Hilly Kristal, founder of NY punk mecca CBGB, dies
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Hilly Kristal, the founder of New York punk rock club CBGB, which helped make the Ramones, Blondie and Talking Heads stars, has died at age 75, his daughter said on Wednesday.
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Hilly Kristal founded CBGB, the Bowery bar that became the cradle of New York punk and art-rock in the 1970s and was the inspiration for musician-friendly rock dives around the world.
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Comedian Joey Bishop, a member of the Rat Pack led by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Peter Lawford, has died at age 89, his longtime friend and publicist Warren Cowan said on Thursday.
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Russell Jones aka ODB aka Ol&#39; Dirty Bastard aka Dirt McGirt aka Big Baby Jesus sadly passed away outside his Manhattan studio on Saturday after collapsing complaining of chest pains.
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Johnny Ramone of the seminal punk rock band The Ramones and an architect of the distinctive punk sound, passed away Wednesday from prostate cancer.
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Johnny Ramone, guitarist and co-founder of the seminal punk band "The Ramones," has died. He was 55.
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Howard Keel, musical and television star died Sunday at his home in Palm Desert, California, from colon cancer, he was 85. Born Harold Clifford Leek, the tall and muscular baritone starred in several major
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Hilly Kristal, the founder of New York  punk rock club CBGB, which helped make the Ramones, Blondie and  Talking Heads stars, has died at age 75, his daughter said on  Wednesday.
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MUMBAI: One of the giants of British radio BBC disc jockey John Peel, whose nightly Radio One programme is credited with launching the careers of British bands including New Order and Joy Division passed away from al heart attack.
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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 by Frank Sinatra, has died at age 89, his longtime friend and publicist, Warren Cowan, said on Thursday.
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American fashion designer Geoffrey  Beene, whose simple fashions made him a department store  favorite for decades, died on Tuesday at his home on the Upper  East Side of Manhattan at the age of 77.
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James LeVoy Sorenson, the 86-year-old founder of Sorenson Squeeze digital video compression and encoding technology, dies of cancer.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - George Habash, the founder of a radical movement that staged hijackings and kidnappings to highlight the Palestinian struggle, died in Jordan on Saturday, Palestinian officials said. He was 80.
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LOS ANGELES - Harold Benjamin, who, after his wife was treated for breast cancer, gave up a successful law practice to found the Wellness Community, a groundbreaking network of support centers for cancer patients and their families, died Thursday at his
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Teresa Brewer, one of the most popular US singers of the 1950s, dies at her home in New York.
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Rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard, whose criminal lifestyle and strange behavior overshadowed his work as one of the founding members of rap collective Wu-Tang Clan, collapsed and died in New York on Saturday, his record label said.
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Bernard "Buddy" Diliberto, a New Orleans sports commentator who originated the tradition of fans wearing bags on their heads to lament losing teams, has died at the age of 73. Diliberto died of a heart attack Friday at his home in Metairie, said his son, Mike Diliberto.