Nashville sax player Boots Randolph dead at 80
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NASHVILLE, Tennessee  - Renowned saxophonist Boots Randolph died on Tuesday (July 3) after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage June 25, according to publicist and family friend Betty Hofer.
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Blues guitarist Bill Perry, who was  discovered by Woodstock folk legend Richie Havens, has died,  his label Blind Pig Records reported on Wednesday.
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Jazz singer and author George Melly dies at his London home at the age of 80
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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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Ellis Marsalis Sr., patriarch of the family of jazz greats that includes his grandsons Wynton and Branford, died over the weekend at the age of 96, a New Orleans funeral home said on Wednesday.
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Keith Knudsen, a drummer for the Doobie Brothers since 1974, died of pneumonia Tuesday. He was 56.
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The drummer with the Doobie Brothers, Keith Knudsen, dies of pneumonia at the age of 56.
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Ossie Davis, whose rich baritone and elegant, unshakable bearing made him a giant of the stage, screen and the civil rights movement &#151; often in tandem with his wife, Ruby Dee &#151; has died. He was 87.
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Ken Nelson, a longtime talent scout at Capitol Records who produced dozens of No. 1 country music hits and helped push Buck Owens and Merle Haggard to country stardom in the 1960s, has died. He was 96.
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Innovative guitarist Hank &quot;Sugarfoot&quot; Garland, who played on recording by Elvis, Hank Williams and Patsy Cline, died of a staph infection Monday night at a hospital in Orange Park, Florida.
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Veteran record producer Joel Dorn,  who worked with such artists as Roberta Flack, Max Roach and  the Neville Brothers, died of a heart attack on Monday in New  York. He was 65.
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Country music mainstay Merle  Kilgore, who managed Hank Williams Jr. and co-wrote the hit  tune "Ring of Fire" with one-time client June Carter Cash, died  in Nashville on Sunday of congestive heart failure related to  his treatment for cancer, his publicist said. He was 70.
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Legendary film composer Elmer Bernstein, who created the sprawling big-sky theme for &#39;The Magnificent Seven,&#39; and childlike notes for &#39;To Kill a Mockingbird,&#39; died Wednesday in his Ojai, CA home. He was 82.
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Porter Wagoner, the rhinestone-clad Grand Ole Opry star who helped launch the career of Dolly Parton by hiring her as his duet partner, died Sunday. He was 80.
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Rhythm and blues singer Bill Pinkney, the last surviving member of the original lineup of The Drifters, was found dead in his hotel room hours before he was due to perform in a July 4 celebration.
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Comedian Joey Bishop, the last surviving member of the super-hip team of entertainers known as the Rat Pack and led Frank Sinatra, has died at age 89, his longtime friend and publicist, Warren Cowan, said on Thursday.
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Porter Wagoner, the rhinestone-clad Grand Ole Opry star who helped launch the career of Dolly Parton by hiring her as his duet partner, died Sunday. He was 80.  Wagoner, who had survived an abdominal aneurysm in 2006, was hospitalized a...