Ruth Wallis, Singer-Writer of RisquÃ© Songs, Dies at 87
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Ruth Wallis was a cabaret singer of the 1940s, â50s and â60s who was known as the Queen of the Party Song for the genteelly risquÃ©.
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Beverly Sills, the world-renowned  soprano who became the most popular opera singer in America in  modern times, died on Monday evening in New York from  inoperable lung cancer, her manager said.
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Singer Laura Branigan, best known for her 1982 hit &quot;Gloria,&quot; died Thursday at her East Quogue, NY, home of a brain aneurysm.
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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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Betty Comden, whose more than 60-year collaboration with Adolph Green produced the classic New York stage musical "On the Town," as well as "Singin' in the Rain," has died. She was 89.
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British jazz singer and author George Melly died on Thursday at the age of 80, his wife Diana said in a statement.
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A hit 1960s songwriter was wrongly reported dead after the death of a man who claimed authorship.
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Acclaimed Italian opera singer has died at the age of 82. Her doctor said she died at home in San Marino following a long illness.
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Rocio Jurado, a singer and actress who was a beloved figure in Spain and Latin America over a career spanning more than four decades, died Thursday after a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 61.
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Fred Ebb, the lyricist who wrote Chicago and the classic song New York, New York, dies of a heart attack.
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Aaron Spelling, a onetime movie bit player who created a massive number of hit series, from the vintage &quot;Charlie&#039;s Angels&quot; and &quot;Dynasty&quot; to &quot;Beverly Hills 90210&quot; and &quot;Melrose Place,&quot; died Friday, his publicist said. He was 83.
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The author, best known for the childrenâs classic âA Wrinkle in Time,â died Thursday at 88.
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Singer and author died at his London home, aged 80.
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PETER CAVE: The world-renowned Italian soprano, Renata Tebaldi, has died at the age of 82. Stricken with polio at the age of three, she was unable to take part in more strenuous activities, and instead became interested in music.
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US singer Laura Branigan, who had hits with Gloria and Self Control in the 1980s, dies unexpectedly in her sleep.
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NEW YORK - Fred Ebb, who wrote the lyrics for such hit Broadway musicals as "Chicago" and "Cabaret" as well as the big-city anthem "New York, New York," has died of a heart attack.    Ebb died Saturday at his home, said David McKeown, an assistant to composer John Kander, Ebb's longtime collaborator...
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Marly de Oliveira, the Brazilian poet who wrote the award-winning volume "O Mar de Permeio," or "The Sea Between Us," died Friday in Rio de Janeiro. She was 69.