15 Famous Black People Who Passed Away in 2014

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Lee Chamberlain

The Electric Company star died of metastatic cancer at the age of 76. The actress, who lived in Paris, passed away on May 25 in Chapel Hill, N.C., while visiting her son, Matthew.

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Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter

The middleweight title contender, whose murder convictions became an international symbol of racial injustice and inspired a Bob Dylan song and a Hollywood film, died April 20. He was 76. Carter, who had suffered from prostate cancer, died in his sleep at his home in Toronto.

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