Mourning Three Visionaries: Reactions to the Deaths of Fred Shuttlesworth, Derrick Bell and Steve Jobs

Reactions from the day after the deaths of three legends.

Prof. Melissa Harris-Perry - “The loss of Prof Derrick Bell is painful. His book "Ethical Ambition" lives on my bedside table. He taught all of us so much,” Harris-Perry tweeted about law professor Derrick Bell, who died Wednesday from carcinoid cancer.(Photo: Times-Picayune/Landov)
Star Jones - “brilliant scholar who was never satisfied with ‘laying in the cut’,” Jones tweeted about Bell.(Photo: Gregg DeGuire/PictureGroup)
Dr. Howard Fuller - Education expert Prof. Howard Fuller memorialized both Bell and Rev. Shuttlesworth in his tweet: #DerrickBell & #RevFredShuttlesworth. Two Black men who made America and the world a better place. May they rest in peace. JOB WELL DONE! (Photo: Rob Loud/Getty Images)Bill Gates - “The world rarely sees someone who has had the profound impact Steve has had, the effects of which will be felt for many generations to come,” Bill Gates said of Apple co-founder and ex-CEO Steve Jobs, who lost his battle with cancer Wednesday. (Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

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Prof. Melissa Harris-Perry - “The loss of Prof Derrick Bell is painful. His book "Ethical Ambition" lives on my bedside table. He taught all of us so much,” Harris-Perry tweeted about law professor Derrick Bell, who died Wednesday from carcinoid cancer.(Photo: Times-Picayune/Landov)

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