a career spanning more than six decades, has died at age 87, CNN reported Saturday, citing a source close to the family.  King had been hospitalized in Los Angeles with a COVID-19 infection, according to several

#VOA: Baseball Legend Henry ‘Hank’ Aaron Dies at 86. #VOANews

#VOA: Baseball Legend Henry ‘Hank’ Aaron Dies at 86. #VOANews

January 22, 2021 No Comments

The Atlanta Braves Major League baseball team announced Friday Hall of Famer Hank Aaron has died at the age of 86. The team says Aaron died peacefully in his sleep Thursday.   Aaron spent all but two years of his 23-year major league baseball career with the Braves organization.   In a statement

#VOA: Young Poet Draws Spotlight at Biden Inauguration. #VOANews

#VOA: Young Poet Draws Spotlight at Biden Inauguration. #VOANews

January 20, 2021 No Comments

Twenty-two-year-old poet Amanda Gorman made headlines and dominated inauguration talk on social media Wednesday after speaking at President Joe Biden’s inauguration. Her poem, in part: “We, the successors of a country and a time, Where a skinny black girl, Descended from slaves and raised by a single mother, Can dream

#VOA: Meghan Seeks Court Ruling over ‘Serious Breach’ of Privacy. #VOANews

#VOA: Meghan Seeks Court Ruling over ‘Serious Breach’ of Privacy. #VOANews

January 19, 2021 No Comments

Lawyers for the Duchess of Sussex asked a British judge on Tuesday to settle her lawsuit against a newspaper before it goes to trial by ruling that its publication of a “deeply personal” letter to her estranged father was “a plain and a serious breach of her rights of privacy.”Meghan’s

#VOA: Garth Brooks Joins Lineup of Entertainers at Biden Inaugural. #VOANews

#VOA: Garth Brooks Joins Lineup of Entertainers at Biden Inaugural. #VOANews

January 19, 2021 No Comments

NEW YORK – Add Garth Brooks to the lineup of entertainers at the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden”This is a great day in our household,” the country music superstar said during a virtual press conference Monday, two days before Biden is to be sworn in. “This is not a political

#VOA: NYC Fashion Illustrator Shares COVID Stories Through Art. #VOANews

#VOA: NYC Fashion Illustrator Shares COVID Stories Through Art. #VOANews

January 18, 2021 No Comments

New York City-based fashion illustrator and writer Rebecca Moses decided to turn a quarantine art project into a gift to all New York City nurses. Nina Vishneva has the story, narrated by Anna Rice. Camera: Natalia Latukhina, Alexander Barash Source link

#VOA: COVID Lockdown Turns Family Quartet Into Instagram Sensation. #VOANews

#VOA: COVID Lockdown Turns Family Quartet Into Instagram Sensation. #VOANews

January 18, 2021 No Comments

A family of four in Brooklyn, New York, has tried to make the most of their time together – and for some 300 days in a row they have been posting funny videos of their music rehearsals. Anna Nelson has the story of the Hochman family, narrated by Anna Rice.Natalia

#VOA: Phil Spector, Famed Music Producer and Convicted Murderer, Dies at 81 . #VOANews

#VOA: Phil Spector, Famed Music Producer and Convicted Murderer, Dies at 81 . #VOANews

January 17, 2021 No Comments

LOS ANGELES – Phil Spector, the eccentric and revolutionary music producer who transformed rock music with his “Wall of Sound” method and who later was convicted of murder, has died. He was 81. California state prison officials said he died Saturday of natural causes at a hospital. Spector was convicted

#VOA: Elvis Presley’s Graceland Starting Live Virtual Tours. #VOANews

#VOA: Elvis Presley’s Graceland Starting Live Virtual Tours. #VOANews

January 16, 2021 No Comments

MEMPHIS, TENN. – Elvis Presley’s Graceland is now offering live online tours for fans around the world, including those who can’t travel to the Tennessee tourist attraction during the coronavirus pandemic. Graceland said the two-hour guided tours will take virtual visitors into Presley’s former Memphis home, which has been turned