Ike Turner, Musician and Songwriter in Duo With Tina Turner, Dies at 76
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Mr. Turner was an R&B musician, songwriter, bandleader, producer, talent scout and the ex-husband of Tina Turner.
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The late rock 'n' roll pioneer Ike Turner died of a cocaine overdose, the San Diego County medical examiner said on Wednesday.
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Fred Ebb, who penned the lyrics for Broadway hits   Cabaret and Chicago, as well as the Big Apple anthem, "New   York, New York," died Saturday in a New York hospital after suffering a   heart attack.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Mack Vickery, who wrote hits including George Straitâs âThe Firemanâ and Jerry Lee Lewisâ âRockinâ My Life Away,â died Tuesday of a heart attack, fellow songwriter Merle Kilgore said.
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Former Texas first lady Nellie  Connally, who was riding in the limousine with President John  F. Kennedy when he was assassinated in 1963, has died at the  age of 87, a family friend said on Saturday.
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Rock 'n' roll pioneer Ike Turner's death last month at age 76 was caused by a cocaine overdose, the San Diego County Medical Examiner's office said Wednesday.
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Grammy Award-winner Freddie Perren, who produced records for Gloria Gaynor, the Jackson 5 and the "Saturday Night Fever" album, has died. He was 61.
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They died 31 years apart, but Ray Charles and Bobby Darin got to jam together at the Toronto International Film Festival thanks to Jamie Foxx and Kevin Spacey.
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Skeeter Davis, who hit the top of the pop charts with "The End of the World" in 1963 and sang on the Grand Ole Opry radio show for more than 40 years, died Sunday of cancer. She was 72.
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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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Nellie Connally, the former Texas first lady who was riding in President Kennedy's limousine when he was assassinated, has died, a family friend said Saturday. The 87-year-old was the last living person who had been part of that fateful Dallas drive.
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A live album originally released by Ike and Tina Turner in 1969 will make its CD debut in a three-disc career retrospective billed as the couple's first boxed set.
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Henri Salvador, the French crooner credited with inspiring the bossa nova, dies in Paris at the age of 90.
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Howard Keel, who sang and danced to stardom in the heyday of MGM musicals, died Sunday of colon cancer at his home in Palm Desert, Calif.
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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 famed bandleader of the 1930s swing era, has died at home today at the age of 94. His attorney says Shaw died of natural causes, and had been ill for some time.
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Georgia Gibbs, a versatile singer who starred on the popular show "Your Hit Parade" and reached the top of the charts in the 1950s with covers of songs by black artists, has died. She was 87.