It's Black Entertainment (2002) featured a cast of 69 tracked actors. Of these, 30 (48%) are still alive today and 32 have passed away. The oldest surviving cast member is Berry Gordy, age 96. This film starred Vanessa Williams and Whitney Houston.
48% still with us· verified cast43% of full cast · incl. 7 unverified
Survivorship
Cast Reunion Index: 48% still living
Avg. Age at Death: 61.9 yrs
Deaths by Year
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Cast69 members
| Person | Character | Status | DOB | Age | DOD | Age in 2002 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Vanessa Williams Self - Host | Self - Host | Living | 18/03/1963 | 63 | — | 39 |
 Whitney Houston Self | Self | Deceased | 09/08/1963 | 48 | 11/02/2012 | 39 |
 Ella Fitzgerald Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 25/04/1917 | 79 | 15/06/1996 | 85 |
 Snoop Dogg Self | Self | Living | 20/10/1971 | 54 | — | 31 |
 Diana Ross Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Living | 26/03/1944 | 82 | — | 58 |
 Spike Lee Self | Self | Living | 20/03/1957 | 69 | — | 45 |
 Louis Armstrong Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 04/08/1901 | 69 | 06/07/1971 | 101 |
 Little Richard Self | Self | Deceased | 05/12/1932 | 87 | 09/05/2020 | 70 |
 Debbie Allen Self | Self | Living | 16/01/1950 | 76 | — | 52 |
 Carl Anderson Self | Self | Deceased | 27/02/1945 | 58 | 23/02/2004 | 57 |
 Josephine Baker Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 03/06/1906 | 68 | 12/04/1975 | 96 |
 James Brown Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 03/05/1933 | 73 | 25/12/2006 | 69 |
 Tisha Campbell Self | Self | Living | 13/10/1968 | 57 | — | 34 |
 Nat King Cole Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 17/03/1919 | 45 | 15/02/1965 | 83 |
 Sean Combs Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Living | 04/11/1969 | 56 | — | 33 |
 Dorothy Dandridge Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 09/11/1922 | 42 | 08/09/1965 | 80 |
 Sammy Davis Jr. Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 08/12/1925 | 64 | 16/05/1990 | 77 |
 Rah Digga Self | Self | Living | 18/12/1972 | 53 | — | 30 |
 Suzzanne Douglas Self | Self | Deceased | 12/04/1957 | 64 | 06/07/2021 | 45 |
 Dr. Dre Self | Self | Living | 18/02/1965 | 61 | — | 37 |
 Billy Eckstine Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 09/07/1914 | 78 | 08/03/1993 | 88 |
 Duke Ellington Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 29/04/1899 | 75 | 24/05/1974 | 103 |
 Jamie Foxx Self | Self | Living | 13/12/1967 | 58 | — | 35 |
 Aretha Franklin Mrs. Murphy (archive footage) | Mrs. Murphy (archive footage) | Deceased | 25/03/1942 | 76 | 16/08/2018 | 60 |
 Nelson George Self | Self | Living | 01/09/1957 | 69 | — | 45 |
 Jasmine Guy Self | Self | Living | 10/03/1962 | 64 | — | 40 |
 Jimi Hendrix Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 27/11/1942 | 27 | 18/09/1970 | 60 |
 Gregory Hines Self | Self | Deceased | 14/02/1946 | 57 | 09/08/2003 | 56 |
 Billie Holiday Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 07/04/1915 | 44 | 17/07/1959 | 87 |
 Lena Horne Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 30/06/1917 | 92 | 09/05/2010 | 85 |
 Reginald Hudlin Self | Self | Living | 15/12/1961 | 64 | — | 41 |
 Ice-T Self | Self | Living | 16/02/1958 | 68 | — | 44 |
 Michael Jackson Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 29/08/1958 | 50 | 25/06/2009 | 44 |
 Jimmy Jam Self | Self | Living | 06/06/1959 | 67 | — | 43 |
 Quincy Jones Self | Self | Deceased | 14/03/1933 | 91 | 03/11/2024 | 69 |
 A.J. Johnson Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Living | 02/01/1963 | 63 | — | 39 |
 Eartha Kitt Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 17/01/1927 | 81 | 25/12/2008 | 75 |
 John Landis Self | Self | Living | 03/08/1950 | 76 | — | 52 |
 Stan Lathan Self | Self | Living | 08/07/1945 | 81 | — | 57 |
 Terry Lewis Self | Self | Living | 24/11/1956 | 69 | — | 46 |
 LL Cool J Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Living | 14/01/1968 | 58 | — | 34 |
 Wynton Marsalis Self | Self | Living | 18/10/1961 | 64 | — | 41 |
 Harold Nicholas Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 27/03/1921 | 79 | 03/07/2000 | 81 |
 Alan Parker Self | Self | Deceased | 14/02/1944 | 76 | 31/07/2020 | 58 |
 Otis Redding Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 09/09/1941 | 26 | 10/12/1967 | 61 |
 Christopher Reid Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Living | 05/04/1964 | 62 | — | 38 |
 Busta Rhymes Self | Self | Living | 20/05/1972 | 54 | — | 30 |
 Smokey Robinson Self | Self | Living | 19/02/1940 | 86 | — | 62 |
 Russell Simmons Self | Self | Living | 04/10/1957 | 68 | — | 45 |
 Bessie Smith Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 15/04/1894 | 43 | 26/09/1937 | 108 |
 Tina Turner Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 26/11/1939 | 83 | 24/05/2023 | 63 |
 Fats Waller Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 21/05/1904 | 39 | 15/12/1943 | 98 |
| Self | Living | 06/04/1937 | 89 | — | 65 | |
 Donald Bogle Self | Self | Living | 13/07/1944 | 82 | — | 58 |
Kenny Burrell Self | Self | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
James Cross Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Suzanne de Passe Self | Self | Living | 19/07/1946 | 80 | — | 56 |
 Berry Gordy Self | Self | Living | 28/11/1929 | 96 | — | 73 |
Eddie Hartman Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
'Crip' Heard Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Rubberneck Holmes Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Louis Jordan Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | — | — | 04/02/1975 | — |
Camille King Maddam CJ Walker | Maddam CJ Walker | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Kyme Rachel Meadows (archive footage) | Rachel Meadows (archive footage) | Living | 21/11/1962 | 63 | — | 40 |
Velma Middleton Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Fayard Nicholas Self | Self | Deceased | 20/10/1914 | 91 | 24/01/2006 | 88 |
 The Notorious B.I.G. Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 21/05/1972 | 24 | 09/03/1997 | 30 |
 Earl 'Snake Hips' Tucker Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 01/01/1905 | 32 | 01/01/1937 | 97 |
 Sister Rosetta Tharpe Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 20/03/1915 | 58 | 09/10/1973 | 87 |
