Bluegrass Dobro artist "Uncle Josh" dead at 79
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Veteran Dobro musician Burkett Howard Graves, known as country music's "Uncle Josh," has died at 79, his family said on Monday.
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Johnny Carson, the "Tonight Show" TV host who served America a smooth nightcap of celebrity banter, droll comedy and heartland charm for 30 years, has died. He was 79. "Mr. Carson passed away peacefully early Sunday morning," his nephew, Jeff Sotzing, told The Associated Press. "He was surrounded by his family, whose loss will be immeasurable. There will be no memorial service."
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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 Saturday, his record label said.
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Jerry Scoggins, who sang "The Ballad of Jed Clampett" that introduced the comical Clampett clan on "The Beverly Hillbillies," has died. He was 93.
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The co-founder of Matchbox Toys, Jack Odell, dies aged 87 - almost 60 years after the firm was founded.
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Rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard, equally well known for his scrapes with the law and offbeat antics as for his work with rap collective Wu-Tang Clan, died suddenly in New York Saturday of unknown causes, his record label said.
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_ Rapper ODB was remembered by family and friends today as a &quot;sweet, quiet kid&quot; who died too young. The 35-year-old collapsed and died Saturday in a Manhattan recording studio.
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Ol&#39; Dirty Bastard aka Dirt McGirt, who is known throughout the hip-hop world as a member of the Wu-Tang Clan, passed yesterday (November 13), while recording at a Manhattan recording studio.
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Guitarist Hank Garland, who worked with Elvis Presley and Roy Orbison, dies at the age of 74.
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Skeeter Davis, a veteran of the Grand Ole Opry, died Sunday (Sept. 19) at Nashville's St. Thomas Hospital. She was 73.
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Hank Garland, the guitarist whose career included work with Elvis Presley, the Everly Brothers, Roy Orbison and Patsy Cline, has died.
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John Stewart, who wrote the Monkees' hit "Daydream Believer" and became a well-known figure in the 1960s folk music revival as a member of The Kingston Trio, has died, according to the band's Web site. He was 68.
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Beverly Sills, the Brooklyn-born opera diva who was a global icon of can-do American culture with her dazzling voice, bubbly personality and management moxie in the arts world, died July 2 of cancer, her manager said. She was 78.
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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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Actor Robert Earl Jones, a fixture in Broadway shows and movies and the father of actor James Earl Jones, has died.
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The Grand Ole Opry lost one of its most unique members with the Sept. 19 passing of Skeeter Davis.
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Johnny Oates, a former Major League Baseball player and manager, died here early Friday of brain cancer. He was 58. Oates was diagnosed with a brain tumor in October of 2001 and told he had only four months to live if he decided not to have surgery.