When Icons Die Young
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Heath Ledger passed away only Tuesday, but his transformation is already under way, from acclaimed actor to most-searched Internet term, from film star to cultural touchstone.
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About 100 family and friends have remembered actor Christopher Reeve at a private ceremony at his New York home. Reeve, who became paralysed after a riding accident in 1995, died of heart failure in hospital in New York on Sunday, at the age of 52.
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His movies weren't exactly works of art, but for the fans there was something magical about Elvis Presley on the big screen, dancing and flirting with one starlet after another. Presley has been dead nearly 30 years, but many of his on-screen girlfriends are still around &#151; and they're still ready for their close-ups.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - When a famous band loses a crucial  member, should it replace that person? And is it a good idea to  do so on TV?
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The passing of a fashion entrepreneur
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In her life, Rosa Parks was a civil rights symbol. In her death she has become a marketing phenomenon.
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The price of fame and imminent fortune can be heavy for the yong Brazilians who brighten soccer the world over. To weeks ago, Serginho, a 30 year old SÃ£o Caetano player died on the field during a match against SÃ£o Paulo.
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The Feb. 6 death of legendary singer/songwriter and artist manager Merle Kilgore draws the curtain on one of Music Row's most popular figures.
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A line of children looking like angels  ended Gianfranco Ferre&#39;s menswear show on Sunday to a standing  ovation, just a week after the Italian designer died at the age  of 62 after a brain haemorrhage.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - The album's obituary was written prematurely, a point made quite clear by the arrivals of new ones by Kanye West, 50 Cent and Kenny Chesney.
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On the eve of a comeback, one of rap&#39;s most colorful characters, Ol&#39; Dirty Bastard, aka Russell Jones, collapsed and died this afternoon in a Manhattan recording studio.
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EMLYN Hughes. Arguably the greatest player ever to wear a Liverpool shirt, died yesterday from a brain tumour. He had been battling the illness for the last 15 months.
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Even in the afterlife, some celebrities remain big-time moneymakers. Elvis Presley, Albert Einstein, Kurt Cobain, Andy Warhol and Marilyn Monroe continue to earn enviable incomes from the grave, according to Forbes magazine.
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For a video game legend, Wednesday's release of 'Pac Man Championship Edition' for Xbox 360 will mark the end of a nearly three-decade career for one of gaming's most illustrious developers.
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Pop culture icon, monster with a message,  reminder of bygone days.
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The official story goes like this: On the last night of Jim Morrison's life, the rocker went to a movie in Paris, listened to records, fell ill and died of heart failure in his bathtub at the age of 27.
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Lenny Bruce was broke when he died of a drug overdose in 1966, but the incendiary, profane comedian left a rich legacy that included a string of obscenity arrests, a durable comedic influence and a vast archive of tapes.