Gospel Great Marie Knight Dies
According to the Associated Press: Gospel legend Marie Knight, who came to prominence while touring with longtime musical partner Sister Rosetta Tharpe in the 1940s, has died. She was 84. Mark Carpentieri, her manager and owner of M.C. Records, said Knight died Sunday at a nursing home in Harlem due to complications from pneumonia. Raised in Newark, N.J., she began touring the national gospel circuit with evangelist Frances Robinson ...
