Terry Melcher, 62, Creator of Hits in Surf-Music World, Is Dead
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Terry Melcher, a record producer who created hits with the Beach Boys and the Byrds, died on Friday in Beverly Hills after a long battle with cancer, his publicist, Linda Dozoretz, said Saturday.
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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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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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Joel Siegel, the upbeat and often joyous film critic for ABC television's "Good Morning America" for 26 years, died on Friday at age 63 after a long battle against colon cancer, the network said.
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Tony Thompson, who sang with &#39;90s  R&B group Hi-Five, has died of an apparent drug overdose at the  age of 31.
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Veteran radio broadcaster and music DJ John Peel has died suddenly in Peru from a heart attack. He was 65. He was on holiday with his wife Sheila in the city of Cuzco.
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Sharon Osbourne's music mogul father, Don Arden, who managed ELO and Black Sabbath, dies aged 81.
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NEW YORK  &#151; 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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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Emiel N. Petrone, an integral  player in introducing the DVD and CD formats in the United  States, died here Aug. 23 after a brief illness. He was 61.
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US television evangelist Tammy Faye Messner has died aged 65 after a long battle with cancer.
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Artie Shaw, the clarinetist, bandleader and composer who created a rich body of American music before he quit playing in his prime and walked away from show business, died Thursday in the Southern California city of Thousand Oaks.
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Veteran DJ Alan "Fluff" Freeman, whose "Not 'arf" catchphrase made him famous, dies aged 79.
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Veteran Bollywood film producer GP Sippy dies in the western Indian city of Mumbai at the age of 93.
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Shu Uemura, a beautician who parlayed success as a Hollywood make-up artist into an international cosmetics brand under his name, has died aged 79.
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Henri Salvador, the velvet-voiced French musician credited with inspiring the bossa nova, bringing rock 'n' roll to France and helping create the music video, died Wednesday, his record label said. He was 90.
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Legendary radio presenter and DJ, John Peel, died suddenly yesterday while on a working holiday in Peru. He suffered a massive heart attack.
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Tom Capone, a Brazilian music producer nominated for five Latin Grammys, was killed in a motorcycle crash hours after being shut out at the awards show. He was 38.