{"id":21789,"date":"2026-09-28T11:53:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T11:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/?p=21789"},"modified":"2026-09-28T11:53:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T11:53:24","slug":"angela-stribling-pioneering-bet-host-and-beloved-radio-voice-dies-at-58","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/?p=21789","title":{"rendered":"Angela Stribling, Pioneering BET Host and Beloved Radio Voice, Dies at 58"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Angela Stribling, the pioneering BET personality and longtime radio host, has died at 58.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her husband, Ken Washington, announced that she passed away peacefully at home on September 26 after a <strong>two-year battle with brain cancer<\/strong>, with her husband and sister by her side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stribling became known for hosting BET programs including <em>Screen Scene<\/em> and <em>Jazz Central<\/em>, helping establish the network\u2019s jazz coverage. She later became a beloved radio voice through WHUR and SiriusXM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Throughout her career, she interviewed major stars and public figures including Janet Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Quincy Jones and Bill Clinton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She continued working and inspiring others despite her health struggles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her family says she leaves behind a legacy of <strong>love, kindness, inspiration, and a voice that will never be forgotten.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Angela Stribling, the pioneering BET personality and longtime radio host, has died at 58. Her husband, Ken Washington, announced that she passed away peacefully at home on September 26 after a two-year battle with brain cancer, with her husband and sister by her side. Stribling became known for hosting BET programs including Screen Scene and &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21789"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21791,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21789\/revisions\/21791"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}