Howard Keel, Star of Musicals, Dies at 85
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Howard Keel, the broad-shouldered baritone who romanced his way through a series of glittery MGM musicals such as "Kiss Me Kate" and "Annie Get Your Gun" and later revived his career with television's "Dallas," died Sunday. He was 85.
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The founder of the legendary Bowery punk-rock club died on Tuesday from lung cancer. He was 75.
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Joey Bishop, the deadpan comedian, TV host and last of the super-hip team of performers known as the Rat Pack, led by Frank Sinatra, has died at age 89, his publicist said on Thursday.
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Virginia Mayo, a 1940s screen siren who co-starred opposite such greats as Danny Kaye and James Cagney, died near Los Angeles on Monday of pneumonia and heart failure, the Los Angeles Times reported on its Web site. She was 84.
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Award-winning US choreographer Michael Kidd, best known for his work on Broadway musicals, dies.
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Mr. Kidd was the award-winning choreographer of exuberant dance numbers for Broadway shows like âFinianâs Rainbowâ and âGuys and Dollsâ and Hollywood musicals including âThe Band Wagonâ and âSeven Brides for Seven Brothers.â
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LOS ANGELES: Legendary US bandleader and jazz clarinettist Artie Shaw, the big band era&#39;s reluctant King of Swing, died today at the age of 94, the manager of his orchestra said.
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Howard Keel, the Hollywood hunk who went from singing and dancing in a such classic movie musicals as Show Boat, Kiss Me Kate and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers in his youth to going toe
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Comedian Joey Bishop, the last surviving member of the august group of entertainers known as the Rat Pack, led by Frank Sinatra, has died at age 89, his longtime friend and publicist, Warren Cowan, said on Thursday.
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Atlantic Records co-founder Ahmet Ertegun, who made stars of Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin, dies, aged 83.
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Michael Kidd was known for Broadway shows like âFinianâs Rainbowâ and Hollywood musical like âSeven Brides for Seven Brothers.â
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Playwright Arthur Miller, a titan of  American theater who wrote "Death of a Salesman" and was  revered for works that spoke for the common man, has died. He  was 89.
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Brothers&quot; before reinventing himself as the macho star of westerns and later aboard TV&#39;s &quot;Dallas,&quot; has died. Keel died Sunday morning of colon cancer at his home in Palm Desert, according to his son, Gunnar.
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American opera singer Jerry Hadley dies at the age of 55, eight days after an apparent suicide attempt.
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Tuesday night the marquee  of every Broadway theater will be dimmed at exactly 8 p.m. for  one minute in memory of the great Betty Comden, who teamed with  the late Adolph Green to write the books and lyrics for some of  the most acclaimed and beloved musicals on stage and in film,  including "Singin' in the Rain."
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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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Betty Comden, whose more than 60-year collaboration with Adolph Green produced the classic New York stage musical "On the Town," as well as "Singin' in the Rain," considered by many to be the best movie musical ever made, has died. She was 89.