Lynnette Hardaway, left, and Rochelle Richardson, known as Diamond and Silk, speak at a Trump campaign rally in Tulsa, Okla., in June 2020.
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Lynnette Hardaway, left, and Rochelle Richardson, known as Diamond and Silk, speak at a Trump campaign rally in Tulsa, Okla., in June 2020.
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Lynette ‘Diamond’ Hardaway, better known as half of the MAGA duo “Diamond and Silk,” has died at 51.
Her death was announced Monday night by the entertainers’ verified social media accounts and by former president Donald Trump, prompting an outpouring of condolences from prominent conservative figures.
The pair’s social media post mourned Hardaway as “a True Angel and Warrior Patriot for Freedom, Love and Humanity,” and linked to an online fundraising page for a memorial ceremony that it said would be announced soon. It does not specify a cause of death.
“Diamond blazed a trail, founded on her passion and love for the entire race of humanity,” it reads. “In this time of grief, please respect the privacy of Diamond’s family but remember and celebrate the gift that she gave us all!”
Hardaway and her sister Rochelle ‘Silk’ Richardson rose to fame during the 2016 presidential election, when the self-described lifelong Democrats switched their party affiliation to vote for Trump and…