Those We Lost — July 26

Honoring those we lost on July 26 — remembered for what they gave, and for what they left behind.

Charles Albert Tindley

Birth name: Charles Tindley

Born July 7, 1851 — died July 26, 1933

Methodist minister, gospel composer, preacher, and early Black sacred music figure.

Tindley rose from poverty and limited formal schooling to become one of the most influential Black preachers and hymn writers of his era. His song “I’ll Overcome Someday” is often connected to the later freedom anthem “We Shall Overcome.”

Bobbi Kristina Brown

Full name: Bobbi Kristina Brown

Born March 4, 1993 — died July 26, 2015

Singer, television personality, and daughter of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown.

Brown grew up in the public eye as the only child of two major figures in Black music. Her death at age 22 became another painful chapter in a family story marked by fame, grief, and the pressures surrounding celebrity life.