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  1. www.legacy.com › news › celebrity-deathsGail Lumet Buckley obituary: author of The Hornes dies at 86 ...

    Jul 29, 2024 · Gail Lumet Buckley, who chronicled Black family history and was the daughter of Hollywood’s first Black star, died July 18, 2024, of heart failure in Santa Monica, California.

  2. www.legacy.com › obituaries › nameGail Buckley Obituary - Death Notice and Service Information

    Jul 29, 2024 · Elizabeth Bell. July 29, 2024 | Friend. 1. Gail Buckley passed away on July 18, 2024 at the age of 86. The obituary was featured in Legacy Remembers on July 29, 2024.

    • December 21, 1937
    • July 18, 2024

  3. www.washingtonpost.com › obituaries › 2024/07/31Gail Lumet Buckley, writer who traced Black achievement, dies ...

    Jul 31, 2024 · July 31, 2024 at 6:10 p.m. EDT. Gail Lumet Buckley, a writer whose books combined history and memoir to highlight Black achievement in the United States, often through the prism of her own family ...

    • Matt Schudel

  4. www.americamagazine.org › arts-culture › 2024/07/30Remembering Gail Lumet Buckley, chronicler of African ...

    Jul 30, 2024 · Born Gail Horne Jones on Dec. 21, 1937, in Pittsburgh, Pa., Lumet Buckley grew up in New York (well, Brooklyn) and Los Angeles. She graduated from Radcliffe College in 1959.

  5. naacp.org › articles › naacp-mourns-loss-gail-lumetNAACP Mourns the Loss of Gail Lumet Buckley, Black American ...

    Jul 30, 2024 · "Coming from the trailblazing bloodline of Spingarn Medalist and Image Awardee, Lena Horne, Gail Lumet Buckley spent her life as the author and documentarian of her family's rich history. From the Reconstruction and the rise of Jim Crow in Atlanta to the Harlem Renaissance in New York City, Gail preserved the many layers of Black American history within the pages of her books.

  6. www.wvtf.org › 2024/08/01 › remembering-writer-gailRemembering writer Gail Lumet Buckley - WVTF

    Aug 1, 2024 · The daughter of singer Lena Horne, Buckley who chronicled her family's history from enslavement to becoming a part of the Black bourgeoisie. She died July 18. Originally broadcast in 1986.

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  8. www.hollywoodreporter.com › news › general-newsGail Lumet Buckley, Author and Daughter of Lena Horne, Dies at 86

    Jul 27, 2024 · She was 86. Her daughter Jenny Lumet, a screenwriter and producer, told The New York Times she died at her home in Santa Monica of heart failure. Born on Dec. 21, 1937, in Pittsburgh, Buckley grew ...