Sunday, May 2, 2021 5:10 p.m. | Sunday, May 2, 2021 5:10 p.m. Bishop Loran Mann in November, speaking at a memorial service for Jonny Gammage, 25 years after his death at the hands of police.
TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Bishop Loran Mann, a velvet-voiced minister and founder of Pittsburgh’s Pentecostal Temple Church of God in Christ, is being remembered by city leaders as a monumental figure in the region’s landscape. Mann died Sunday at the age of 74, the Pentecostal Temple Church announced Sunday. “He had a gregarious nature and always an uplifting spirit,” Tim Stevens, chairman of the Black Political Empowerment Project (B-PEP), said. “He was one of those people that when they walked into a room, everyone took notice. He had a great smile and presence. I had hoped that my friend would have been with us for many years to come to enjoy his leadership and spirit.”