Benny Golson

Benny Golson

male, 80 years old
hard bop, Bebop saxophonist, Hard-bop saxophonist, bebop, Pennsylvania musician, jazz standard…Harlem
Benny Golson (born January 25, 1929) is an American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger. While in high school in...
Miss Info

Miss Info

female
Columbia University, from Chicago, VH1, the source magazine, Popular culture, xxl…Harlem
Minya Oh, known by the stage name Miss Info, is a radio presenter. Formerly a writer and reporter for MTV News, Miss Info is currently an on-air...
Frankie Manning

Frankie Manning

male, 95 years old
Jacksonville, Frank Manning, Freda Washington, Whitey's Lindy Hoppers, Frankie "Musclehead" Manning, Savoy Ballroom…Harlem
Frankie Manning or Frankie "Musclehead" Manning, born Frank Manning in Jacksonville, Florida, on May 26, 1914, is an American dancer, instructor...
Dutch Schultz

Dutch Schultz

male, deceased (1935)
stream-of-consciousness monologue, buried at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, death by firearm in the United States, Roman Catholic, German-American, Mob boss…Harlem
Dutch Schultz (August 6, 1902 - October 24, 1935) was a New York City-area gangster of the 1920s and '30s. Born Arthur Flegenheimer into a Jewish...
Shemekia Copeland

Shemekia Copeland

female, 30 years old
Harlem, teaneck high school, W.C. Handy Award, Harlem, New York City, Alligator Records, blues
Shemekia Copeland (b Harlem, New York City, 10 April 1979) is an American blues singer. The daughter of blues guitarist and singer Johnny Copeland,...
Freddie Jackson

Freddie Jackson

male, 53 years old
Chart-topper, rhythm and blues, Harlem, Rock Me Tonight, Just Like the First Time, Frederick Anthony Jackson
Freddie Jackson (born October 2, 1956, in Harlem, New York) is an American soul singer. He was an important figure in R&B during the 1980s and...
Mekhi Phifer

Mekhi Phifer

male, 34 years old (New York)
punk'd by Ashton Kutcher, Harlem, Gregory Pratt, Curb Your Enthusiasm actor, ER actor, NBC…born in Harlem, New York, New York, born and raised in Harlem
In 1995 an unknown actor with only two minor roles under his belt answered an open audition call for Spike Lee 's latest movie Clockers and won the...
Bloodshed

Bloodshed

male, deceased (1997)
child of the corn, From Manhattan, Harlem, rapper, The Diplomat, African American
Derek Michael "Bloodshed" Armstead was an African American rapper, usually affiliated with fellow Harlemites Big L, Ma$e and Cam'Ron (who was...
Lorenz Hart

Lorenz Hart

male, deceased (1943)
Jewish person, death by pneumonia, LGBT, The Talented Mr Ripley, Songwriter, A Lonely Romeo…Harlem
Lorenz "Larry" Hart (May 2, 1895 - November 22, 1943) was the lyricist half of the famed Broadway songwriting team Rodgers and Hart. His most...
June Jordan

June Jordan

female, deceased (2002)
Barnard College alumni, Harlem, political activist, from the United States, Bisexual, LGBT writer
June Jordan (July 9, 1936-June 14, 2002) was an African-American bisexual political activist, writer, poet, and teacher, born in Harlem, New York,...