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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: Berry Gordy, Colleges and Universities, Alice Cooper, Della Reese, Gerald Ford
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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: Music, University of California, Los Angeles, Rick James, Berry Gordy, The Supremes (music group)
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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 "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv=lYVWoi72Ow4">Lovergirl,"</a> and one of the few white musicians to achieve renown on the R&B charts, has died. She was 54.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2010-12/58463032-26224819-187105.jpg "Teena Marie, the singer-songwriter known for such funk-infused 1980s hits as "I Need Your Lovin'\" and \"<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv=lYVWoi72Ow4\">Lovergirl,\"</a> and one of the few white musicians to achieve renown on the R&B charts, has died. She was 54.")
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: Music, Berry Gordy, Rick James, Pasadena (Los Angeles, California), Funk (genre)
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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.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2010-09/56418081-28203455.jpg "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.")
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: Music, Stevie Wonder, Los Angeles, Surgery, Television
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Obit: Michael Jackson Through The Years
![The 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-Toya Jackson](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2009-06/47712304-25150019-140105.jpg "The 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-Toya Jackson")
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: Usher, Diana Ross, Folklore and Mythology, Children, Berry Gordy
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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: Fiction, Music, Barnes & Noble, Inc., Elton John, Christianity
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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: Veterans Affairs, Diana Ross, Hospitals and Clinics, Stevie Wonder, Defense
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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 Little Edie's performances for "Grey Gardens," the HBO film based on the 1975 documentary of the same name.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2009-07/48358278-31114427.jpg "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 Little Edie's performances for \"Grey Gardens,\" the HBO film based on the 1975 documentary of the same name.")
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: Theater, Bernadette Peters, Celebrities, Halloween, Gaming
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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: Diana Ross, Jennifer Hudson, Maya Angelou, Berry Gordy, Staples Center
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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: MTV (tv network), Plastic Surgery, Diana Ross, Surgery, Berry Gordy
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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: Los Angeles, Berry Gordy, Staples Center, Washington (U.S. state), Harold Washington
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