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PASSINGS: Chris Kelly, Leopold Engleitner
Chris Kelly, 34, half of the 1990s kid rap duo Kris Kross that had a chart-topping hit with "Jump," was pronounced dead Wednesday at an Atlanta hospital of an apparent drug overdose, authorities said. Police were called to Kelly's home in south...Tags: Human Interest, Music, Michael Jackson, Nazi Party, Music Industry
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PASSINGS: Frederic Franklin, David Morris Kern
Frederic Franklin Dancer helped popularize modern ballet in U.S. Frederic Franklin, 98, a British-born dancer who helped popularize modern ballet in the United States, died Saturday at a Manhattan, N.Y., hospital of complications from pneumonia,...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Health and Medical Professionals, Pneumonia, Labor Legislation, The Arizona Republic
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George Jones eulogized at funeral service in Nashville
The funeral service for country singer George Jones on Thursday in Nashville was as richly emotional as the songs with which he built his reputation as one of the greatest vocalists in country history, through sung and spoken tributes from a full slate of...
Tags: Executive Branch, Charlie Daniels, Music, George Jones, Satellite and Cable Service
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Dean Drummond dies at 64; microtonal composer and musician
Drawn to imaginative ideas about sound and pitch, musician and composer Dean Drummond found the traditional instruments of European classical music inadequate to perform the seemingly "out of tune" intervals of microtonal music. So he followed the...
Tags: The Washington Post, Music, New York City, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Music Industry
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Letters: Thatcher's touch
Re "Britain's 'Iron Lady,'" Obituary, April 9 This story seemed a straightforward obituary until I read the paragraph that stated that former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was often "brutal and belittling toward her own political allies." The...Tags: United Kingdom, Margaret Thatcher
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Patricia McCormick dies at 83; star female bullfighter
When Patricia McCormick realized she didn't have a future in music, she chose a career as filled with drama, passion and death as any of the operas she longed to sing. She became a matadora, breaking long-standing barriers against women and Americans in...
Tags: Sports, Bullfighting, Sports Illustrated, Movies, Entertainment
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PASSINGS: Sara Montiel, Josep Joan Bigas Luna
Sara Montiel Spanish actress was 1950s Hollywood star Sara Montiel, 85, a famed, sultry-voiced Spanish actress who achieved Hollywood stardom in the 1950s, died Monday in Madrid, according to her biographer, Peter Villora. The cause was undetermined....
Tags: Music, Theater, Mexico, Venice International Film Festival, Celebrities
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Cause Of Wethersfield Fatal Fire Officially 'Undetermined'
The Hartford CourantInvestigators are unable to establish the exact cause of an April 15 house fire that killed a town man. Fire Marshal Anthony Dignoti said Thursday that the fire's official cause is undetermined, adding that foul play is not suspected. "Based on the...Tags: Rocky Hill, Fires, Newington, Wethersfield
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Review: 'Life After Life' by Jill McCorkle
An awful lot of people die in Jill McCorkle's uplifting new novel, “Life After Life.” The first death — that of 80-year-old Lois Elizabeth Malcolm Flowers — comes as something of a shock, but you soon become used to it. ------... -
George Jones, hard-living country music star, dies at 81
George Jones, whose anguished vocals on the 1980 single “He Stopped Loving Her Today” lifted it to the top of polls of the greatest country music songs of all time, died Friday. He was 81. Jones died at Vanderbilt University Medical Center...
Tags: Grammy Awards, Human Interest, Music, Awards and Prizes, Academy of Country Music Awards
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'Mickey Mouse Club' star Annette Funicello dies at 70
Annette Funicello, the dark-haired darling of TV's “The Mickey Mouse Club” in the 1950s who further cemented her status as a pop-culture icon in the '60s by teaming with Frankie Avalon in a popular series of “beach” movies, died...Tags: Arts and Culture, Multiple Sclerosis, Literature, The Walt Disney Co., ABC (tv network)
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Allan Arbus, wise psychiatrist on TV's 'MASH,' dies at 95
Allan Arbus, an actor best known for his recurring role as the wise, caring psychiatrist who ministered to shellshocked surgeons and troops on the hit television series "MASH," died Friday at his home in Los Angeles, his family said. He was 95. The...
Tags: Psychiatrists, MASH (tv program), Alan Alda, Chicago Fire (tv program), Health and Medical Professionals
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