Not a question, just announcing

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> Dianne Durham, the first Black woman to win a USA Gymnastics national championship, died Thursday, USA Gymnastics announced. She was 52. Durham’s husband, Tom Drahozal, told the Associated Press she died of a short illness  Durham’s legacy is still felt in modern gymnastics, however, especially among the many Black gymnasts dominating the scene today.

Dianne Durham - Wikipedia

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Just so you know, you can always post notables deaths in the current month's Notables thread.

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didn't know there was one

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Thanks for announcing this. I've created a stub profile and added her to the US Black Heritage Project. We'll continue to add to her profile, but anyone's welcome to add to it!

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Durham-4115

Answer 1

She was definitely worth mentioning and is a notable as well as a part of this nation's black heritage.

https://www.legacy.com/news/celebrity-deaths/dianne-durham-1968-2021-first-black-national-gymnastics-champion/

Thank you for mentioning this!:-))

~Brian Kerr