Her duets with George Jones and Charlie Louvin were hits.
Died January 2025
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Jones was on the Super Bowl XXXI-winning Green Bay Packers.
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She also appeared with Elvis Presley years later in “Paradise, Hawaiian Style.”
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Unk’s pair of 2006 dance-floor anthems helped put snap music on the map.
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She co-founded the nation’s first nurse practitioner program at the University of Colorado.
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She was the first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after desegregation.
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He produced Bob Dylan’s cover of “People Get Ready,” among many other notable works.
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Phan’s restaurant and cookbooks sparked a nationwide appreciation of Vietnamese cuisine.
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He also wrote and produced “Above the Rim” and “Sugar Hill.”
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Ban was a jewelry designer and the owner of Lynn Ban Jewelry.