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Nov 27, 2019
Godfrey Gao (1984–2019), “The Mortal Instruments” actor
Godfrey Gao was a Taiwanese-Canadian actor best known for playing Magnus Bane in the 2013 film “The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones.” Gao largely worked in Taiwanese and Chinese movies and television shows, with film roles including “Wedding Bible,” “Love Is a Broadway Hit,” and his most recent, 2019’s “Shanghai Fortress.” On TV, he was well-known in Asia for shows including “Bull Fighting” and “Remembering Lichuan.” He was filming the Chinese game show “Chase Me” at the time of his death. Also a model, Gao became the first Asian model for Louis Vuitton in 2011.
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Nov 29, 2019
Rev. Clay Evans (1925–2019), civil rights leader and gospel legend
Rev. Clay Evans was the founder of Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago, where for 50 years he was a leading voice in the civil rights movement, evangelical broadcasting, and American gospel music. He supported Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s work in Chicago; he cofounded Operation PUSH, one of the nation’s pioneering civil rights organizations, with Rev. Jesse Jackson, whom he ordained at Fellowship in 1968; and he released eleven albums of gospel music, including “I’ve Got a Testimony,” which was nominated for a Soul Train Music Award in 1997.
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