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He Was on Sesame Street
for Nearly 5 Decades

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Dec 5, 2022 2:50 AM CST

He Was on Sesame Street for Nearly 5 Decades

Bob McGrath dies at age 90

(Newser) - Bob McGrath, an actor, musician, and children’s author widely known for his portrayal of one of the first regular characters on the children’s show Sesame Street has died at the age of 90, the AP reports. McGrath’s passing was confirmed by his family who posted on his...

Orange Is
the New Black
Star Dead at 56

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Dec 2, 2022 1:09 AM CST

Orange Is the New Black Star Dead at 56

Brad William Henke played prison guard Desi Piscatella

(Newser) - Brad William Henke, the actor who played gay prison guard Desi Piscatella on Orange Is the New Black, died Tuesday at age 56. No cause of death was released, but his family says he died in his sleep, Deadline reports. Henke, whose character is described by Variety as "the...

He Was a Spitball Master,
Only Got Caught Once

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Dec 1, 2022 2:03 PM CST

He Was a Spitball Master, Only Got Caught Once

Hall of Fame pitcher Gaylord Perry dies at 84

(Newser) - Baseball Hall of Famer and two-time Cy Young Award winner Gaylord Perry, a master of the spitball who wrote a book about using the pitch, died Thursday at age 84. Perry died at his home in Gaffney, South Carolina, of natural causes, said Cherokee County Coroner Dennis Fowler, per the...

Peers Honor Star Who 'Radiated Purity and Sass'

Musicians
Pay Tribute to
Christine McVie

Nov 30, 2022 7:45 PM CST

Musicians Pay Tribute to Christine McVie

Peers cite Fleetwood Mac singer as an inspiration

(Newser) - Her peers are mourning Christine McVie, who died on Wednesday , remembering her voice, her songwriting, her human qualities, and everything else she brought to Fleetwood Mac. They talked about her most moving songs, which she somehow produced quickly. "I don't struggle over my songs," she told Rolling ...

He Was China's 'Surprise' Leader After Tiananmen

After Tiananmen,
This Chinese
Leader Defied
Predictions

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Nov 30, 2022 6:08 AM CST

After Tiananmen, This Chinese Leader Defied Predictions

Former President Jiang Zemin, who led his nation out of isolation, is dead at age 96

(Newser) - Former President Jiang Zemin, who led China out of isolation after the army crushed the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests in 1989 and supported economic reforms that led to a decade of explosive growth, died Wednesday. He was 96. Jiang died of leukemia and multiple organ failure in Shanghai, where he...

You Knew
Him From
Die Hard,
Top Gun

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Nov 29, 2022 12:01 PM CST

You Knew Him From Die Hard, Top Gun

Actor, professor Clarence Gilyard dies at 66

(Newser) - Clarence Gilyard, an actor with roles in classic 1980s movies Die Hard and Top Gun, who went on to become a film and theater professor, has died at age 66. Best known as the computer hacker Theo, who helped terrorists break into Nakatomi Plaza's vault in 1989's Die ...

She Helped Put Sinatra on the Map, Then Fell Off It Herself

'All She Ever
Wanted to Do
Was Sing'

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Nov 28, 2022 10:49 AM CST

'All She Ever Wanted to Do Was Sing'

Louise Tobin, jazz vocalist who helped discover Sinatra and postponed own career, dies at 104

(Newser) - "All she ever wanted to do was sing." That's how the Denton Record-Chronicle recently described Texas' Mary Louise Tobin, a big-band jazz singer in the '30s and '40s who almost became a national superstar performing with Benny Goodman's band before shelving her career to...

Fame Star Irene Cara Dies at 63

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Nov 26, 2022 10:30 AM CST

Fame Star Irene Cara Dies at 63

She sang movie's title song, 'Flashdance' theme

(Newser) - Oscar, Golden Globe, and two-time Grammy winning singer-actor Irene Cara, who starred and sang the title cut from the 1980 hit movie Fame and then belted out the era-defining hit "Flashdance ... What a Feeling" from 1983's Flashdance, has died. She was 63. Her publicist, Judith A. Moose, announced...

Last Gone With the Wind
Cast Member Is Dead

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Nov 23, 2022 1:00 AM CST

Last Gone With the Wind Cast Member Is Dead

Mickey Kuhn, 90, was the sole surviving credited member of the cast

(Newser) - More than eight decades ago, Mickey Kuhn played a small role in what would become one of the most famous Hollywood movies of all time. Over the weekend, the 90-year-old Kuhn died in Florida, and Deadline takes note of the somber distinction: He was the last surviving cast member from...

A Fixture in the
Power Rangers
Franchise
Dies at 49

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Nov 21, 2022 4:01 AM CST

A Fixture in the Power Rangers Franchise Dies at 49

Jason David Frank played Tommy Oliver

(Newser) - Jason David Frank, who played the Green Power Ranger Tommy Oliver on the 1990s children's series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, has died. He was 49. Justine Hunt, Frank's manager, said in a statement Sunday that Frank passed away, the AP reports. She did not name the cause of...

Jennifer Aniston Says
Goodbye to 'Sweet Papa'

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Nov 14, 2022 12:38 PM CST

Jennifer Aniston Says Goodbye to 'Sweet Papa'

'Days of Our Lives' star John Aniston dies at 89

(Newser) - Jennifer Aniston said goodbye to her "sweet papa" in an Instagram post Monday. Her father John Aniston, an actor best known for playing the charming but villainous Victor Kiriakis on Days of Our Lives from 1985 onward, died Friday at age 89, People reports. Aniston, like Kiriakis, was a...

Iranian Died as He
Lived—in the Airport

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Nov 12, 2022 3:15 PM CST

Iranian Died as He Lived—in the Airport

Merhan Karimi Nasseri settled in de Gaulle in 1988

(Newser) - An Iranian man who lived in Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport for 18 years and inspired the 2004 film The Terminal died there Saturday. Merhan Karimi Nasseri had a heart attack in the airport's Terminal 2F around midday, said an official with the Paris airport authority. Police and a...

For Many,
He Is the
Definitive
Voice of Batman

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Nov 11, 2022 3:45 PM CST

For Many, He Is the Definitive Voice of Batman

Voice actor Kevin Conroy, famous from the animated series, dies at 66

(Newser) - Kevin Conroy, the prolific voice actor whose gravely delivery on Batman: The Animated Series was for many Batman fans the definitive sound of the Caped Crusader, has died at 66, per the AP . Conroy died Thursday after a battle with cancer, series producer Warner Bros. announced Friday. Conroy was the...

No One Will
Ever Smash
Stuff Quite
Like He Did

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Nov 11, 2022 1:04 PM CST

No One Will Ever Smash Stuff Quite Like He Did

Comedian Gallagher, famous for destroying watermelons and other items onstage, is dead at 76

(Newser) - Leo Gallagher, legendary for smashing anything and everything he could with a giant sledgehammer during his comedy performances, has annihilated his last watermelon. Craig Marquardo, longtime manager for the 76-year-old comedian, confirms to TMZ and CNN that he died early Friday in hospice care in Palm Springs, Calif., "surrounded...

Country Stars Mourn
Alabama's Jeff Cook

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Nov 8, 2022 5:13 PM CST

Country Stars Mourn Alabama's Jeff Cook

'Heaven gained another guitar/fiddle player today'

(Newser) - Guitarist Jeff Cook, who co-founded the country group Alabama and steered them up the charts with such hits as "Song of the South" and "Dixieland Delight," has died. He was 73. Cook had Parkinson's disease and disclosed his diagnosis in 2017. He died Tuesday at his...

Aaron Carter,
34, Began as
a Child Star

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Nov 5, 2022 4:55 PM CDT

Aaron Carter, 34, Began as a Child Star

Singer-actor had struggled with mental illness

(Newser) - Aaron Carter, who became a pop star as a child and later embraced rap, was found dead Saturday at his home in Southern California. He was 34. His family confirmed his death after emergency responders were called to his home but gave no details. "We are extremely saddened and...

She Was
Anne Frank's
Best Friend

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Nov 4, 2022 11:19 AM CDT

She Was Anne Frank's Best Friend

Hannah Pick-Goslar, who was cared for by Otto Frank after the Holocaust, dies at 93

(Newser) - Hannah Pick-Goslar had a lot in common with her childhood best friend Anne Frank. Both were German-born Jewish children whose families fled to the Netherlands after Adolf Hitler came to power. "From the first day of kindergarten they were inseparable," the Washington Post reports, though of course they...

Hall of Famer's
Punts Were Epic

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Nov 3, 2022 6:30 PM CDT

Hall of Famer's Punts Were Epic

Ray Guy 'was a football player who punted,' John Madden said

(Newser) - Ray Guy, the first punter to make the Pro Football Hall of Fame, died Thursday. He was 72. Southern Mississippi, where Guy starred before becoming the first punter ever taken in the first round of the NFL draft, said he died following a lengthy illness. He had been receiving care...

Dead Kennedys Drummer
Dies in Accidental Fall

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Oct 31, 2022 12:38 PM CDT

Dead Kennedys Drummer Dies in Accidental Fall

"I feel like I’ve been hit by a train,' Jello Biafra says of DH Peligro's death

(Newser) - DH Peligro, longtime drummer for seminal California punk band the Dead Kennedys, has died at age 63. He died Friday at his Los Angeles home, and police at the scene "stated that he died from trauma to the head caused by an accidental fall," the band said in...

Poet Tied
Cosmos to
Physical World,
With Mockery

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Oct 29, 2022 5:45 PM CDT

Poet Tied Cosmos to Physical World, With Mockery

Gerald Stern's honors include a National Book Award

(Newser) - Gerald Stern, one of the country's most loved and respected poets who wrote with spirited melancholy and earthly humor about his childhood, Judaism, mortality, and the wonders of the contemplative life, has died. He was 97. Stern, New Jersey's first poet laureate, died Thursday at Calvary Hospice in...