Obits
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T-Bone Wolk, Longtime Bass Player for Hall & Oates, Dies at 58
He had been scheduled to appear on Jimmy Fallon’s show Monday, but collapsed Sunday night
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Caroline McWilliams, Star of ‘Benson’ and ‘Soap,’ Dies
Actress died Feb. 11 after battling multiple myeloma
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Kathryn Grayson, Star of 1940s and ’50s Musicals, Dies at 88
The “Kiss Me Kate” star had a second career singing opera — her first love
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Doug Fieger, Singer for The Knack, Dies
Doug Fieger, leader of the power pop band The Knack who sang on the 1979 hit " My Sharona," died Sunday. He was 57. Fieger, a Detroit-area native, died at his home in Woodland Hills near Los Angeles after battling cancer, according to The Knack's manager, Jake Hooker. Read more by The Associated Press.
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Gareth Wigan, Respected Sony and Fox Executive, Dies at 78
His career spanned four decades and included key roles on everything from “Star Wars” to “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.”
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Phil Harris, Captain on ‘Deadliest Catch,’ Dies at 53
He suffered the stroke during an offload of crab
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Aleen Leslie, Oldest WGA Member, Dead at 101
Scribe penned everything from “Three Stooges” to “Henry Aldrich” flicks; also produced radio and wrote novels
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Frances Reid, ‘Days of Our Lives’ Matriarch, Dies at 95
The actress also had roles on “As the World Turns” and “The Edge of Night”
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‘Andy Griffith’ Producer Aaron Ruben Dies at 95
TV veteran also oversaw “Sanford and Son” and “Gomer Pyle”
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‘The Sting’ Producer David Brown Dies at 93
Movie producer and executive David Brown, whose six-decade career produced box office hits and Oscar winners alike, died Monday at his home in Manhattan after a long illness. He was 93. In partnership with Richard Zanuck, with whom he formed the independent production company Zanuck-Brown in 1972, Brown produced a string of financial and critical…
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‘Catcher in the Rye’ Author Salinger Dies at 91
His son said he died of natural causes in the home he virtually never left
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L.A. Johnson, Producer of Neil Young Films, Dies
The filmmaker met the rock legend at Woodstock
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Jean Simmons, ’50s Star, Dead at 80
Glamorous ’50ss tar of “Elmer Gantry,” “Spartacus,” “Guys and Dolls” suffered from lung cancer
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‘Survivor’ Contestant Jennifer Lyon Dies
Lyon, 37, competed in the 2005 show “Survivor: Palau” and was diagnosed that year with breast cancer
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‘Love Story’ Author Erich Segal Dies at 72
Lived dual life as classics scholar, Oscar-winning screenwriter
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