NeNe remembers late hubby Gregg. Blog King, Mass Appeal ATLANTA — Reality TV star NeNe Leakes laid her husband’s soul to rest on Labor Day with a tear-jerking ‘Celebration of Life’ ceremony in Atlanta. Gregg Leakes died “peacefully” on September 1st following a strenuous bout with booty cancer. He was 66. Ernest Dukes, their publicist and longtime friend, issued a ...

Biz Markie given special farewell. Blog King, Mass Appeal LONG ISLAND — Family, friends and lachrymose fans got together Monday morning to bid a final farewell to Biz Markie (né Marcel Theo Hall) who died July 16th from diabetes. He was 57. The “Just A Friend” rapper received a star-studded sepulture in his hometown of Patchogue — a village in ...

Kobe remembered during memorial.  Blog King, Mass Appeal LOS ANGELES — A capacity crowd of 20,000 mourners filled the Staples Center on Monday to pay their respects to Kobe Bryant during a public memorial fit for a monarch. Kobe, 41, lost his life in a fiery helicopter crash a few weeks ago. His 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others were ...