and death Craven married three times, to Eric Craven, Denny Smithson, and Ken McEldowney. She had a son, Gabriel, with Smithson. Craven suffered from depression and Crohn's disease in later life. On November 20, 2000, she died at Summit Hospital in Oakland, California at the age of 55. Awards and recognition Craven received the Candace Award for Journalism in 1989. References 1944 births 2000 deaths 20th-century American journalists African-American women journalists African-American journalists Goucher College alumni People from Chicago University of California, Berkeley alumni 20th-century African-American women 20th-century African-American people