The Weeknd, born Abel Tesfaye, was spotted leaving her apartment in a colorful ensemble soon after.
Robert Stigwood, the Australian-born show business impresario, who has died aged 81, was one of the unsung powers of 1970s pop music and a seminal influence behind the merging of the music and film industries into international entertainment conglomerates.
Robert Abbott â The Lonely Warrior. Born on St. Simons Island in 1868, the child of former slaves, Robert Sengstache Abbott grew up in nearby Savannah where he attended Hampton Institute. In 1905, with just twenty-five cents in his pocket, Abbott traveled to Chicago and founded the Chicago Defender, this nationâs first black newspaper.