Doobie Brothers Drummer Keith Knudsen Dies
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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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Record producer Terry Melcher, who was behind hits by the Byrds and the Beach Boys, dies in Los Angeles.
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Joe Hunter, Motown's first bandleader and a three-time Grammy winner with the Funk Brothers, has died. He was 79.
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Legendary British saxophonist Dick Heckstall-Smith, who played with a list of musicians that reads like a who's who of the international jazz and rock music scene, has died of cancer.
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Former Pantera guitarist ``Dimebag&#39;&#39; Darrell Abbott and three other people died when a gunman charged on stage during a performance by Abbott&#39;s new band Damageplan at an Ohio nightclub, officials said.
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Rhythm and blues singer Bill Pinkney,  the last surviving member of The Drifters, was found dead in  his hotel just hours before he was due to perform in a July 4  celebration, police said on Thursday.
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Bennie Smith, a guitarist and St. Louis blues legend who played with stars like Chuck Berry and Ike and Tina Turner, died Sunday following a heart attack. He was 72.
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RICHMOND, Va. -- Former Texas Rangers and Baltimore Orioles manager Johnny Oates has died, three years after being diagnosed with a brain tumor.
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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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The Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, a one-time spiritual advisor to the Beatles, has died in his Dutch home, his Transcendental Meditation movement announced Wednesday.
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Legendary country, rock and jazz guitarist Hank Garland, who performed with Elvis Presley, the Everly Brothers, Roy Orbison, Patsy Cline, Charlie Parker and many others, has died at the age of 74.
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LOS ANGELES - Toxicology and other tests determined that funk singer Rick James died last month from a heart attack due to an enlarged heart, with numerous drugs including methamphetamine and cocaine contributing factors, the county coroner's office announced Thursday.    The death was declared an accident, said coroner's spokesman David Campbell, who emphasized that none of the drugs were found to be at life-threatening levels...
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Doors manager Danny Sugerman, who  befriended the members of the legendary Los Angeles rock band  as a youngster and spent the rest of his life tending to its  legacy, has died after a battle with lung cancer, associates  said on Thursday. He was 50.
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Terry Melcher, a record producer and songwriter who aided the careers of Ry Cooder, the Byrds and the Beach Boys, has died, his publicist announced Saturday. He was 62.
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George Osmond, father of the famous singing siblings The Osmonds, dies in Utah at the age of 90.
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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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Johnny Oates, who managed the Texas Rangers to their first three postseason appearances, died early Friday. He was 58. Oates was diagnosed with a brain tumor three years ago. His death was confirmed by John Blake, a former Rangers spokesman who worked for the organization when Oates coached in the '90s.