Angela Stribling, the longtime Washington, D.C. radio host, former BET on-air personality and classically trained jazz vocalist, has died. Stribling was best known to Washington-area listeners as the host of “Pillow Talk With Angela” on WHUR 96.3 and SiriusXM, and to a national audience for her years anchoring entertainment news and helping launch jazz programming at BET. She was 68.
| Full Name | Angela Stribling |
| Date of Birth | October 13, 1957 |
| Age | 68 at time of death |
| Nationality | American (born in Buffalo, New York) |
| Profession | Radio Host, TV Personality & Jazz Vocalist |
| Platforms | |
| Known For | WHUR’s “Pillow Talk With Angela,” BET’s “Screen Scene” & BET Jazz |
| Net Worth | $500K – $700K (estimated) |
| Spouse | Ken Stribling |
| Children | One daughter |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) |
| Zodiac Sign | Libra |
Who Was Angela Stribling?
- Longtime host of “Pillow Talk With Angela” on WHUR 96.3/SiriusXM 141, part of the station’s Quiet Storm tradition
- BET on-air personality who co-hosted “Screen Scene,” the network’s entertainment news show, alongside Melvin Lindsey
- Helped launch BET Jazz, co-hosting “Jazz Central” with Ramsey Lewis and Lou Rawls, plus “BET Jazz Discovery” and “BET Jazz Scene”
- Classically trained jazz vocalist who released the albums “Angela Stribling…Live” and “Tokyo Sundays,” and performed with Stevie Wonder and Chaka Khan
- Also anchored and hosted at WJZ-TV in Baltimore and WJLA-TV’s “Let’s Talk Live!” in Washington, D.C.
- Provided imaging and voiceover work for WHUR and WBLS’s Quiet Storm programming and SiriusXM’s “Watercolors”
Angela Stribling’s Death
Angela Stribling died on Saturday, September 26, 2026; her passing was announced the following day, Sunday, September 27, 2026. As of this writing, a cause of death has not been made public. Her passing was announced on social media by veteran journalist and former BET colleague Ed Gordon, who called her a longtime friend from their years together at the network and remembered her varied career, including a role in the Eddie Murphy film “The Distinguished Gentleman.”
- Radio executive Skip Dillard, who hired her as the imaging voice for Quiet Storm on WBLS, remembered her as “phenomenal.”
- Singer Kia Bennett, who worked alongside her at BET, WHUR and XM Satellite Radio, called her “an inspiration…in the radio, tv, and voice over world.”
- Tributes from friends and former colleagues, including a decades-long friend, Jerome Allen Bell, filled social media on Sunday
- She is survived by her husband, Ken
Buzztify sends its condolences to Angela Stribling’s family, friends and colleagues during this difficult time.
