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Molltb; Smokey Robinson
will be honored by the enter­
tainment com unity when
Retinitis Pigmentosa Intema-
. tional presents him with a musi­
ca} tribute ov. 30 in Beverly
Hills. Berry Gordy will chair the
event with Dick Clark, while Ed
McMahon will serve as master
of ceremon ies. Robinson was
featured in a video of the song
�orgotten Eyes", written espe­
caally for RPI. In addition to
Robinson, the video featured
'Bob Hope, Dione. Warwick,
Herbie Hancock, Marilyn
McCoo, Angie Dickinson,
Sammy Davis Jr, and others.
Meanwhile, just last week, the
American Society of Com­
posers, Authors and Publishers
ho red the singer with a star-
tudded reception at the ex­
clusive Chasen's restaurant an
Los' Angeles. Robin on
received the prestigious
Founders Award Among those
�U . hers on hand were Berry
Gordy, top model Beverly
Johnson, Sheryl Lee Ralph,
Mary Wells famed songwriter
Sammy Cahn, Knots Landing's
Lynne Moody, and Natalie
Cole, who is in the studios work­
. on r latest LP. Tentatively
titled "Glad To Be Back"; the LP
l is QQt due out until r.
eanwhile, Cole. will t'our
. Europe in Dece ber and is
orking out a deal where he
and Dionne Warwick will head­
line at Caesar' Palace in Las
Vegas on e Year's E .
Is �?R mor
has it that MeA recording star
"Pebbles" is with child Pebbles,
d earlierthi year reportedly
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Co t1 ued fro P 3
eparated from her. husband,
was seen out and about with The
Deele's Antonio Reid, alias LA
of the talented producing team,
"LA & 8abyface". Still, there is
no eonfirmationon this rumor
and official word is that she �
still very much married
H owee • : It was big
fun once again when the Kwan­
za Foundation hosted its annual
fundraiser in Los Angeles.
Kwanza, composed of 27 Black
actresses (including Jayne Ken­
nedy, Marl Gibbs, Beverly
Todd, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Telma
H kins, Esther RoUe, Marilyn
McCoo, to name a few) �
cated to giving back-to the co -
munity. Natalie Cole and Lou
Gossett hosted the costume
" the proceeds of which
to benefit the Jenesse Ce
• houses' dims 0 do -
tic violence. Lou Gossett, 06e
wife Cyndi James Reese-Gos­
sett is a Kwanzaz member, came
as � P�antom of the Opera.
Marned life seems to agree with
Lou who is sporting a few extra
pounds around the middle late­
ly. Natalie Cole was a flapper, as
was Bernie Casey's wife, Paula,
while Beverly Todd, Whoopi
l{Joldberg's arch-nemesis in
Clara's Heart, came an angel
R. d St. J eqaues won aD
1 aili . MliotoJI
. �� ro.u�.
(He came as a Zu warrior) .
r ha ned to t
Fifth Dimo io: "We are a
group known for our record­
ings, and because we haven't
been recording, people think
we've broken up, but we
haven't," said florence laRue
,
who is tired of being told of her
remarkable resembla�ce to
Diana Ross these days. laRue
added that the group has been
doing a lot of touring, par­
ticularly cruises, "It's like a paid
vacatioJl If, LaRue smiled.
KOI»esc. 1CIe..e.beftcl: The
Shubert Theater in ew York
__ .. _. _ • Celebra-
tion of P ul Robeson" Sun­
day . 1. The tribute came 12
years after his th and 4�
c years after he gave his first
legendary performance on the
. very same stage' in
ul,,..ii ... e S kespeare' Othello. The
tr te featured recor' of"
the be r d alo ith
there
ddan�
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Bill Cosby,
Mo1rD11 Free uby Dee,
Th ter of Har-
lem. Proceeds from bcaefit
ave -been earmarked to the
Ne york Public Library'S
of peo. e. or eo . r, but 't1ery Schomburg Center for
op ue held" an �eem. . Research in Black Culture. The
Fuller says, R asm, began Harlem-based center ha a vast
. a form of alienation towards collection of films, reco dings
the selI, . no evolved into and p otograp dOQUOCDting
th� .t high refined form of the life of Robeson, a celebrated
he�allon to ards others a actor, singer, athlete, scholar
II and u manitar ian.
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