Negro Leagues star Buck O'Neil dead at 94
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John "Buck" O'Neil, a key figure in Negro Leagues baseball and a ground-breaking coach in the major leagues, has died at the age of 94.
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Rapper ODB, also known as Russell Jones, collapsed and died Saturday in a New York City recording studio at age 35. Police said there was no evidence of foul play and the city medical examiner will determine the cause of death.
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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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Former St. Louis Brown Rollie Stiles, believed to be the oldest former major leaguer, has died. He was 100.
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Buck OÂNeil was a star first baseman and manager in the Negro leagues and a pioneering scout and coach in the major leagues.
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Former Dodgers star Clem Labine, whose  relief pitching helped Brooklyn win the 1955 World Series over  crosstown rival Yankees, died Friday at age 80, the National  League club announced from their Vero Beach, Florida, training  camp.
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Pat Dobson, one of four pitchers to win 20 games for the Baltimore Orioles in 1971, dies at the age of 64 on Wednesday night.
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Friends and family gathered at a church in Harlem, New York, to remember rapper ODB (Ol&#39;Dirty Bastard) on Wednesday. The 35-year-old collapsed and died at a Manhattan recording studio on Sunday after complaining of chest pains.
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Russell Jones, a rap musician better known as ODB and a co-founder of the group Wu-Tang Clan, collapsed and died in a recording studio yesterday at age 35, the Associated Press reported.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Negro leagues great Buck O'Neil took a turn for the worse late Thursday but was resting comfortably in a Kansas City hospital Friday, friends said.
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Multi-faceted guitar great, Hank Garland, died Tuesday of a staph infection. He was 74. Garland, who could play jazz, blues, country, and rock, worked with such performers as Elvis Presley, the Everly Brothers
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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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Buck O'Neil has been hospitalized because of extreme fatigue, and friends are becoming increasingly worried about the 94-year-old former Negro Leagues player.
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Singer Barbara McNair, who became a film and television star in an era when such opportunities were opening up for black women, has died, her sister said. She was 72.
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Johnny Lane Oates, who spent parts of 11 seasons in major-league baseball as a player and parts of another 11 as a manager, died Friday after a long fight with glioblastoma multiforme, an aggressive brain tumor.
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Former University of Louisville basketball player Larry Williams has died. He was 48.
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Legendary TV star Johnny Carson dies at the age of 79, after battling the respiratory disease emphysema.