Henri Salvador, Singer; Helped Bring Rock to France, Dies at 90
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Mr. Salvador was a French crooner who first went on stage in the cabarets of prewar Paris, played guitar with Django Reinhardt and helped introduce rock ânâ roll to France.
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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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Australian rock musician Billy Thorpe - who gained fame in the 1960s as lead singer of The Aztecs - dies aged 60.
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JOHNNY Ramone, guitarist and co-founder of the punk band the Ramones, has died at 55. After fighting prostate cancer for five years, he passed away in his sleep at his Los Angeles home on Wednesday.
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Frankie Laine, who had a string of hit songs in the 1950s, dies in California at age 93
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Johnny Ramone, guitarist in seminal band The Ramones, dies of cancer at the age of 55.
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French filmmaker Philippe de Broca a master of costume drama and light comedy, including works such as "King of Hearts" and "That Man from Rio", has died at the age of 71.
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Lyricist Hy Zaret, who wrote the words for Unchained Melody, dies at the age of 99.
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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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Director Gerard Oury, a cultural icon of France whose decades-old comedies remain hits today, has died, local officials at his Riviera home said Thursday. He was 87.
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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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Ronnie Lippin, a veteran publicist and manager who worked with rock icons such as Eric Clapton, Brian Wilson and Prince, died Monday.
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Hank Medress, whose vocals with the doo wop group the Tokens helped propel their irrepressible single "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" to the top of the charts and who produced hits with other groups, has died of lung cancer. He was 68.
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Johnny Ramone, the guitarist with the eponymous punk group The Ramones, died at his home in Los Angeles on Wednesday following a five-year battle with prostate cancer.
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Writer Henri Troyat, who fled Russia's revolution as a child and went on to become one of France's most prolific, popular and respected authors, has died, the Academie Francaise said Monday. He was 95.
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Dan Fogelberg, whose hits "Leader of the Band" and "Same Old Lang Syne" helped define the soft-rock era in the 1970s, died at his home in Maine after battling prostate cancer.
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SALVADOR, Brazil  - Hordes of revelers poured on  to the streets of Brazilian cities in Carnival jamborees, led  by the country's culture minister and musician Gilberto Gil in  the northeastern city of Salvador.