1. Nancy Wilson
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2. Kim Porter
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3. Mac Miller
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4. DJ Ready Red
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From the Houston rap group The Geto Boys
5. Aretha Franklin
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6. Joe Jackson
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7. Anthony Bourdain
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8. Kate Spade
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9. Big T
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10. Charles Neville
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11. Yvonne Staples
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12. Winnie Mandela
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13. Linda Brown
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14. DuShon Monique Brown
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15. Rita Owens
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16. Craig Mack
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17. Reg E. Cathey
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18. Edwin Jackson
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Photo by Prince Williams/FilmMagic
19. Rasual and Leah Butler
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Photo by Paul Zimmerman/WireImage
20. Olivia Cole
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21. Edwin Hawkins
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Hawkins died at age 74 of pancreatic cancer.
22. Hugh Masekela
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Masekela died of prostate cancer on January 23, 2018, at age 78.