Country singer Porter Wagoner dies at 80
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NASHVILLE, Tennessee  - U.S. country singer Porter Wagoner, lanky Grand Ole Opry star whose flashy Nudie rhinestone suits dazzled fans when he sang with rising new performer Dolly Parton in the 60s, died on Sunday from lung cancer, said his publicity agent, Darlene Bieber. He was 80.
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Dolly Parton visited former duet partner and longtime Opry performer Porter Wagoner in the hospital and pledged to sing with him again.
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The American singer Frankie Laine, who sang the theme to the TV show Rawhide, dies, aged 93.
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Renowned saxophonist Boots  Randolph died on Tuesday (July 3) after suffering a cerebral  hemorrhage June 25, according to publicist and family friend  Betty Hofer.
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Songwriter Ben Weisman, who helped compose almost 60 songs for Elvis Presley, dies at the age of 85.
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AUSTIN, Texas  - Former Texas first lady Nellie   Connally, who was riding in the limousine with President John   F. Kennedy when he was assassinated in 1963, has died at the   age of 87, a family friend said on Saturday.
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Country music star Skeeter Davis dies of cancer aged 72. Plus more entertainment news in brief.
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NASHVILLE, Tennessee  - Veteran Dobro musician Burkett Howard Graves, known as country music's "Uncle Josh," has died at 79, his family said on Monday.
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Charlie Waller, founder and lead singer of the internationally acclaimed bluegrass band The Country Gentlemen, died this week at his Orange County home.
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NASHVILLE, Tennessee  - Renowned saxophonist Boots Randolph died on Tuesday (July 3) after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage June 25, according to publicist and family friend Betty Hofer.
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Two-time All-Star Ray Boone, patriarch of a three-generation baseball family, died early Sunday following a long illness. He was 81.
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Guitarist Hank Garland, who worked with Elvis Presley and Roy Orbison, dies at the age of 74.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn.  - Country music singer and  songwriter Roy Drusky, a member of the Grand Ole Opry for 46  years, has died after a lengthy battle with emphysema, the  Highland Manor Nursing Home said on Friday.
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Ray Boone, a two-time All-Star for the Tigers who became better known as the patriarch of the first-ever three-generation family of All-Stars, has passed away following a long illness at the age of 81.
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Howard Porter, one of the best players in Villanova basketball history, died after he was found severely beaten in an alley more than a week ago. He was 58.
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Hank Medress, whose vocals with the doo wop group the Tokens helped propel their irrepressible single "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" to the top of the charts and who produced hits with other groups, has died of lung cancer. He was 68.
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Former priest James Porter, whose widespread molestation of dozens of children foreshadowed the clergy sex abuse scandal that swept the Roman Catholic church, died Friday.