DETROIT – A steady stream of family and friends paid their respects Saturday at one of the visitation for Detroit-area journalist and activist-minister Angelo Henderson.
The 51-year-old died last Saturday of natural causes.
Henderson's death brought a premature ending to a career that made him one of Detroit's most well-known radio hosts.
Henderson was a host on radio station WCHB. While at The Wall Street Journal, he won a 1999 Pulitzer Prize for a portrait of a Detroit pharmacist driven to violence by encounters with armed robbers.
Many left with teary eyes and heavy hearts Saturday as the community came together to celebrate Henderson's life -- a life spent doing selfless work in the community.
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Henderson also co-founded Detroit 300, a crime-fighting organization whose members were residents, civic groups and businesses. He also was an ordained minister.
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He is survived by his wife and son.
Saturday was the first of two public viewings.
Public viewing:
Swanson Funeral Home
14751 W. McNicols Road
Detroit, MI, 48235
Saturday, Feb. 22, Noon to 8 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 23, Noon to 8 p.m.
Funeral:
Greater Grace Temple
23500 W. 7 Mile Road
Detroit, MI, 48219
Monday, Feb. 24 at 11 a.m.