John Hurt, the acclaimed English character actor who starred in “The Elephant Man,” died Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017, according to multiple news sources. He was 77. In 2015, the actor …
Born 1940
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Mundy, a vocalist with the doo-wop group the Marcels, died Friday, Jan. 20, 2017.
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Managed gangsta rap pioneers N.W.A. and Eazy-E.
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Billy Name, a photographer and filmmaker who archived pop artist Andy Warhol’s studio known as the Factory, died July 18, 2016, according to multiple news sources. He was 76. The …
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Michael Herr, whose reports from the front lines of the Vietnam War for a magazine were turned into his acclaimed nonfiction novel “Dispatches,” died June 23, 2016, according to multiple …
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John “Cha-Cha” Ciarcia, a tough-guy actor on “The Sopranos” who also owned a popular restaurant in New York City’s Little Italy neighborhood that his celebrity friends frequented, has died. He …
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Larry Rosen, one of the most influential modern jazz producers who co-founded GRP Records with Dave Grusin, died Oct. 9 at his home in Park Ridge, New Jersey, according to …
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Famed chef Paul Prudhomme died Thursday morning at the age of 75, according to the New Orleans restaurant he owned, K-Paul’s, CNN reported. Prudhomme died in New Orleans after a …
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He helped found the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee.
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In 1960, one runner captivated the world at the Summer Olympics in Rome. She was La Gazzella Negra, the “Black Gazelle,” the fastest woman on Earth… She was Wilma Rudolph. …