Singer Rick James Dies at 56
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Famous funk singer Rick James died in his sleep last Friday in his Los Angeles home. Police assume he died of natural causes, but an autopsy will take place shortly. Jamesâ publicist, Maureen O'Connor, believes that he died of heart failure. Rick James...
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Danny Sugerman, manager of rock band The Doors, dies aged 50 in Los Angeles after battling lung cancer.
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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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Johnny Ramone, guitarist in seminal band The Ramones, dies of cancer at the age of 55.
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Johnny Ramone, the lead guitarist  with influential U.S. punk rock band the Ramones, died on  Wednesday after a five-year battle with prostate cancer, a  long-time associate told Reuters.
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Soul star Ike Turner, former husband and musical partner of Tina Turner, dies at the age of 76.
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Legendary rock drummer and Hall of Fame  inductee Jim Capaldi died on Friday after a brief fight with  stomach cancer, his publicist said.
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George Osmond, father of the famous singing siblings The Osmonds, dies in Utah at the age of 90.
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Jacques Martin, the French television personality once married to now-first lady Cecilia Sarkozy, died Friday. He was 74.
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Hundreds of friends and fans gather in Los Angeles to pay tribute to singer Rick James.
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Toxicology and other tests determined that funk singer Rick James died last month from a heart attack due to an enlarged heart, with numerous drugs including methamphetamine and cocaine contributing factors, the county coroner's office announced Thursday.
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Northern Ireland entertainment promoter Jim Aiken dies after a short illness aged 74.
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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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PARIS  &#151; The official story goes like this: On the last night of Jim Morrison's life, the rocker went to a movie in Paris, listened to records, fell ill and died of heart failure in his bathtub at the age of 27. But rumors have always swirled around the death of The Doors frontman and, 36 years later, a former Paris nightclub manager is telling a different story.
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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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Music photographer Joel Brodsky,  whose sexy, shirtless images of Doors lead singer Jim Morrison  have taken on iconic status, has died. He was 67.
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Comedian Johnny Carson, the king of  U.S. late-night television as host of NBC's "The Tonight Show"  for nearly 30 years, died on Sunday at age 79 after a long  battle with emphysema.