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10 things you might not know about Michigan
Tribune staff reporterLast week was a rough one for the state of Michigan, with a setback in its lawsuit against Illinois over the Asian carp. But maybe better things are ahead for our neighbor to the east: Tuesday marks the anniversary of its statehood -- the all-important...Tags: Stevie Wonder, Arts and Culture, Gladys Knight, Virginia Tech, Television
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A Remembrance: Teena Marie
Long before she became an '80s funk-pop infanta, or Rick James' protégé and lover, Teena Marie was a Motown-enamored schoolgirl in one of L.A.'s last historic black enclaves.
The singer-songwriter, who died Sunday at her Pasadena home at age 54, grew...Tags: SUVs and Crossovers, Lady Gaga, YouTube, Gwen Stefani, National or Ethnic Minorities
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Teena Marie dies at 54; R&B singer-songwriter
Teena Marie, the singer-songwriter known for such funk-infused 1980s hits as "I Need Your Lovin'" and "Lovergirl," and one of the few white musicians to achieve renown on the R&B charts, has died. She was 54.
Marie was found dead at her Pasadena home...Tags: Berry Gordy, Arts and Culture, Music, Photography, Music Industry
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Richard Griffey dies at 71; founder of R&B record label Solar
Richard "Dick" Griffey, founder of the Los Angeles-based R&B record label Solar, which was once touted as "the Motown of the '80s," has died. He was 71.
Griffey died Friday at a Canoga Park rehabilitation center of complications from quadruple-bypass...Tags: Los Angeles, Stevie Wonder, Quincy Jones, Music, Entertainment
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Obit: Michael Jackson Through The Years
Staff reporterThe Bio History of Michael Joseph Jackson began when he was born on the 29th of August 1958 in Gary, Indiana. He was the 7th of nine children. (brothers: Sigmund "Jackie", Toriano "Tito", Jermaine, Marlon, Steven "Randy", and sisters Rebbie, Janet and La-...Tags: Whitney Houston, Arts and Culture, Quincy Jones, New York, Children
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The Michael Jackson new-music onslaught begins [Updated]
Pop & HissSo this is ???It.??? Sony Music announced Wednesday that on Oct. 12 it will release a new Michael Jackson single called "This Is It" -- the first previously unreleased recording to be put on sale since the superstar's death. The...... -
The Crowd: Concerts for mission's preservation
It is known as "The Jewel of the Missions." And it is surely one of Orange County's most significant cultural and religious landmarks. Mission San Juan Capistrano, the seventh in a chain of 21 California missions under the leadership of Padre Junípero...Tags: Barnes & Noble, Inc., Landforms, Minority Groups, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Billy Joel
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Skip Miller dies at 62; former Motown Records president
Skip Miller, a Los Angeles music industry veteran who rose from stock clerk to president of Motown Records and helped rejuvenate the black music division at RCA Records, has died. He was 62. Miller, who also managed Lionel Richie's solo career, was being...Tags: Berry Gordy, Stevie Wonder, Lionel Richie, Companies and Corporations, Smokey Robinson
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Voice coach Bob Garrett finds the key of 'Grey Gardens'
In the 1970s, Bob Garrett performed at Reno Sweeney, the same New York cabaret where Jackie Kennedy's eccentric cousin "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale sang. More than three decades later, Garrett gave Drew Barrymore vocal training needed to simulate one of...Tags: HBO (tv network), Drew Barrymore, Bernadette Peters, Jerome Robbins, New York
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Jackson Mourned As More Than An Entertainer
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterMusic legends, sports figures and others paid tribute to Michael Jackson today during an emotion, song-filled service at Staples Center. Jackson was praised as a music pioneer and a barrier-breaking cultural figure, who the Rev. Al Sharpton said paved...Tags: Berry Gordy, Al Sharpton, Staples Center, Magic Johnson, Smokey Robinson
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Michael Jackson's Life Was Infused With Fantasy And Tragedy
Michael Jackson was fascinated by celebrity tragedy. He had a statue of Marilyn Monroe in his home and studied the sad Hollywood exile of Charlie Chaplin. He married the daughter of Elvis Presley.
Jackson met his own untimely death Thursday at age 50,...Tags: Stevie Wonder, Sears, Roebuck and Co., Sex Crimes, Quincy Jones, Gladys Knight
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Chicagoans spend lunch hour honoring Jackson
Tribune reportersAt the Harold Washington Cultural Center, the line began forming at about 8 a.m., and it eventually stretched halfway around the building. In Daley Plaza, as many as 150 people stood in silence during the normally bustling lunch hour, every head turned...Tags: Berry Gordy, Michigan Avenue, Arts and Culture, Michael Jackson Memorial Service (2009), Staples Center
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