Elvis' backing singer King dies
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Elvis Presley's backing singer Solomon King, who sang with him in The Jordanaires, dies in the US aged 73
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Legendary rock drummer and Hall of Fame inductee Jim Capaldi died on Friday after a brief fight with stomach cancer, his publicist said.
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Opera singer Jerry Hadley died Wednesday, just over a week after he was severely injured in an apparent suicide attempt, a family spokeswoman said.
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Comedian Johnny Carson, the king of  U.S. late-night television as host of NBC's "The Tonight Show"  for nearly 30 years -- and the last face millions of Americans  saw before drifting off to sleep -- died on Sunday at age 79.
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The late rock 'n' roll pioneer Ike Turner died of a cocaine overdose, the San Diego County medical examiner said on Wednesday.
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Country music star Skeeter Davis dies of cancer aged 72. Plus more entertainment news in brief.
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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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Elvis Presley beats JRR Tolkien and John Lennon to be named the highest-earning dead celebrity.
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US soul legend Ike Turner, former husband and musical partner of Tina Turner, dies at the age of 76.
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The man famed for saying "Elvis has left the building" dies in a crash after leaving an Elvis convention.
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Bob King, the architect of New Mexico basketball who never had a losing season while coaching the Lobos for 10 seasons, died Friday at 81.
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Frankie Laine, who had a string of hit songs in the 1950s, dies in California at age 93
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Johnny Ramone, the lead guitarist  with influential U.S. punk rock band the Ramones, died on  Wednesday after a five-year battle with prostate cancer, a  long-time associate told Reuters.
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Talksport radio phone-in host Mike Dickin, known to listeners as "The King", dies after a road accident in Cornwall.
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The funeral of singer Solomon King, who recorded She Wears My Ring, is to be held in Oklahoma on Monday.
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Al Dvorin, 81, was killed in a car crash on the way home from an Elvis convention in California, according to the BBC. He was in a car driven by longtime Elvis photographer Ed Bonja.
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Hank Garland, the guitarist whose career included work with Elvis Presley, the Everly Brothers, Roy Orbison and Patsy Cline, has died.