Why 90s Black Cinema Stars Are Dying Young

Their faces defined a cinematic era, but now they are disappearing far too soon. We investigate the tragic trend claiming the lives of beloved 90s Black cinema icons. You grow up with these actors and performers on your screen, so their deaths feel like losing family. Yvette Wilson jokes behind the counter on Moesha, then she dies at 48 from cervical cancer after years of kidney disease. Lamont Bentley plays Hakeem, the funny neighborhood kid, then a solo drive late at night ends with his car flying off a freeway ramp and his body thrown into traffic at 31. Bernie Mac fills theaters with his voice and that slow grin, then pneumonia complications stop him at just 50. Anthony “AJ” Johnson makes you laugh in Friday, then chronic alcohol use ravages his organs and he is gone at 55. #obituary #celebritydeath #breakingnews #tribute #inmemoriam #famousdeaths #deathnews