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Abm
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Username: Abm
Post Number: 6833
Registered: 04-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, November 27, 2006 - 03:13 pm: | 
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November 27, 2006
Great Black Writer Dead at 56
The literary community is mourning the loss today of a great African American writer.
Richard Prince of the Maynard Institute for Journalism reports in his column that journalist-turned-novelist Bebe Moore Campbell, died today at 56.
Campbell was the author of three New York Times best sellers: Brothers and Sisters, Singing in the Comeback Choir, and What You Owe Me, which was also a Los Angeles Times Best Book of 2001. Her other works include the novel Your Blues Ain’t Like Mine, which was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and the winner of the NAACP Image Award for literature.
Her most recent novel was 72-Hour Hold, the story of mother willing to do anything to help her mentally ill child. She was diagnosed earlier this year with a neurological condition. |
Jackie
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Username: Jackie
Post Number: 250
Registered: 04-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, November 27, 2006 - 04:25 pm: |
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Sad indeed. She had brain cancer. |
Troy
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Username: Troy
Post Number: 465
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, November 27, 2006 - 08:13 pm: |
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A press release from Campbell's publicist may be found here: http://authors.aalbc.com/bebe_life.htm
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Brian_egeston
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Username: Brian_egeston
Post Number: 51
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, November 27, 2006 - 09:03 pm: |
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There is a hole in the universe. A void I fear will never be filled. A space once taken by a soul who met few, yet touched generations.
Stricken,
Brian Egeston |
Zane
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Username: Zane
Post Number: 26
Registered: 11-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, December 10, 2006 - 08:36 pm: |
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She will be greatly missed. We lost both Octavia Butler and Bebe in less than a year. That is very sad because they were such exceptional authors. |
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