Rest In Power: Notable Black Folks Who We’ve Lost In 2024

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UPDATED: 6:17 p.m. ET., November 11th, 2024

As we’ve come to understand year after year, day after day even, death is unfortunately an inevitable part of life. Still, as much of a fact as that may be, the blow of experiencing loss never gets any easier, nor does reporting on the subject in Black culture.

Legendary saxophonist Lou “Sweet Poppa Lou” Donaldson passed away on November 9, 2024 at 98 years old. He is credited for being one of the first to bridge bebop and soul, and is known as a pioneer of the soul-jazz genre. Donaldson, writer of ‘Blues Walk’, is a member of the International Jazz Hall of Fame, an NEA Jazz Master (the nation’s highest award for jazz artists), and much more.

Learn more below about who in our culture has passed away so far this year in 2024 Below