Pioneering rapper and DJ Lovebug Starski is credited with coining the term “hip hop.”
Born May 16
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George Gaynes, the actor who played Punky Brewster’s adoptive father on the eponymous TV show, has died, according to multiple news sources. He was 98. Gaynes died Monday at his …
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She costarred in two 1960s Elvis Presley films, “It Happened at the World’s Fair” and “Kissin’ Cousins.”
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Studs Terkel was known for his innate curiosity about people – all kinds of people doing all sorts of things – and for his interview style that elicited the most private thoughts …
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Jazz great Carmen McRae once remarked, “There’s really only one jazz singer – only one: Betty Carter” …
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One of Hollywood’s great actors, with a career that stayed strong for almost half a century.
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Her socially conscious verse influenced a generation of feminist, gay rights and anti-war activists.
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From the marvelous costumes to the silly banter to the grandiose and bombastic playing style, everything about Liberace was beloved by his fans…
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