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JoAnne Epps served as Temple’s law school dean before becoming the first Black woman to lead the university.

Temple University acting president JoAnne A. Epps died after she collapsed on stage at a campus memorial service on Tuesday, the Philadelphia college announced.

Temple University's acting president, JoAnne Epps, died Tuesday afternoon after becoming sick while attending a memorial service and collapsing on stage

Epps was transported to Temple University Hospital, where she was pronounced dead around 3:15 p.m. Tuesday, the university said.

Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto via Getty Images(PHILADELPHIA) -- Temple University acting president JoAnne A. Epps died suddenly after falling ill at a memorial service at the university Tuesday afternoon, the school announced. She was 72. Epps became unwell while attending the memorial service for Charles L. Blockson, a curator emeritus of the Blockson Afro-American Collection at Temple, who died in June, according to Temple University. She experienced a “sudden episode," Dr. Daniel del Portal said at a press conference. She was attended to by emergency service personnel and was transport...