Daily Archives: February 28, 2012

Whitney – Gone, Too Soon,1963 – 2012

Posted on February 28, 2012 by discoverblackus

By Linda Tarrant-Reid R & B legend Whitney Houston was found dead in her bathroom at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles on Saturday, February 11.  Houston was scheduled to attend her mentor and music producer Clive Davis’s annual … Continue reading →

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Pursuing the Dream

Posted on February 28, 2012 by discoverblackus

By Linda Tarrant-Reid I remember when Stevie Wonder came to Washington, DC to lobby for the MLK holiday in the early part of 1979.  I was working at WETA-TV, a PBS affiliate in Washington, DC, as a national publicist on … Continue reading →

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