Lydia Mendoza, 91, an Early Tejano Star, Is Dead
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Lydia Mendoza became one of the first Mexican-American superstars by singing to the poor and downtrodden.
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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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By Carl Macgowan, Newsday, Melville, N.Y.  Dec. 15--Mercurio Clement Caronia III, a hair colorist who found his voice playing Dean Martin in local clubs, has died. He was 75.   Caronia, known as Mac, died Nov.
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US comedian Joey Bishop, the last surviving member of Frank Sinatra's "Rat Pack," dies at the age of 89.
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A longtime friend says comedian Joey Bishop, the last of Frank Sinatra's Rat Pack, has died at his home.
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Country musician Porter Wagoner, who helped launch the career of Dolly Parton, dies at the age of 80.
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Victoria de los Angeles, a Spanish soprano whose career spanned five decades, died Saturday at a clinic in Barcelona.
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Actress Pat Kirkwood, once a star of British musical theater, has died, a close family friend said Wednesday. She was 86.
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US musician Danny Flores, who wrote and sang the 1950s hit song Tequila!, has died at the age of 77.
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Ahmet Ertegun, who helped define American music as the founder of Atlantic Records, a label that popularized the gritty R&amp;B of Ray Charles, the classic soul of Aretha Franklin and the British rock of the Rolling Stones, has died, his spokesman said. He was 83.
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Gretchen Wyler, a veteran Broadway actress who enjoyed a second career on television and was a leading animal rights activist, died Sunday. She was 75.
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Ken Nelson, a longtime talent scout at Capitol Records who produced dozens of No. 1 country music hits and helped push Buck Owens and Merle Haggard to country stardom in the 1960s, has died. He was 96.
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Former Texas and Baltimore manager Johnny Oates has died at age 58. He was diagnosed with a brain tumor three years ago. Oates&#39; death was confirmed by John Blake, who formerly worked as a spokesman with the Rangers organization.
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Etta Baker, an influential blues guitarist who recorded with Taj Mahal and was awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts, has died, her family said. She was 93.
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By Katherine Leal Unmuth, The Dallas Morning News  Feb. 18--Lydia Martinez sat in a dirt pile Saturday, potting a burr oak seedling.
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Members of the K-Paz de la Sierra band vowed to go ahead with a planned tour despite the murder of their lead singer, Sergio Gomez, who was killed Dec. 2 in the latest in a string of slayings of Mexican musicians.
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Law and Order and Dirty Dancing actor Jerry Orbach dies of prostate cancer at the age of 69.