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Bob Lanier dies; star player for Pistons, Bucks
Bob Lanier, the left-handed big man who muscled up beside the likes of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as one of the NBA’s top players of the 1970s, died Tuesday. He was 73. The NBA said Lanier died after a short...
View ArticleCarrie White, hair stylist to the stars, is dead at 78
When she graduated from Hollywood High School in California in 1961, Carrie White did her hair up in a bubblegum-pink beehive. She had learned, she wrote in her memoir, that “if I could get my hair...
View Article‘Chariots of Fire’ composer Vangelis dies at 79
By Nicholas Paphitis | Associated Press ATHENS, Greece — Vangelis, the Greek electronic composer who wrote the unforgettable Academy Award-winning score for the film “Chariots of Fire” and music for...
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Roger Angell dies at 101; beloved baseball writer helped shape The New Yorker
By Hillel Italie | Associated Press NEW YORK — Roger Angell, a famed baseball writer and reigning man of letters who during an unfaltering 70-plus years helped define The New Yorker’s urbane wit and...
View ArticleColin Cantwell, creator of “Star Wars” X-wing and Death Star, dies at 90 in...
Colin Cantwell, the man who designed the spacecraft in the “Star Wars” films, has died. He was 90. The Hollywood Reporter reported Sunday that Sierra Dall, Cantwell’s partner, confirmed that he died at...
View ArticleWhat we know about the victims at Robb Elementary School
Nineteen children and two teachers were killed after a gunman barricaded himself inside a fourth-grade classroom in Uvalde, Texas, and opened fire. Tuesday’s massacre took place just days before the...
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‘Goodfellas’ star Ray Liotta dies at 67
By Lindsey Bahr and Martin Adames | Associated Press Ray Liotta, the actor best known for playing mobster Henry Hill in “Goodfellas” and baseball player Shoeless Joe Jackson in “Field of Dreams,” has...
View ArticleDepeche Mode keyboardist Andy Fletcher dies at 60
By Radhika Marya | CNN Andy Fletcher, a keyboardist and founding member of Depeche Mode, has died, the band announced on their official social media channels. He was 60 years old. “We are shocked and...
View ArticleAlan White, longtime drummer for prog rock band Yes, dies at 72
By Chris Grygiel | Associated Press SEATTLE — Alan White, the longtime drummer for progressive rock pioneers Yes who also played on projects with John Lennon and George Harrison, has died. He was 72....
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Master P reveals his daughter Tytyana Miller, 29, has died
By Marianne Garvey (CNN) — Master P and his family are mourning the loss of his daughter Tytyana Miller. Miller was 29. No cause of death was shared. The artist and producer took to Instagram with a...
View ArticleArizona Cardinals CB Jeff Gladney dies in car wreck at 25
Arizona Cardinals cornerback Jeff Gladney died Monday morning in a car accident in Dallas. He was 25. The former first-round pick’s agent, Brian Overstreet, confirmed Gladney’s death to the Fort Worth...
View ArticleCatholic woman suing LA County coroner over slain son’s cremation poised for...
A Tijuana woman who sued the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office over the cremation of her slain son’s remains, in violation of her religious faith, is poised to receive a $445,000 settlement. A...
View ArticleRonnie Hawkins dies; rockabilly star was the Band’s mentor
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer Ronnie Hawkins, a brash rockabilly star from Arkansas who became a patron of the Canadian music scene after moving north and recruiting a handful of local musicians...
View ArticleSmall caskets, white gloves: Funerals begin in Uvalde, Texas
By Nathan Ellgren, Adriana Gomez Licon and Jim Salter | Associated Press UVALDE, Texas — A week after a gunman ran into a Texas grade school and started shooting, the first of 21 funerals began on...
View ArticleMourners say goodbye to Uvalde teacher, her husband
By Adriana Gomez Licon and Jay Reeves | Associated Press UVALDE, Texas — Mourners gathered Wednesday at a Catholic church to say goodbye to Robb Elementary School teacher Irma Garcia — who died in the...
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John A. Dutra, former Fremont council member and state Assemblymember, dies...
FREMONT — John A. Dutra always felt compelled to help others, whether through sharing his time, knowledge, compassion or wealth, even when he was at his busiest building a company, a political career...
View ArticleAcclaimed gospel star who sang with Elvis Presley dies at 67
Deborah McCrary, a member of the popular gospel vocal group the McCrary Sisters, died on June 1. She was 67. “It is with deep sorrow that we share the news of the passing of our beloved sister...
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CoreLogic Chief Economist Frank Nothaft dies at 66
Frank Nothaft, a leading housing expert who served as chief economist for both Irvine-based CoreLogic and for government-sponsored mortgage giant Freddie Mac, died over the weekend, CoreLogic announced...
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Jim Seals, musician with 1970s soft-rock group Seals and Crofts, dies at 80
The Associated Press NEW YORK — Jim Seals, who teamed with fellow musician Dash Crofts on such 1970s soft-rock hits as “Summer Breeze,” “Diamond Girl” and “We May Never Pass This Way Again,” has died...
View ArticlePhilip Baker Hall dies; character actor was known for roles in...
By Jake Coyle | Associated Press NEW YORK — Philip Baker Hall, the prolific character actor of film and theater who starred in Paul Thomas Anderson’s first movies and who memorably hunted down a...
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