Harlem remembers Kiki Shepard, legendary Apollo Theater host, who died at 74
Members of the Apollo Theater, where Kiki Shepard left her mark for 15 years, reflect on her legacy after the Harlem icon's death at age 74.
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Noëlle D. Lilley covers Harlem for CBS News New York.
Prior to CBS News New York, Noëlle was a general assignment reporter with News 12 Bronx & Brooklyn. Noëlle has called Harlem her home since 2019.
Noëlle got her start at KERO-TV/23ABC in Bakersfield, California as well as Arizona PBS in Phoenix and Washington D.C., where she covered the 2018 Thousand Oaks shooting, 2017 Congressional baseball practice shooting, and other national stories. Noëlle is a proud Sun Devil and an alum of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University where she graduated cum laude. She received her master's degree from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York as one of five students chosen to attend the program on a full ride fellowship through the Knight Foundation and the Ida B. Wells Foundation.
Noëlle is passionate about stories impacting marginalized communities, education and the arts.
In her free time, Noëlle loves reading, going to the movies, and trying new restaurants with her husband, Richard, a nurse and native New Yorker.
Members of the Apollo Theater, where Kiki Shepard left her mark for 15 years, reflect on her legacy after the Harlem icon's death at age 74.
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