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Drummer on Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean.”

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.

Charlie Sifford was the first African-American to earn what is now called a PGA Tour card…

Nancy Kulp no longer may be a household name, but it only takes watching a couple of episodes of “The Beverly Hillbillies” to understand her appeal as a comic actress.

Rock star Ritchie Valens was only 17 when he died in a plane crash.

In 1994, the last year she ran for office, she was re-elected with 79 percent of the vote.

Al Lewis didn’t mind being typecast as the genial vampire Grandpa from The Munsters…

We follow a few of the threads that led to the tapestry of Buddy Holly’s sound.

Anna May Wong was a movie actress at a time when the U.S. wasn’t quite ready for Chinese-American leading ladies.

We look back at The Big Bopper’s misunderstood and underappreciated musical legacy…