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Irene Cara, award-winning singer of popular ’80s songs “Fame” and “Flashdance…What a Feeling,” has died. She was 63. A statement was posted early Saturday morning from her official Twitter account on behalf of her publicist. The cause of death is “currently unknown.” “It is with profound sadness that on behalf of her family, I announce the passing of Irene…

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Comedian Gallagher, best known for his watermelon-smashing comedy routine and numerous popular specials in the 1980s, died from organ failure Friday morning, according to his manager Craig Marquardo at 76. Gallagher had been in hospice care in California after suffering multiple heart attacks in recent years. In a statement given to CNN by Marquardo, Gallagher…

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Aaron Carter, a former child pop singer and younger brother of Backstreet Boys’ Nick Carter, died on Saturday, November 5, 2022. He was 34. A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department spokesperson told CNN they responded to a call for help at Carter’s Lancaster, California home on Saturday morning around 11 a.m. local time, where a…

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Jules Bass, the second half of the legendary Rankin/Bass production team, died last Tuesday at the age of 87 due to “age related illness” according to People. He was found deceased at an assisted living facility in Rye, New York. Rick Goldschmidt, the official biographer for Jules Bass, wrote on Twitter, “Jules Bass was a…

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  Film icon Angela Lansbury has passed away at the age of 96. Her family released a statement saying, “The children of Dame Angela Lansbury are sad to announce that their mother died peacefully in her sleep at home in Los Angeles at 1:30 a.m. today, Tuesday, October 11, 2022, just five days shy of…

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  Brother Andrew, the Dutch missionary who made it his life’s work to smuggle Bibles into communist countries, died last week at 94. Born in 1928 by the name Anne van der Bijl in the Netherlands, Brother Andrew spent his formative years under the threat of Nazi rule after the Nazis invaded during World War…

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  On October 9, 1977, the Philadelphia Eagles were playing against the New York Giants when the quarterback called for a “Toss 48.” The handoff went to tailback Herb Lusk II, who’d had a scoreless first season the year before. Lusk ran the football 70 yards for a touchdown that day and, for the first…

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Loretta Lynn, the Kentucky coal miner’s daughter whose frank songs about life and love as a woman in Appalachia pulled her out of poverty and made her a pillar of country music, has died at 90. According to a statement her family provided to The Associated Press, Lynn died at her home in Hurricane Mills,…

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Coolio, the ’90s rapper who lit up the music charts with hits like “Gangsta’s Paradise” and “Fantastic Voyage,” died Wednesday afternoon, according to his friend and manager Jarez Posey. He was 59. Though details surrounding his death weren’t immediately available, Captain Erik Scott of the Los Angeles Fire Department told CNN that paramedics responded to…

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Officials announced that, from the Prado museum to the Pompidou Centre and New York’s Met, the art world has rallied to stage “an unprecedented” 42 exhibitions marking 50 years since Pablo Picasso’s death. Prepared over the past 18 months by France and Spain, the “Year of Picasso” initiative will involve “38 significant art institutions in…
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