Known by the moniker “Diamond” of the conservative political commentary duo Diamond and Silk, Lynette Hardaway, 51, died Jan. 8 of heart disease due to chronic high blood pressure.

Known by the moniker “Diamond” of the conservative political commentary duo Diamond and Silk, Hardaway, 51, died Jan. 8 of heart disease due to chronic high blood pressure.

Conservative YouTube star Lynette Hardaway — the “Diamond” of “Diamond and Silk” fame — did not die of COVID-19 as numerous liberals on social media had (sometimes gleefully) speculated.

A blood chit is a document, originally printed on silk and today printed on Tyvek, that contains a promise written in multiple languages. A 1951 version’s English text read: ...