Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison has died at the age of 88, reportedly of natural causes. Toni Morrison was born Chloe Ardelia Wofford. She was a novelist, essayist, editor, teacher and professor emeritus at Princeton University. She won the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award in 1988 for Beloved. The novel was turned into […]
Text OS to 24042 to join 95.5 The Lou’s mobile club for exclusive news (Terms & Conditions). Lauren Braxton, the daughter of Michael Conrad Braxton Jr., died Monday. Michael Jr., is the second oldest, after Toni. He said her death was related to a heart condition. A 911 call came in around noon on Monday, and Lauren, who went by […]
Text OS to 24042 to join 95.5 The Lou’s mobile club for exclusive news (Terms & Conditions). George Foreman’s daughter, Freeda, has died. Her body was found in her home outside of Houston. No foul play is suspected but no cause of death has been revealed. Freeda started pro boxing back in 2000. Freeda was […]
Text OS to 24042 to join 95.5 The Lou’s mobile club for exclusive news (Terms & Conditions). Luke Perry, one of the stars of the legendary “Beverly Hills 90210,” died today of a massive stroke he suffered last week. Luke, 52, suffered a massive stroke at his home in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los […]
The singer recently paid homage to his "angel in heaven."
Ever since Prince and Muhammad Ali transitioned from the earthly realm within weeks of each other, the sentiment has been that because they were popular with people of all races, creeds, backgrounds and faiths, that they transcended race. Some posters on Prince.org, a site devoted to all things Prince, seemed offended to be reminded that […]
Rickey E. Smith Jr. was only 36-years-old.
Since 1978, he's released over 30 albums, dozens of hit singles and movies, on top of sold out concert venues from his Minneapolis hometown to Japan. With such a vast catalog, picking ten of his best songs is no easy task.
Natalie Cole, legendary R&B singer and daughter of Nat King Cole, died at a Los Angeles hospital on New Years Day.
