US soul musician Ike Turner dies
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US soul legend Ike Turner, former husband and musical partner of Tina Turner, dies at the age of 76.
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The debonair jazz pianist and composer of such legendary Broadway tunes as "Witchcraft," "Big Spender," and "The Best is Yet to Come," died on Thursday night.
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Skeeter Davis, a veteran of the Grand Ole Opry, died Sunday (Sept. 19) at Nashville's St. Thomas Hospital. She was 73.
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Fred Ebb, who wrote the lyrics to  Broadway musical hits including "Cabaret" and "Chicago" and the  words to the Big Apple anthem, "New York, New York," died on  Saturday after a heart attack, his agent said.
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Country music singer Skeeter Davis, a veteran of Nashville's Grand Ole Opry, died on Sunday, according to a family friend.
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Rock 'n' roll pioneer Ike Turner,  whose musical achievements were largely overshadowed by the  notoriety he received after his former wife and recording  partner Tina Turner said he had abused her, won his first  Grammy Award since 1972 on Sunday.
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Elvis Presley's backing singer Solomon King, who sang with him in The Jordanaires, dies in the US aged 73
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Billy Walker, the Grand Ole Opry legend whose hits included &quot;Charlie&#039;s Shoes&quot; and &quot;Cross the Brazos at Waco,&quot; died in a wreck along an Alabama interstate on Sunday. He was 77.
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Frankie Laine, the full-voiced singer who became one of the most popular entertainers of the 1950s with such hits as "I Believe," "Jezebel" and the theme to the TV Western "Rawhide", died on Tuesday at 93.
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A funeral service for Ike Turner followed the same arc as his career. It was all about the music, except in the moments when it was overshadowed by accusations of domestic abuse.
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NASHVILLE (Billboard) - The Grand Ole Opry lost one of its  most unique members with the Sept. 19 passing of Skeeter Davis.
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Rock-and-roll pioneer Ike Turner, who was found dead last month, died of an accidental cocaine overdose, the San Diego County medical examiner said on Wednesday.
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Ike Turner's funeral was part memorial service, part rock concert. The nearly three-hour remembrance Friday at Greater Bethany Community Church of Refuge in Gardena featured Turner's eight-piece band, the Kings of Rhythm, which performed rollicking renditions of some of the musician's greatest hits, including "Nutbush City Limits" and "Proud Mary."
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Singer James Brown, known as the  Godfather of Soul, underwent successful prostate cancer surgery  on Wednesday in Atlanta, his publicist said.
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Ahmet Ertegun, who helped define American music as the founder of Atlantic Records, a label that popularized the gritty R&amp;B of Ray Charles, the classic soul of Aretha Franklin and the British rock of the Rolling Stones, has died, his spokesman said. He was 83.
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James Brown, the "Godfather of Soul" who died on Christmas Day, was entombed on Saturday at a private family ceremony presided over by the Rev. Al Sharpton, the minister's office said in a statement.
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Ossie Davis, whose rich baritone and elegant, unshakable bearing made him a giant of the stage, screen and the civil rights movement &#151; often in tandem with his wife, Ruby Dee &#151; has died. He was 87.