"I Heard That": Two Legends Pass on ChristmasRochelle Metcalfebyline‚ Jan. 07‚ 2009BACK AT YUH’ for another year! Quietly stepped into 2009 whereas several folks I knew and admired caught the “A’’ Train before the stroke of midnight! FAREWELL to DR. C. DIANE HOWELL of Oakland, founder/publisher BLACK BUSINESS LISTING (BBL), and producer of the annual BLACK EXPO Business Trade Fair held annually during July at the Oakland Convention Center. Like a thief in the night, this beautiful Black SISTUH’ was taken from us Christmas Eve where she was hospitalized at Oakland Kaiser Hospital. Stunned when AVE MONTAGUE called my home early Christmas morning with the sad news. Dr. Howell died from complications of pneumonia. She was 58. |