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Mar 1, 2016

Gil Hill (1931 - 2016), Beverly Hills Cop actor

Gilbert R. "Gil" Hill, a part-time actor who gained worldwide fame playing Inspector Todd alongside Eddie Murphy in the "Beverly Hills Cop" franchise, has died. He was 84. Hill died Monday in Detroit. The cause was pneumonia, according to multiple news sources. Hill played the boss of Murphy's character, Axel Foley, in the "Beverly Hills Cop" films.

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Feb 26, 2016

Andy Bathgate (1932 - 2016), NHL Hall of Famer

Andy Bathgate, Hall of Fame winger and 1959 NHL MVP, died February 26, 2016 according to The Associated Press. He was 83.

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Feb 26, 2016

Yolande Betbeze Fox (1928 - 2016), Miss America 1950

Yolande Betbeze Fox, the beauty queen who was crowned 1951's Miss America Pageant representative, raised a ruckus after refusing to tour the U.S. in revealing swimsuits. "I'm an opera singer, not a pinup," she said at the time.

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Feb 26, 2016

Lennie Baker (1946 - 2016), Sha Na Na singer

Lennie Baker, lead vocalist on Sha Na Na’s hit, “Blue Moon,” died after a brief hospitalization on February 24, 2016, according to The Associated Press. He was 69.

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Feb 26, 2016

Tony Burton (1937 - 2016), Rocky actor

Tony Burton, who was a boxer before he turned to acting, most notably as the trainer in six "Rocky" films, has died. He was 77. Burton died Feb. 25 in California after a long illness, according to multiple news sources. The actor played the character Tony "Duke" Evers, Apollo Creed's trainer in the first two films in the "Rocky" series that starred Sylvester Stallone. Before that, Burton was a Golden Gloves heavyweight boxing champion during the 1950s in Michigan.

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Feb 26, 2016

Hesston, Kansas, Shooting Victims

Three people were killed in a shooting at a local business.

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Feb 22, 2016

Cara McCollum (1992 - 2016), pageant winner

Cara McCollum, a former winner of the Miss New Jersey Pageant, has died in an automobile accident, according to multiple news sources. She was 24. McCollum died Monday after she lost control of her car and crashed into a tree last week, according to a Facebook page, Prayers for Cara, that relatives maintain. "Thank you all for this tremendous outpouring of love and support for our Cara. We can’t begin to tell you how much your prayers have meant to us in this incredibly difficult time," the page states.

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Feb 20, 2016

Umberto Eco (1932 - 2016), The Name of the Rose author

Umberto Eco, the Italian author of “The Name of the Rose,” died Feb. 19, 2016, of cancer, according to The Associated Press. He was 84.

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Feb 19, 2016

Tony Phillips (1959 - 2016), World Series champ with Oakland A's

Tony Phillips, a Major League Baseball player and member of the 1989 World Champion Oakland Athletics, died Feb. 17, 2016, according to The San Francisco Chronicle. He was 56.

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Feb 19, 2016

Harper Lee (1926 - 2016), To Kill a Mockingbird author

Harper Lee, author of the classic novel "To Kill a Mockingbird," has died. She was 89.

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Feb 18, 2016

Angela Raiola (1960 - 2016), Mob Wives star

Angela Raiola, the colorful bar owner and star of the reality TV show Mob Wives and its sequels, died early Thursday of throat cancer that had spread to other organs. She was 55.

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Feb 17, 2016

George Gaynes (1917 - 2016), Punky Brewster co-star

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 home in North Bend, Washington. No cause of death was disclosed.

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Feb 16, 2016

Boutros Boutros-Ghali (1922 - 2016), former secretary-general of the United Nations

Boutros Boutros-Ghali, the Egyptian scholar, statesman and former secretary-general of the United Nations, died Tuesday, Feb. 16. He was 93. Boutros-Ghali became the sixth secretary-general of the United Nations Jan. 1, 1992. Despite the end of the Cold War, his term was fraught with international crises, including the breakup of Yugoslavia, genocide in Rwanda and several other civil wars in Africa. He initiated several reform efforts at the U.N. and broadened peacekeeping missions around the world.

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Feb 16, 2016

Denise Matthews (1959 - 2016), singer better known as Vanity

Denise Matthews, who as Vanity fronted the group Vanity 6 but was known best for collaborating with the legendary singer Prince, has died at a hospital in California. She was 57, according to imdb.com. Matthews' death Feb. 15 in Fremont, California, was confirmed by Gisela Hernandez, spokeswoman for Washington Hospital Health Care System. No cause of death was reported.

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Feb 13, 2016

Antonin Scalia (1936–2016), Supreme Court justice

Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justice.

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Feb 7, 2016

Dan Hicks (1941 - 2016), psychedelic folk musician

Dan Hicks, a musician and founding member of San Francisco’s 1960s psychedelic folk movement, died Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016, The Associated Press and CBS News reported. He was 74.

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Feb 5, 2016

Edgar Mitchell (1930 - 2016), Apollo 14 astronaut

Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 astronaut who was the 6th man to walk on the moon, has died in Florida, according to The Associated Press. He was 85.

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Feb 5, 2016

Axl Rotten (1971 - 2016), WWE wrestler

Brian Knighton wasbetter known by his professional wrestling name, Axl Rotten.

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Feb 5, 2016

Dave Mirra (1973-2016), BMX and X Games star

David Michael "Dave" Mirra, the BMX and X Games star, has died of an apparent suicide, the Los Angeles Times reports.

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Feb 4, 2016

Joe Alaskey (1952 - 2016), voice actor for Bugs Bunny and many more

Joe Alaskey, a comedian and Emmy Award-winning voice actor who succeeded Mel Blanc in lending his voice to Bugs Bunny, Tweety and Sylvester, has died, according to multiple news sources.

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Feb 3, 2016

Bob Elliott (1923 - 2016), half of Bob and Ray comedy duo

Bob Elliott, who was one-half of the comedy duo Bob and Ray, has died. He was 92. Elliott, who entertained radio and television audiences for decades along with Ray Goulding, died Tuesday in Cundy's Harbor, Maine, The New York Times reported. No cause of death was disclosed.

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