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Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Grammy-Winning Bluesman dies 75
Willie "Big Eyes" Smith (January 19, 1936 – September 16, 2011) was a Grammy Award-winning American electric blues vocalist, harmonica player, and multi-award winning drummer. He was best known for...
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Flattus Maximus is the name of a former character and guitarist in the heavy metal band Gwar. The role of Flattus Maximus has been played by a number of guitarists. Cory Smoot, who took over the role...
View ArticleAlan Sues, 'Laugh-In' regular, dies 85
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View ArticleBlues legend Hubert Sumlin dies 80
Hubert Sumlin (November 16, 1931 – December 4, 2011) was an American Chicago blues and electric blues guitarist and singer. He was best known for his celebrated work, from 1955, as guitarist in Howlin'...
View ArticleBillie Joe Spears, Country Singer, dies 74
Billie Jo Spears (January 14, 1937 – December 14, 2011) was an American country music singer. She reached the top-10 of the Country music charts five times between 1969 and 1977, her biggest hit being...
View ArticleKaye Stevens, Rat Pack singer and USO performer, dies 79
Catherine Louise "Kaye" Stevens (July 21, 1932 – December 28, 2011) was an American singer and actress.Stevens's big break in show business came at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas, when the headliner...
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Earl Scruggs, Bluegrass banjo legend, dies 88
*Earl Scruggs created that classic banjo picking styleEarl Eugene Scruggs (January 6, 1924 – March 28, 2012) was an American musician noted for perfecting and popularizing a three-finger banjo-picking...
View ArticleJunior Seau, NFL great, died in apparent suicide 43
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View ArticleVidal Sassoon, Celebrity stylist, dies 84
Vidal Sassoon, CBE (January 17, 1928 - May 9, 2012) was a British hairdresser, credited with creating a simple geometric, "Bauhaus-inspired" hair style, also called the bob.Vidal Sassoon cause of...
View ArticleCarroll Shelby, Legendary car designer, racer, dies 89
Carroll Hall Shelby (January 11, 1923 – May 10, 2012) was an American automotive designer and racing driver. He was most well known for making the AC Motors-based Shelby American Cobra and later the...
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Donna Summer, Queen of Disco, dies 63
Donna Summer (LaDonna Adrian Gaines) (December 31, 1948 – May 17, 2012), was an American singer/songwriter who gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s. She had a mezzo-soprano vocal range,...
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Doris Singleton, 'I Love Lucy' actress, dies 92
Doris Singleton (born Dorthea Singleton; September 28, 1919 – June 26, 2012) was an American actress, perhaps best remembered as Lucy Ricardo's frenemy, the stuck-up Carolyn Appleby, in I Love...
View ArticleBlinky the Clown (Russell Scott) dies 91
Russell Scott (June 30, 1921 – August 27, 2012), also known as Blinky the Clown, was an American clown who starred in a Denver, Colorado, television program called Blinky's Fun Club.Blinky's Fun Club...
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Joe South, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Famer, dies 72
Joe South (born Joseph Alfred Souter, February 28, 1940 - September 5, 2012) was a multi-talented American singer-songwriter and guitarist.South was a prominent sideman, playing guitar on Aretha...
View ArticleHan Suyin, author of ‘A Many-Splendoured Thing,’ dies 95
Han Suyin (September, 12 1917 – November 2, 2012) was the pen name of Elizabeth Comber, born Rosalie Elisabeth Kuanghu Chow. She was a Chinese-born Eurasian author of several books on modern China,...
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Jean Stapleton, Actress, "All in the Family", Edith Bunker, dies 90
Jean Stapleton (born Jeanne Murray; January 19, 1923 – May 31, 2013) was an American character actress of stage, television and film.Stapleton is best known for having portrayed Edith Bunker, the...
View ArticleOssie Schectman, who scored first points in NBA history, dies 94
Oscar Benjamin "Ossie" Schectman (March 30, 1919 – July 30, 2013) was an American professional basketball player. He is credited with having scored the very first basket in the National Basketball...
View ArticleAugust Schellenberg, Free Willy actor, dies 77
August Schellenberg (July 25, 1936 – August 15, 2013) was a Canadian-born Métis actor.His first film was Rip-Off in 1971. In 1981, he did voices for the animated film Heavy Metal. During the late '90s...
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Arthur Smith, Musician Who Wrote ‘Dueling Banjos,’ Dies 93
Arthur Smith (April 1, 1921 – April 3, 2014) was an American musician and songwriter.In 1955, Smith composed a banjo instrumental he called "Feudin' Banjos" and recorded the song with five-string banjo...
View ArticleCarol Susi, voice of Mrs. Wolowitz in 'Big Bang Theory', dies 62
Carol Ann Susi (February 2, 1952 – November 11, 2014) was an American actress best known for providing the voice of recurring unseen character Mrs. Wolowitz on the television series The Big Bang...
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