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Jan. 26, 2020: Stars Offer Tributes For Kobe Bryant
Fellow sports, entertainment and music legends paid tribute to the basketball star who perished at 41 in a helicopter crash
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Jan. 21, 2020: Monty Python Members Mourn Terry Jones
Among his credits, Jones co-starred in, and directed, Monty Python’s Life of Brian, the 1979 film voted the funniest of all time in British polls.
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Oct 26, 2019: Paul Barrere of Little Feat Dies
The guitarist and singer had been diagnosed with liver cancer in 2015. He co-wrote several of the band’s favorites including “Feats Don’t Fail Me Now”
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July 3, 2019: Arte Johnson, ‘Laugh-In’ Comic, Dies at 90
The actor was a prominent member of the late ’60s TV sketch comedy series which rose to #1 in the ratings in its 2nd season. “Verrry interesting”
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May 2, 2019: Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason Awarded CBE at Palace
At the ceremony the band’s co-founder and drummer said he was – no surprise here – “honoured and delighted.” He has performed on every Floyd album
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Eric Clapton Plays 2 at Madison Square Garden
Though he’s no longer touring, Slowhand is still performing. He played a pair of October 2018 shows at MSG with a 7-piece band
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May 13, 2018: ‘Superman’ Actress Margot Kidder—Obituary
The husky-voiced actress, who starred opposite Christopher Reeve in two of the Superman films, died at age 69 at her Montana home
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Sept. 30, 2017: Monty Hall, ‘Let’s Make a Deal’ Host, Dies
“Is it behind door number one, door number two or door number three?” The man forever associated with that question died at 96
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Bob Dylan Releases Stunning New/Old ‘Murder Most Foul’
The song was recorded “a while back.” Over 17 minutes he weaves various pop culture references centered around the assassination of JFK
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Neil Diamond Updates ‘Sweet Caroline’: ‘Hands… Washing Hands…’
The original lyrics to his 1969 hit are filled with the key phrase, “hands… touching hands… reaching out… touching me… touching you…”
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