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Ric Ocasek, Lead Singer of The Cars, Dead at 75
Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Ric Ocasek, lead singer of the rock band The Cars, died Sunday in New York at age 75. Police said they received a call around 4 p.m. for an MORE
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Eddie Money, Archetype Of Rock Radio, Dies At Age 70
The singer and songwriter Eddie Money, whose singles like “Take Me Home Tonight,” “Baby Hold On” and “Two Tickets to Paradise” were an archetype for 1970s and 1980s rock radio, died Friday morning in Los MORE
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Austin Songwriting Genius Daniel Johnston Dead at 58
Daniel Johnston, the influential singer-songwriter and visual artist who painted Austin’s famous “Hi How Are You” frog mural on the Drag, died at home last night following a presumed heart attack at age 58. The MORE
Africa
Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe ex-president, dies aged 95
Robert Mugabe, the Zimbabwean independence icon turned authoritarian leader, has died aged 95. Mr Mugabe had been receiving treatment in a hospital in Singapore since April. He was ousted in a military coup in 2017 MORE
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Terrance Dicks, Doctor Who writer and script editor, dead at 84
The former Doctor Who writer and script editor Terrance Dicks has died aged 84. Dicks had a long association with the BBC’s longest-running sci-fi show, writing episodes from the late 1960s until the early 1980s. MORE
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Valerie Harper, Emmy Winner and Tony Nominee, Dead at 80
One of TV’s most beloved sidekicks has died. Valerie Harper, best known for playing Rhoda Morgenstern on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, died Friday in Los Angeles. She was 80. As the blunt, self-deprecating Rhoda, MORE
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Iceland’s Okjokull glacier, dead at 700
Mourners have gathered in Iceland to commemorate the loss of Okjokull, which has died at the age of about 700. The glacier was officially declared dead in 2014 when it was no longer thick enough MORE
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Kip Addotta, Comedian and Dr. Demento Show Staple, Dead at 75
Comedian Kip Addotta, who frequently appeared on The Tonight Show, has died. His family posted on Facebook but did not provide details on his death. He was 75. — More at the source: Deadline
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Peter Fonda Dead at 79
Two-time Oscar nominee Peter Fonda, who became a counterculture icon when he co-wrote, produced and starred in seminal 1969 road movie “Easy Rider,” then showed Hollywood he could act about three decades later in “Ulee’s MORE
Books
Toni Morrison, Towering Novelist of the Black Experience, Dies at 88
Toni Morrison, the Nobel laureate in literature whose best-selling work explored black identity in America — and in particular the often crushing experience of black women — through luminous, incantatory prose resembling that of no MORE
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D.A. Pennebaker, Master Director of Documentaries, Dies at 94
D.A. Pennebaker, a director and cinematographer known for his documentaries, including the classic “Dont Look Back” (1967), “Monterey Pop” (1968) and “The War Room” (1993) and “Elaine Stritch at Liberty” (2002), died Thursday night of MORE