Posted in Gospel on Aug 12th, 2008
The first picture of the Rev. Timothy Wright taken after he was critically injured in a car accident shows the famed Brooklyn pastor’s resolve during a rehab session.
The “Godfather of gospel” still cannot breathe, eat or walk on his own, more than a month after the horrific crash that killed his wife and grandson.
Still, in [...]
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Posted in Law and Order, Video on Aug 12th, 2008
Posted in Gospel on Aug 12th, 2008
Wright, the founder of Grace Tabernacle Christian Center in Crown Heights, suffered a severe spinal cord injury, a broken jaw, broken ribs and multiple fractures in his legs.
The Grammy Award-nominated pastor was moved to the Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation in West Orange on Thursday, but his veterans insurance doesn’t cover the $4,033-a-day treatment he needs.
His [...]
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Posted in Law and Order on Aug 12th, 2008
A northeast Georgia man has been charged with holding his wife and four children captive for three years inside their mobile home.
Lavonia Police Chief Bruce Carlisle says 36-year-old Raymond Daniel Thurmond was arrested Tuesday when he showed up for work. He has been charged with rape, child abuse and false imprisonment.
He is awaiting a bond [...]
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When one of his final flicks, Soul Men, is released, Bernie Mac will not only be remembered for his comedic acting chops, but also his great singing voice.
Yes, his singing voice.
“He definitely can carry a tune,” the movie’s director Malcolm D. Lee told me this morning. “He does a great falsetto in the movie, [...]
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Je’niece Childress, the 30-year-old daughter and only child of late comedian Bernie Mac, said she and her mother believed he would make a full recovery from the pneumonia that sent him to Northwestern Memorial Hospital last month.
“Initially when he was hospitalized we expected him to come back home, but as the [...]
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Tributes for the late Isaac Hayes have been pouring in following his sudden death on Sunday.
The music icon, 65, was found unconscious near a treadmill at his Memphis home. He died an hour later at the Baptist East Hospital.
Listed below are statements issued from some of Hayes’ friends and colleagues regarding his passing. [...]
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