This Black Sista's Memorial Page

commentary on the news from 2009…and then some
 
 

Rapper Heavy D Died of a Blood Clot After Long Transatlantic Plane Flight

• December 27, 2011 • 2 Comments

Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cooking, Music, Music Videos, Spirituality, The Heart, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Blood Clot, California, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, CNN, Common Sense, Death, Eddie Murphy, Heart Disease, Heavy D, London, Los Angeles County California, Los Angeles County Coroner's Office, Meals, Mia Amber Davis, Obesity, Plates, Pounds, Pulmonary Embolism, Rappers, Rapping, Thrombus, Tower Heist, Trans-Atlantic, Transatlantic Plane Flights, United States


FOUND: Actress-Model Mia Amber Davis Died From a Blood Clot in Her Lungs

• July 13, 2011 • Comments Off on FOUND: Actress-Model Mia Amber Davis Died From a Blood Clot in Her Lungs

Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, Acting, African American History, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, Fashion, Film, Health, Love, Sexuality, The Heart, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Actress, African American Women, Big Beautiful Women, Black Women, Blacks, Blood Clot, Clots, E!Online, Knee Surgery, Los Angeles County California, Los Angeles County Coroner's Office, Love, Lung, Lungs, Mia Amber Davis, Michael Yard, Plus Size Model, Plus Size Women, Post-Surgery, Road Trip, Surgery, Thrombo-embolism, Thrombus, TMZ.com


Copyright Notice

©Gabrielle Daniels, aka blksista, ThisBlksistasPage (This Black Sista's Page), 2009-2022. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this blog’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Gabrielle Daniels, aka blksista, ThisBlksistasPage, with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.

Top Posts

  • The Grandchildren of Lena Horne
    The Grandchildren of Lena Horne
  • Jovan Belcher and Other Sports-Related Killings: It's Not Over Until The Victim Blaming Stops
    Jovan Belcher and Other Sports-Related Killings: It's Not Over Until The Victim Blaming Stops
  • Monaco:  Prince Albert and Princess Charlene Are Suing Those French Newspapers Who Said Their Marriage Was A Sham, But Who Believes Them?
    Monaco: Prince Albert and Princess Charlene Are Suing Those French Newspapers Who Said Their Marriage Was A Sham, But Who Believes Them?
  • Etta James Is Not Long For This World
    Etta James Is Not Long For This World
  • Update on the Four N.J. Starved Brothers: Why is Bruce Jackson Being Kept from Seeing His Brothers?
    Update on the Four N.J. Starved Brothers: Why is Bruce Jackson Being Kept from Seeing His Brothers?
  • Race Jealousy was the Motive Behind Torture-Rape-Murder of Interracial Couple by Black Marines
    Race Jealousy was the Motive Behind Torture-Rape-Murder of Interracial Couple by Black Marines
  • Those Packer Aaron Rodgers Associated Bank Commercials
    Those Packer Aaron Rodgers Associated Bank Commercials
  • Prince Albert Reportedly Banned By New Bride From Contact with Nicole Coste and Other Former Lovers
    Prince Albert Reportedly Banned By New Bride From Contact with Nicole Coste and Other Former Lovers
  • Vanessa Long Has Left Both Bishop Long and His Church
    Vanessa Long Has Left Both Bishop Long and His Church
  • Tea Time with Wendy Williams and Aretha Franklin
    Tea Time with Wendy Williams and Aretha Franklin

Recent Posts

  • LIVE STREAMING: Homegoing of Poet Amiri Baraka at the Newark Symphony Hall, New Jersey January 18, 2014
  • Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: Busting Out of Jail The Hard Way – Nathan Middleton Wanted His Mother to Provide Explosives and a Car for His Jail Break December 20, 2013
  • Christmas Songs: “Oh, Tannenbaum,” José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, and Luciano Pavarotti, from “The Three Tenors Christmas” 1999 December 20, 2013
  • Nelson Mandela Memorialized With a Second Line Parade in New Orleans December 15, 2013
  • That “Cartoon Scandal”: Episode 10, “A Door Marked Exit” December 13, 2013
  • Nathan Middleton Attempts Jail Break Days Before His Court Appearance on December 17 December 13, 2013
  • LIVE STREAMING: South Africa Says Goodbye to Nelson Mandela December 13, 2013
  • Golden Globes Announced: “Twelve Years a Slave” and Kerry Washington in Contention December 12, 2013
  • In the Never Forget Category: R Kelly’s Twitter Account Blows Up With Snarks About His Thing for Underage Girls, Not Questions About His New CD December 12, 2013
  • Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: Madison’s Snuggle House Goes Out of Business Amid Fear…and Loathing December 11, 2013

Blog Stats Since March 3, 2009

  • 1,683,303 reads and climbing...

This Black Sista’s Archives

Justice for Trayvon Benjamin Martin and Healing for His Parents and Friends

Justice for “Wisconsin’s Trayvon,” Bo Morrison, and Healing for His Family and Friends

Pages

  • About Blksista
    • Messages of Encouragement from SGI President Daisaku Ikeda and Efforts by The Soka Gakkai During the Earthquake-Tsunami-Nuclear Crisis in Japan (w/Updates)
  • In the Custom Header
    • A St. Joseph’s Altar
    • A View of Lake Charles
    • Beignets from Cafe du Monde
    • First…You Make a Roux
    • Geaux Saints!
    • Gumbo!
    • Santa and Mr. Bingle on the Maison Blanche Building
    • The Dew Drop Inn
    • The Entrance to Armstrong Park Illuminated
    • The Krewe of Zulu in The French Quarter, New Orleans
    • The Mardi Gras Indians
    • Trayvon Martin by Andrea Montano

R.I.P. Steve Gilliard (1964-2007)

This is for Steve Gilliard, by The Christian Progressive Liberal @ Jack and Jill Politics, November 5, 2008.

Two Years Without Steve Gilliard, by DesMoinesDem @ MyDD, February 20, 2009

Steve's Memorial News Blog

Steve's Wikipedia entry

August 2022
S M T W T F S
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031  
« Jan    

Stuff This Black Sista Reads and Talks About

African American African Americans Barack Obama Bishop Eddie Long Blacks Black Women California Child Abuse Children Common Sense Constables on Patrol Domestic Violence Drama Drugs Eddie Long Facebook Faux Noise Growing Up Latinos LGBT Los Angeles Love Madison WI Marriage Michael Jackson Mitrice Richardson Motherhood Murder Music New Birth Missionary Baptist Church New Orleans New York President Barack Obama President Obama Racism Rape Republicans Self-Respect Self-Worth Self Image Sex Shaniya Davis The Eighties The Nineties The Seventies The Sixties TMZ.com Twitter United States Wisconsin

Global Voices

Global Voices: The World is Talking, Are You Listening?

BlogHer!

BlogHer.com Logo

Add This

Bookmark and Share

Amazons & Valkyries

  • Angry Black Bitch
  • Blog Her
  • Echidne of the Snakes
  • Feministe
  • Feministing
  • Rebecca Walker’s Blog
  • The Crunk Feminist Collective
  • Uppity Brown Woman
  • Womanist Musings

Born on the Bayou

  • Adrastos’ Blog City
  • Bayou Buzz
  • First Draft
  • Our Man in New Orleans
  • The Louisiana Weekly
  • Your Right Hand Thief

Bread & Circuses

  • Bossip
  • Electronic Urban Report
  • Kiss My Black Ads
  • Media TakeOut
  • Nikki Finke
  • NNDB
  • Radar
  • The Smoking Gun
  • TMZ.com
  • Wonkette

Brothas & Sistas

  • 3ChicsPolitico
  • Afro-Netizen
  • Afrospear
  • Angry Black Lady
  • Black Agenda Report
  • Black Commentator
  • Black Mexico
  • Black Tokyo
  • Black Voices
  • Color Lines
  • Color of Change
  • Farai Chideya
  • Jack and Jill Politics
  • Michelle Obama Watch
  • New America Media
  • New Black Man
  • Pam’s House Blend
  • Prometheus 6
  • Racialicious
  • Rod 2.0
  • San Francisco Bayview
  • Shadow and Act
  • Skeptical Brotha
  • Ta-Nehisi Coates @ The Atlantic
  • The Black Snob
  • The Field Negro
  • The Grio
  • The Intersection of Madness and Reality
  • The Obamacrat
  • The Republic of T
  • The Root
  • This Week with Barack Obama
  • Uppity Negro Network
  • What About Our Daughters?

Fellow Travelers

  • AmericaBlog
  • Bill Maher’s Real Time
  • Booman Tribune
  • Buzzflash
  • Crooks and Liars
  • Daily Kos
  • Democracy Now!
  • Digby’s Hullabaloo
  • Eschaton
  • Greg Palast
  • James Wolcott
  • Jesus’ General
  • Jon Stewart
  • Juan Cole
  • Keith Olbermann
  • Left Turn
  • Liberal Oasis
  • Mark Crispin Miller
  • Media Matters
  • Orcinus
  • Raw Story
  • Salon
  • Stephanie Miller
  • Talk Left
  • Talking Points Memo
  • The Edge of Sports
  • The Huffington Post
  • The Real News Project
  • The Rude Pundit
  • Think Progress
  • Thom Hartmann
  • Truthdig
  • Truthout
  • ZMagazine

Mad City

  • Avol’s Bookstore
  • Dane County Farmers’ Market on Capitol Square
  • Frugal Muse Bookstore
  • The Barrymore Theatre
  • The Capital City Hues
  • The Capital Times
  • The Isthmus
  • The Madison Times
  • TheMic92.1
  • Willy Street Coop
  • Wisconsin Book Festival
  • Wisconsin Film Festival
  • WORT-FM, Madison, WI

Reading, Writing & Writers

  • Beatrice.com
  • Funds for Writers
  • Narrative Magazine
  • QBR
  • Sable

SGI Nichiren Buddhism

  • “Faith in Revolution”
  • A Memorial to Shin Yatomi
  • Daisaku Ikeda
  • Fortune Child Books
  • GakkaiOnlineNet
  • SGI
  • SGI Buddhism.org
  • SGI-USA
  • Tricycle – SGI Nichiren Buddhism
  • Victory Over Violence

RSS The New York Times

  • In Los Angeles, the Grass Isn’t Always Greener This Year August 15, 2022
    Southern California residents are beginning to accept that lush lawns are unsustainable when reservoirs and rivers run low in a drought era.
  • Giuliani Appears Before Atlanta Grand Jury Investigating Trump August 18, 2022
    The former New York mayor has been told that he is a target in the investigation concerning whether Donald J. Trump and his associates tried to illegally influence the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia.
  • Catholic Order Struggles to Raise $100 Million to Atone for Slave Labor August 17, 2022
    Jesuits established a trust to answer for their history of enslaving Black people. But frustrated descendants tell Rome the order is “not delivering in deed.”
  • What’s Actually Being Taught in History Class August 17, 2022
    Schools across the country have been caught up in spirited debates over what students should learn about United States history. We talked to seven social studies teachers about how they run their classrooms, what they teach and why.
  • Woman Charged With Murder, Accused of Passing Drugs in Prison With a Kiss August 18, 2022
    Rachal Dollard placed a balloon pellet filled with methamphetamine in her mouth and gave it to her inmate boyfriend by kissing him, the authorities said. He later died of an overdose.
  • Ex-Kansas Police Officer Is Charged in a Long Series of Sex Crimes August 18, 2022
    Todd Allen, 51, had served on the Hutchinson Police Department for more than 20 years when he resigned in 2018 after the authorities disclosed a string of sexual assaults. He now faces two dozen criminal charges.
  • Jan. 6 Grand Jury Has Subpoenaed White House Documents August 17, 2022
    The subpoena, issued in May to the National Archives, demanded all of the documents the agency had provided to the House committee’s parallel investigation.
  • After Loss, Liz Cheney Begins Difficult Mission of Thwarting Trump August 18, 2022
    Liz Cheney is clear about her goal, but the path is murky: A presidential run is possible, she acknowledged, and she has a new political outfit aimed at the former president and his 2020 election lies.

RSS The New Orleans Times-Picayune

  • An error has occurred; the feed is probably down. Try again later.

RSS The Guardian, UK

  • Peak social media: Mount Kilimanjaro gets high-speed internet so climbers can Instagram ascent August 18, 2022
    Tanzanian government hails high-speed broadband connection as boon to tourists and portersTanzania has installed high-speed internet services on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, allowing anyone with a smartphone to tweet, Instagram or WhatsApp their ascent up Africa’s highest mountain.State-owned Tanzania Telecommunications Corporation set up the broadband n […]
  • ‘Colour of the skin’: WHO chief hits out over Tigray crisis indifference August 18, 2022
    Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says world ignores Ethiopian humanitarian disaster being inflicted on six million people by their own government The head of the World Health Organization described the crisis in Ethiopia’s Tigray region as “the worst disaster on Earth” as he wondered aloud if the reason global leaders had not responded was “the colour of the skin […]
  • Foreign Office official raised ‘stark’ criticisms of Rwanda plan, court hears August 16, 2022
    Guardian, BBC and Times seek release of documents about policy of sending asylum seekers abroadA Foreign Office official raised concerns about plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, citing state surveillance, arbitrary detention, torture and killings by the country’s government, the high court has heard.The court has been asked to consider an application by […]
  • Kenya opposition leader rejects election result as ‘null and void’ August 16, 2022
    Raila Odinga’s comments on poll he was declared to have lost come after some officials disown final tallyThe Kenyan opposition leader, Raila Odinga, has rejected as “null and void” the result of a presidential election that he was declared to have lost, and pledged to challenge the outcome with “all constitutional and legal options”.Odinga said he would chan […]
  • William Ruto declared winner of Kenya presidential election amid dispute August 15, 2022
    Electoral commission chair declares deputy president winner of tight race as other senior officials disown resultsWilliam Ruto has been declared the winner of Kenya’s presidential election, amid last-minute chaos as four senior election officials denounced the week-long count and disowned the result.Official results showed that Ruto, the current deputy presi […]
  • At least 41 people killed in Egypt church fire, say officials August 14, 2022
    Security sources say majority of dead are children after blaze breaks out at Coptic Abu Sifin church in GizaA fire sparked by an electrical fault at a packed church in a working-class district of Greater Cairo has killed at least 41 people and injured another 45, Egyptian officials have said.About 5,000 people had gathered at the Coptic Abu Sifin church in I […]
  • US issues western water cuts as drought leaves Colorado River near ‘tipping point’ August 17, 2022
    Arizona, Nevada and Mexico affected as federal government steps in after states failed to reach agreementAfter western US states failed to reach agreements to reduce water use from the beleaguered Colorado River, the federal government stepped in on Tuesday, issuing cuts that will affect two states and Mexico.Officials with the Bureau of Reclamation declared […]
  • Journalist found dead in northern Mexico in bloody year for media August 16, 2022
    Body of Juan Arjón López, 14th journalist to be killed in Mexico in 2022, identified by tattoos in border city of San Luis Río ColoradoAn independent journalist has been found dead in northern Mexico, bringing to 14 the number of reporters and media workers killed so far this year, which has been one of the deadliest ever for the profession.Prosecutors in th […]

RSS The BBC

  • Liz Cheney: Trump critic blasts Republican 'personality cult' after defeat August 17, 2022
    Liz Cheney criticises the former president after losing to a Trump-backed candidate in Wyoming.
  • Kabul mosque attack: 'Many casualties feared' August 17, 2022
    A local hospital says five children, including a seven-year-old, are among those injured.
  • Outrage as India rapists leave jail to hero's welcome August 17, 2022
    Eleven Hindu men convicted for her gang-rape and the murder of her family members have been freed.
  • R. Kelly trial: Singer has dark side hidden from public - prosecutor August 17, 2022
    The singer faces charges of child pornography and obstructing justice in his second federal trial.
  • US pharmacy chains ordered to pay $650m in Ohio opioids suit August 17, 2022
    It comes after a court found the chains helped create an oversupply of opioid pills in Ohio counties.
  • Spanish fires: Passengers injured fleeing train in Bejís August 17, 2022
    Ten people are injured, three seriously, as a train is caught up in a wildfire in eastern Spain.
  • Israel and Germany condemn Palestinian leader's '50 Holocausts' claim August 17, 2022
    Israeli and German leaders express outrage after Mahmoud Abbas accuses Israel of "50 Holocausts".
  • Water levels on Italy's Lake Garda at 15-year low August 17, 2022
    Parts of northern Italy are experiencing their worst drought in 70 years.

Flickr Photos

Morning at the riverHortenzieStop Nuclear TerrorSquirrel at sunriseLiquid Goldcontinuity
More Photos

Meta

  • Register
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.com
 

Blog at WordPress.com.

  • Follow Following
    • This Black Sista's Memorial Page
    • Join 318 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • This Black Sista's Memorial Page
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar