Terry Melcher, Shaper of Calif. Surf Sound, Dies
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LOS ANGELES, Calif.  - Terry Melcher, a producer,  composer and songwriter who worked with the Beach Boys and  helped shape the '60s era California surf music sound, has  died, according to his publicist. He was 62.
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A Brazilian music producer who was a leading nominee at the Latin Grammys has died after leaving the awards. Tom Capone, whose real name was Luis Antonio Ferreira Goncalves, was killed in a motorcycle crash in Los Angeles.
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Syd Thrift, who spent nearly 50   years in professional baseball, has died following knee   replacement surgery, officials said Tuesday. He was 77.
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By Kevin Howe, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Feb. 9--The future of Carmel River Lagoon, Carmel River State Beach and the Carmel River will be discussed at a community meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday in the community room at Mission Ranch in Carmel.
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Brazilian music producer Tom Capone, who was nominated for five Latin Grammy awards this year, was killed in a motorcycle crash in Los Angeles early today (Sept.
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Spencer Dryden, drummer for the San Francisco rock band the Jefferson Airplane, died of cancer Tuesday in Petaluma, Calif. He was 66.
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Al Shugart, a pioneer in the computer disk drive industry and one of Silicon Valley's most colorful entrepreneurs, has died. He was 76.
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LOS ANGELES  &#151; Herman Brix, the Olympic shot putter who played Tarzan in a 1935 movie, has died. He was 100.
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By By Bob Cuddy, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Sep.
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TURLOCK, Calif. -- Linda Collins Maurer, a pro golfer who became the first person to wear a &quot;Medic Alert&quot; bracelet after her parents created the chains, has died.
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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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Scott Muni, one of the legendary voices of New York radio, died Tuesday. He was 74.
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Janet Leigh, the wholesome beauty who co-starred with James Stewart, John Wayne and Frank Sinatra in films of the 1940s to 1960s and achieved her most lasting fame as the victim of a shower slashing in Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho," died Sunday at her Beverly Hills, Calif., home, the New York Daily News reported on its Web site Monday. She was 77.
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US musician who was married to Tina Turner has died at his home in San Marcos, California
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LONG BEACH  In an emotional hearing, a judge on Thursday sentenced Coronado fisherman Stephen Otto Reitz to 26 years to life in prison and derided Reitz&#39;s defense that he was sleepwalking when he killed his girlfriend Eva Marie ...
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NASHVILLE, Tennessee  - Renowned saxophonist Boots Randolph died on Tuesday (July 3) after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage June 25, according to publicist and family friend Betty Hofer.
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An eight-day heat wave killed as many as 28 people in Southern California before the temperatures finally began to ebb, coroners in four counties said Wednesday.