Family spokeswoman Kelly Nayo says McGee died Friday at a Berkeley hospital. She had been on life support for two days after going into cardiac arrest.

VONETTA McGEE

Michael Gagliardo, a publicist for Vazquez, confirms that the wedding took place July 10 at the Manhattan restaurant Cipriani. He provided no details.

Left: LaLa Vazquez enters Cipriani’s for her wedding ceremony in New York. Right: Denver Nuggets Carmelo Anthony enters Cipriani’s for his wedding ceremony, July 10, in New York.

For the Week of July 23-29

July 23

W.E.B. DUBOIS

1900—The first Pan African conference took place in London, England. Blacks from throughout the world gathered to plot strategies for bringing about rights for all people of African ancestry, independence from colonialism for African countries and international Black unity. This “conference” was the precursor of all the subsequent Pan African “Congresses.” Among the most prominent names present in 1900 were African-American activist and intellectual W.E.B. Du Bois and West Indian lawyer H. Sylves­ter Williams.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP)—A concoction known as “purple drank” has gone from rap lyrics to the sports pages with the arrest of former NFL No. 1 draft pick JaMarcus Russell. He was charged in Alabama with possession of codeine syrup, a key ingredient in the drink.

EX-RAIDERS QB ARRESTED—Photo released by Mobile County Sheriff’s Office shows JaMarcus Russell on July 5, in Mobile, Ala.

It typically includes codeine and the antihistamine promethazine, mixed with Sprite or 7Up, along with Jolly Ranchers or other hard candy. It has been growing in popularity over the past decade even if the average suburbanite hasn’t necessarily heard of it.

Russell is charged in Mobile with possession of a controlled substance. His attorney says the ex-Oakland Raiders quarterback will plead not guilty at his arraignment on July 20.