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Earl Scruggs, Country Music Hall of Famer and Bluegrass Legend, Dies at 88
Banjo innovator Earl Scruggs was responsible for “Foggy Mountain Breakdown” and “The Ballad of Jed Clampett”
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‘Josie and the Pussycats’ Inspiration Josie DeCarlo Dies
Josie DeCarlo, wife of cartoonist Dan DeCarlo, was the inspiration for the lead singer in Hanna-Barbera’s “Josie and the Pussycats” TV show
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CAA Business Affairs Executive Charles Melniker Dies at 60
Charles Melniker, who ran Melniker Management until moving to CAA in 2001, died on Tuesday
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‘Disco Inferno’ Singer Jimmy Ellis Dies
The lead singer of The Trammps won a Grammy as a performer on the “Saturday Night Fever” soundtrack
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Robert Sherman, ‘Mary Poppins’ and ‘Small World’ Songwriter, Dead at 86
Oscar-winning Disney composer Sherman and his brother Richard composed numerous classics that also included “The Jungle Book” and “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”
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Ralph McQuarrie, ‘Star Wars’ Designer, Is Dead at 82
George Lucas credits conceptual designer Ralph McQuarrie with bringing his vision of “Star Wars” to the big screen. He was 82
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Andrew Breitbart, Conservative Firebrand, Dead at 43
Andrew Breitbart died of natural causes Wednesday night in Los Angeles
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Davy Jones, Monkees Singer, Dead at 66
Pop singer Davy Jones dead after suffering a heart attack in Florida
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‘Band of Brothers’ Soldier ‘Buck’ Compton Dies at 90
World War II veteran, played by Neal McDonough in HBO miniseries, went on to become a judge and assistant DA who prosecuted Sirhan Sirhan
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Anthony Shadid, New York Times Correspondent, Dies in Syria
Shadid, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner for his Middle East reporting, was carried out of Syria by colleague Tyler Hicks
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Dory Previn, Oscar-Nominated Songwriter, Dies at 86
After her marriage to composer Andre Previn dissolved, she drew on her struggles with mental illness in a series of pop albums
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Ben Gazzara Dies at 81
The Tony nominated actor was the original Brick in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” and a frequent collaborator of John Cassavetes
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Zalman King, Erotic Film Producer-Director, Dies at 70
Known for racy fare such as “9 1/2 Weeks,” King directed music documentaries later in life
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Don Cornelius, ‘Soul Train’ Host, Dead of Gunshot Wound
Hosted “Soul Train” for more than two decades
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‘Welcome Back, Kotter’ Star Robert Hegyes Dies at 60
Actor had played Juan Epstein on popular ’70s sitcom