Beverly Sills, the All-American Diva, Is Dead at 78
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Beverly Sills, the Brooklyn-born soprano, was a genuine celebrity and an invaluable advocate for the fine arts.
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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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Remembering the incandescent star on the 14th anniversary of her death
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Hilly Kristal, the founder of New York  punk rock club CBGB, which helped make the Ramones, Blondie and  Talking Heads stars, has died at age 75, his daughter said on  Wednesday.
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Janet Blair, the vivacious actress who appeared in several 1940s musicals and comedies, then turned to television and stars like Sid Caesar and Henry Fonda, has died. She was 85.
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Marvin Mitchelson, the Hollywood divorce lawyer who pioneered the concept of "palimony," died on Saturday in Beverly Hills, a hospital spokeswoman said. He was 76.
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Rosalie Bradford, who held records for being the world's heaviest woman and for losing the most weight, has died. She was 63.
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Country and Western singer Jerry  Scoggins, whose baritone rendition of the theme song of "The  Beverly Hillbillies" became one of television's favorite tunes,  has died in Los Angeles at age 93, his family said on Thursday.
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Mike Douglas, whose affable personality and singing talent earned him 21 years as a television talk show host, died Friday on his 81st birthday.
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Beverly Sills, the Brooklyn-born opera diva who was a global icon of can-do American culture with her dazzling voice, bubbly personality and management moxie in the arts world, died Monday of cancer, her manager said. She was 78.
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US television evangelist Tammy Faye Messner has died aged 65 after a long battle with cancer.
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Opera soprano Beverly Sills was being remembered Sunday at a tribute presented by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the Metropolitan Opera and the New York City Opera.
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Jerry Scoggins, who sang "The Ballad of Jed Clampett" that introduced the comical Clampett clan on "The Beverly Hillbillies," has died. He was 93.
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George Melly, the larger-than-life jazz star, has died at his home in London at the age of 80, his wife said Thursday.
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British jazz singer and author George Melly died on Thursday at the age of 80, his wife Diana said in a statement.
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Singer and actress Barbara McNair, who starred opposite Elvis Presley and Sidney Poitier and became one of the first black women to host her own television variety show, has died at 72, her husband said on Monday.
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Rose Bampton, a soprano who was a New York Metropolitan Opera mainstay during the 1930s and 1940s, has died. She was 99.