{"id":4070,"date":"2023-02-17T05:35:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T09:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=4070"},"modified":"2023-02-17T06:57:37","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T10:57:37","slug":"pure-chocolate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=4070","title":{"rendered":"In Loving Memory of Pure Chocolate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-image-4071\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/jpg140.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/jpg140.jpg\" alt=\"Pure Chocolate\" class=\"wp-image-4071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/jpg140.jpg 480w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/jpg140-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pure Chocolate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Pure Chocolate, who was the illusion of Steven Lofton, was an entertainer out of Tulsa, Oklahoma.  We sadly lost Steven on February 16th, 2023.   Described as sweet and genuine, tributes to Steven have poured in from across the country by people who had experienced the love and joy of his interaction.  We salute the artistry that was Pure Chocolate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Titles and Awards<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=23026\">Miss Gay Oklahoma America 2005<\/a><\/strong><br>Prelim to Miss Gay America<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=41497\"><strong>1st Alternate to Miss Gay Mid America 2003<\/strong><\/a><br>Prelim to Miss Gay America<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/331004739_6295501390469609_1884986463185026833_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"760\" src=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/331004739_6295501390469609_1884986463185026833_n.jpg\" alt=\"In Loving Memory of Pure Chocoloate\" class=\"wp-image-130066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/331004739_6295501390469609_1884986463185026833_n.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/331004739_6295501390469609_1884986463185026833_n-400x281.jpg 400w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/331004739_6295501390469609_1884986463185026833_n-768x540.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/331004739_6295501390469609_1884986463185026833_n-946x666.jpg 946w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/331004739_6295501390469609_1884986463185026833_n-675x475.jpg 675w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/331004739_6295501390469609_1884986463185026833_n-480x338.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In Loving Memory of Pure Chocoloate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pure Chocolate, who was the illusion of Steven Lofton, was an entertainer out of Tulsa, Oklahoma. We sadly lost Steven&#8230; <span class=\"gridview-grid-post-read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=4070\">read more<span class=\"gridview-sr-only\"> In Loving Memory of Pure Chocolate<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[22,31],"class_list":["post-4070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainers","tag-in-loving-memory","tag-oklahoma","wpcat-6-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4070\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}