Growing list of those born or died on April 8 in any year

Marian Anderson (February 27, 1897 – April 8, 1993) was an American contralto. She performed a wide range of music, from opera to spirituals. Anderson performed with renowned orchestras in

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Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner, Lester Young, Holiday made significant contributions to jazz music and pop singing.

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Growing list of those born or died on April 7 in any year

The Gap Band was an American R&B and funk band that rose to fame during the 1970s and 1980s. The band consisted of three brothers: Charlie, Ronnie, and Robert Wilson, along with other

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Trafficked released in 2017 set in Naija et al

The average age of entry into sex trade is 14 years old.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1720621

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William December Williams Jr. (born April 6, 1937) is an American actor, novelist and painter. He has appeared in over 100 films and television roles over six decades. He is best known for portraying Lando Calrissian in the Star Wars franchise

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Growing list of those born or died on April 6 in any year

Lauren Ridloff (née Teruel; born April 6, 1978) is a deaf American actress known for her roles in the TV series The Walking Dead and the film Eternals.

Francis Johnson (June 16, 1792 –

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Surviving Sex Trafficking released in 2021

Only 1% of trafficking victims manage to escape or be rescued.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11691034

One latina shares that she was pressured into giving full service and every man felt like she was being raped.

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McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913 – April 30, 1983), better known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues singer-songwriter and musician who was an important figure in the post-World War II blues scene, and is often cited as the

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Growing list of those born or died on April 4 in any year

Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American memoirist, essayist, poet, and civil rights activist.

Martin Luther King Jr.

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Calida Rawles (b.1976)

Calida Rawles (b.1976) is a Los Angeles-based contemporary visual artist. via W #PalianSHOW

https://palianshow.wordpress.com/2026/04/04/calida-rawles/