![]() ![]() Knight was born in Atlanta to Merald Woodlow Knight Sr., a postal worker, and Sarah Elizabeth (née Woods). She is also a recipient of the National Medal of Arts and Kennedy Center Honors. Rolling Stone magazine ranked Knight among the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. She also recorded the theme song for the 1989 James Bond film Licence to Kill. Two of her songs (" I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and "Midnight Train to Georgia") were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame for "historical, artistic and significant" value. She has won seven Grammy Awards (four as a solo artist and three with the Pips) and is an inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Vocal Group Hall of Fame along with The Pips. Knight has recorded two number-one Billboard Hot 100 singles (" Midnight Train to Georgia" and " That's What Friends Are For" which she did with Dionne Warwick, Sir Elton John and Stevie Wonder), eleven number-one R&B singles and six number-one R&B albums. A seven-time Grammy Award-winner, Knight recorded hits through the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s with her family group Gladys Knight & the Pips, which included her brother Merald "Bubba" Knight and cousins William Guest and Edward Patten. March 3, 2017: The AJC reports Knight won her bid to sever ties to the business Hankerson must phase out all uses of Knight's name, likeness and memorabilia by April 26, 2017.Gladys Maria Knight (born May 28, 1944), known as the "Empress of Soul", is an American singer, songwriter, actress and businesswoman. 23, 2017: The DOR shuts down the restaurant over tax issues. 13, 2017: A worker tells the AJC the restaurant is now called The World Famous Chicken & Waffles, but no signage or branding has visibly changed.įeb. 17, 2016: The restaurant passes an inspection with a B.įeb. ![]() 3, 2016: The last remaining restaurant flunks a third inspection after an inspector observed dead roaches. At some point this month, the Cascade area location closes. 20, 2016: The AJC reports that a consultant concluded the owner should consider closing permanently because of the restaurants' "grave" financial position and "unappealing" conditions. 10, 2016: A theft of an estimated $9,000 from the safe of the Peachtree Street location is reported, but no locks are broken, a video camera at the business isn't operating and there is no burglar alarm. 6, 2016: The Peachtreet Street location fails a surprise health inspection, scoring a 44 after dead and live roaches were seen in the kitchen. She then accuses her son of trying to "extort" and "blackmail" her by threatening to falsely claim she has dementia and Alzheimer's Disease. September 2016: Hankerson responds to Knight's suit by saying her "lack of mental capacity" bars her from removing her name. 26, 2016: Gladys Knight, an Atlanta native, files suit to take her name off the restaurant, saying it's hurting her reputation. (The eateries had been operating under state receivership, and the receiver says it isn't supporting itself.)Īug. 21, 2016: The Lithonia locationis closed again, seemingly for good. July 2016: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Hankerson's employees told investigators he used the money for sex parties and marijuana.Īug. ![]() June 22, 2016: Hankerson is released on $20,000 bond from Clayton County jail. June 21, 2016: The Georgia Department of Revenue shuts down all three locations due to theft charges against Hankerson. Hankerson is accused of taking $650,000 in state sales and withholding taxes, which after penalties and interest totals more than $1 million. Here’s an approximate timeline of the trouble:įebruary 2016: The Peachtree Street location, one of three around metro Atlanta, fails a health inspection with a score of 56 after Fulton County inspectors found 15 violations.
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