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Derrick Blackburn

Case from Memphis, TN dated May 19, 2021

Victim Details

Derrick Blackburn

Male

Black / African American

Memphis

TN

2021-05-19

22

Derrick

Blackburn

07/06/2026

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Derrick Blackburn, a 22-year-old Black man from Memphis, Tennessee, enters the public record in fragments: a short death notice, a funeral home reference, and a gun-violence memorial page that tries to keep a name from being swallowed by statistics. The obituary notice carried through The Commercial Appeal via Legacy.com reports that Blackburn passed away on May 19, 2020, while a separate memorial listing for gun deaths places the loss on May 19, 2021 and categorizes it as gun violence in Memphi ...
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  • Legacy.com: Derrick Blackburn Obituary (2020) The Commercial Appeal
  • Derrick Blackburn, age 22 - National Gun Violence Memorial
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