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The Music Legend Shares His Journey of Love, Music, Loss, Grief, and His Bout with Depression, Mental Illness and His Obsession with Suicide (Washington, DC) – Multiple Award-winning recording artist, songwriter, and author,  Richard Smallwood,  released his memoir   TOTAL PRAISE: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY ,  with the Foreword written by Tony Award winner Phylicia Rashad on November 11, 2019, two weeks before his 71 st  birthday. In TOTAL PRAISE, Smallwood chronicles his life as a musician and composer and the highs and lows of his music career. He also shares his journey of love, loss, grief, and his bouts of depression, mental illness and his obsession with suicide. Published by Godzchild Publication, TOTAL PRAISE is available on digital retail outlets, including   Amazon ,  Amazon Kindle ,  Apple , and  Barnes & Noble . TOTAL PRAISE also documents his humble beginnings from Atlanta, GA to Washington, DC, to his love of music as...

How can a man handcuffed from the back fatally shoot himself in the chest while being driven to the police station? In this unsolved mystery, Louisiana police walk away from an alleged suicide that left many puzzled in the state's top sugar producing city ,New Iberia, where a railroad track has historically been the dividing line racially and economically. SUGAR TOWN examines power and controversy in the 2014 death of Victor White, III that coroners ruled a suicide. Dubbed "handcuffed Hoodini," White's death is the focus of Investigation Discoveries SUGAR TOWN, airing next Monday at 8 PM, ET/PT. SUGAR TOWN  premieres Monday, August 6 at 8pm ET/PT on Investigation Discovery. SYNOPSIS: Built on sugar cane production, New Iberia, Louisiana is a complicated town bisected by railroad tracks. Residents to the north of the tracks are predominantly white, while largely black neighborhoods lie to the south. These steel lines created a strong history of racia...

The alarming suicide trend is spreading. Two celebrities died of apparent suicide in one  week.   On Tuesday, fashion and accessories designer Kate Spade was found hanging in her New York apartment. Spade was known for creating vibrant dresses and hand bags that appealed to housewives and working women.  She was 55. By Friday morning CNN announced the loss of  one of their own, Anthony Bourdain. C elebrity chef and host of CNN's " Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown ,"  died in Strasborg, France. He too hung himself.  He was 61.  In ordinary journalist practice, a suicide report would be individualized.  However, the parallels are hauntingly staggering and it is worth pointing out the similarities. Both were unique and distinguishable in their fields;  It appeared that Bourdain was on top of the world and Spade was a leader in the fashion market Both had daughters Both suffered from depression Spade died in New York Bourdain was from N...