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Hall of Fame football player, actor Merlin Olsen dead at 69Hall of Fame football player and actor Merlin Olsen, a giant man who friends say had an even larger heart, died Thursday after a long battle with cancer, football and university officials said. Read more » 
Willie Mitchell, Al Green producer, dies at 81Willie Mitchell, the Memphis producer whose percussive, string-and-horn-tinged R&B sound shaped '70s hits by such artists as Al Green and Ann Peebles, died Tuesday. He was 81. Read more » 
Laura Mae Gross, founder of Babe's and Ricky's Inn, dies at 89
 Laura Mae Gross, a Mississippi woman who came to the West Coast and founded a club that became a staple of Los Angeles' blues scene, has died of heart failure. She was 89. Gross died Saturday, relatives... Read more » 
Disc jockey DJ AM found dead at 36Nearly a year after surviving a plane crash in South Carolina, disc jockey Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein was found dead in his New York apartment Friday afternoon, his publicist said. He was 36. Read more » 
Sen. Ted Kennedy dies at 77Sen. Edward Kennedy, the patriarch of the first family of Democratic politics, died Tuesday night at his home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, after a lengthy battle with brain cancer. He was 77. Read more » 
Michael Jackson, legendary pop singer, dies at 50
Singer Michael Jackson, who rose to fame with his brothers as a child and became an international superstar whose personal life became constant fodder for the tabloid media, died Thursday... Read more » 
E. Lynn Harris’ death shocks literary community
E. Lynn Harris, the author of best-selling novels about the African-American gay community, has died at age 54. Publicist Laura Gilmore told Associated Press that Harris died July 23, after being stricken... Read more » 
N.Y. Times: Eugene Smith, a sparkplug of gospel music, dies at 88Eugene Smith, whose ardent baritone and evangelical showmanship made him a celebrity among churchgoers on the South Side of Chicago and a national influence on generations of gospel singers, died Saturday in Chicago, where he lived... Read more » 
Ernie Barnes, football player-turned-artist, dies at 70Ernie Barnes, a one-time professional football player who became one of the nation’s foremost African-American artists, has died after a brief illness, his personal assistant said Tuesday. He was 70. Barnes,... Read more » 
John Hope Franklin, inestimable historian, dies at 94John Hope Franklin, the scholar who helped create the field of African-American history and dominated it for nearly six decades, has died at the age of 94. Read more » 
Memorial service planned for Dewey Martin, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame drummerVAN NUYS — A memorial service is being planned for Dewey Martin, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame drummer for the legendary band, Buffalo Springfield, who was found dead in his San Fernando Valley apartment,... Read more » 
Emmy, Tony winner James Whitmore dies at 87
MALIBU — Emmy- and Tony Award-winning actor James Whitmore, who appeared in films ranging from "The Asphalt Jungle'' to "Planet of the Apes'' to "The Shawshank Redemption,'' died Friday at his Malibu home... Read more » Lux Interior, co-founder of seminal punk band, dies at 60Lux Interior, the singer, songwriter and founding member of the pioneering New York City horror-punk band the Cramps, has died. He was 60. Interior, whose real name was Erick Lee Purkhiser, died at... Read more » Stephen L. Zetterberg, Democratic activist, dies at 92Democratic activist Stephen L. Zetterberg, whose unsuccessful 1948 bid for Congress bolstered Richard M. Nixon's political ascent in the 1950s, has died of natural causes. He was 92. Zetterberg died... Read more » Memorial planned for local newsman John AdamsDOWNEY — Memorial services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday for John Q. Adams, 69, former editor and publisher of the Downey Patriot newspaper and a one-time reporter for Wave Newspapers, which publishes... Read more » Ida B. Kinney, civil rights activist, dies at 104Civil rights activist Ida B. Kinney, 104, believed to be the San Fernando Valley’s oldest African-American, died, it was reported Sunday. Kinney died New Year’s Day at the home of her caregiver, Christel... Read more » |
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