and music mogul andre harrell, who in his last conversation that we know of thursday evening, he was on the phone trying to organize hip top community to get around voting rights and to do something for the ahmaud arbery move for justice. those three people changed music, changed culture, and gave their lives and their living for more than themselves. i thought most of today about my own mother who passed eight years ago. she used to love to quote to me a sermon we heard in church of a minister that says, you are born on this day. there is dash, and you die on that day. that is what they will write when you go. you can do anything about your birth date or your death date. but you have everything to do with that dash in the middle. those three worked their dash, as you and i are still here, let's work our dash, and let us work our dash to have meaning so that whenever we meet our day they can say as i can say about betty wright, and little richard, and andre harrell, we are saddened to see them go, but they worked their dash. that does it for me. thanks for watching. i will see you ba

and then i was stunned when i found out early this morning andre harrell, the founder of uptown records, former ceo of motown records, had passed at 59 years old. i'd known andre for decades. among the things he's done, he was one of those that was responsible for shaping modern hip-hop. he discovered ditty. he was one that helped enhance the career of mary j. blige. he was also a political activist with passion. it was just last wednesday he and i spent a long time on the phone talking about how we need to mobilize to protect the vote, and he wanted to get the hip-hop community to support the family of aumhad auberry. tonight i celebrate the lives of two men that did make a difference. we're not responsible for how and when we're born or when we die. but we are responsible for the time we live in between. they used their time well. that does it for me. thanks for watching. see you back here tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. eastern. up next, my colleague chris jansing picks up our news coverage. when you shop with wayfair, you spend less and get way more. so you can bring your vision to life and s

music mogul andre harrell has died. he discovered sean "puffy" co s combs. lots of names this morning. p. diddy, bet northwesteter kno. he found uptown record and served as the ceo and president of motown records in the '90s. he was working on a tv series about uptown. it was scheduled to air sometime this year. the cause of his death has not released. he was 59. i know he is very much missed by so many. and legendary performer roy horn, best known as part of siegfried & roy, has died of complications from coronavirus. we take a look back at the vegas star's long and magical career. >> reporter: the legendary showman who once dazzled crowds on the vegas strip was diagnosed with the covid virus more than a week ago. his publicist saying the 75-year-old was responding well to treatment and sent good wifswifsh pishs to everyone impacted by the pandemic. but he lost his battle overnight. tributes from the city that made him famous pouring in. >> when i first started coming here before we became locals sh they were a staple. it's somebody you always saw. >> repor

> moving on, there are reports, unfortunately, this morning that the founder of uptown records andre harrell has died. "billboard magazine" reporting his death this morning. harrell began his career as half of the early '80s hip-hop duo dr. jekyll and mr. hyde and started uptown records where he started working with an intern, sean combs who we now know as diddy. he was 59 years of age. >>> roy horn, best known as part of the duo siegfried & roy died of complications from coronavirus. abc's deborah roberts takes a look back at the vegas star's long and magical career. >> reporter: the legendary showman who once dazzled crowds on the vegas strip was diagnosed with the covid virus more than a week ago. his publicist saying the 75-year-old was responding well to treatment and sent good wishes to everyone impacted by the pandemic. but then roy horn lost his battle overnight. tributes from the city that made him famous pouring in. >> when i first started coming here before we became locals, they were a staple. it's somebody that you always saw. >> reporter: as the world's most famous magic act, s

. >>> the music world is also mourning two great losses, producer andre harrell died of heart failure at age 59. his name may be unfamiliar but you probably know some of the artists he launched including mary j. blige, and sean combs. he gave combs his first break. >>> the third artist we lost had such a huge impact, it's almost impossible to overstate. the flamboyant sexuality of little richard helped create rock 'n' roll. you may or may not know this, but the lyrics to one of his first hits originally said, tu teut ti fruity, good booty. but he went through changes of his own. here's mark barger. >> reporter: at the dawn of rock 'n' roll, little richard was the wake-up call. >> my friends thought i was crazy, and my cousins thought i was a kook. >> reporter: the flamboyant piano player brought a whaling energy that helped define a new sound for 1950s america, so new -- one of his biggest hits was banned on many radio stations for its suggestive lyrics. >> they didn't want the white kids to listen to black music. >> reporter: little richard's popularity crossed racial lines, though,

executive andre harrell and betty wright.eart failure at 59. betty wright popularized the phrase "no pain, no gain," with her song by that name. "where is the love" won a grammy in 1976. the cleanup woman, betty wright, died yesterday at the age of 66. gayle? >> boy, anthony, this was such a big shock in the music industry. i know friends who had talked to andre thursday night and said he founded fine. it was really very, very surprising to wake up to hear that he had passed away at 59. we know betty wright from "the cleanup woman." and littlerish richard, tutti-fi or r-o-t-i. >> we're coming to an era. the only one left from that time is jerry lee lewis. it was a >>> live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. . >> it is a:25. public transportation changes. they are adding back regular weekday service. good nose for those people who utilize that. regular weekday service for our routes except for 5 and 6. those will be on a modified schedule. the express routes will resume. mass transit is on time. no delays. the