Deaths/Obits

The Rev. Cho Yong-gi, founder of Yoido Full Gospel Church — one of the world’s largest megachurches, has died. He was 85.

Dr. Melvin E. Banks Sr. has died. Banks founded Urban Ministries, Inc., the largest independent African American-owned religious publisher.

Cicely Tyson, the iconic actress who opened doors for Black actors in Hollywood and on Broadway, has died at 96.