'Gloria' Singer Laura Branigan Dies at 47
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NEW YORK - Laura Branigan, a Grammy-nominated pop singer best known for her 1982 platinum hit "Gloria," has died. She was 47...
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(andPOP) - Jerry Orbach, the man who played Detective Lennie Briscoe for 12 years on Law &amp; Order, died Tuesday. He was 69. Orbach revealed earlier this month that he was being treated for prostate cancer.
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Her manager, John Bowers, told The Associated Press that Branigan died at home in East Quogue, New York, in her sleep. She apparently had been complaining to her family of headaches for weeks but had not seen a doctor.
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Singapore Zoo's most famous icon, an orangutan who once hobnobbed with Britain's Prince Philip, popstar Michael Jackson and actress Elizabeth Taylor, has died, zoo staff said Saturday.
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One of America's best-known opera singers, soprano Beverly Sills, dies from lung cancer in New York.
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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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Frankie Laine, the full-voiced  singer who became one of the most popular entertainers of the  1950s with such hits as "I Believe," "Jezebel" and the theme to  the TV Western "Rawhide," died on Tuesday at 93.
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NEW YORK - E&#39; morta a 47 anni la cantante pop americana Laura Branigan. La donna e&#39; deceduta per un aneurisma cerebrale nella sua casa a East Quogue, nello stato di New York. &#39;&#39;E&#39; morta nel sonno&#39;&#39;, ha detto il suo manager.
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Suzanne Pleshette, the husky-voiced star best known for her role as Bob Newhart's sardonic wife on television's long-running "The Bob Newhart Show," has died at age 70.  Pleshette, whose career included roles in such films as Hitchcock's "The Birds" ...
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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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GREENSBORO-- Mrs. Brenda Ann Gillie Hurd, 58, of 4622 Byers Road died Wednesday, September 20, 2006 at her residence.  A crypt side service will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday September 25, 2006, in the Westminster Gardens Mausoleum with the Rev. Marvin Gilliam officiating.
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NASHVILLE, Tennessee  - U.S. country singer Porter Wagoner, lanky Grand Ole Opry star whose flashy Nudie rhinestone suits dazzled fans when he sang with rising new performer Dolly Parton in the 60s, died on Sunday from lung cancer, said his publicity agent, Darlene Bieber. He was 80.
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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 Monday of cancer, her manager said. She was 78.
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EAST QUOGUE, N.Y. - Laura Branigan, a Grammy-nominated pop singer best known for her 1982 platinum hit "Gloria," has died...
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Legendary Italian tenor Luciano  Pavarotti, who brought opera to the masses, died on Thursday  after a battle with cancer. He was 71.
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Italian opera star Luciano  Pavarotti, hailed by many as the greatest tenor of his  generation, died on Thursday after a long battle with cancer,  his manager Terri Robson said.
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American jazz singer Anita O'Day, a star of the Big Band era, dies in Los Angeles at the age of 87.