Songwriter Billy Davis Dies at 76
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Songwriter Billy Davis, who wrote  a number of R&B hits and was part of the creative team behind a  landmark campaign for Coca-Cola, has died.
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LOS ANGELES Billionaire Marvin Davis, former owner of 20th Century Fox studios, the Pebble Beach Company and the Beverly Hills Hotel, died today at his home in Beverly Hills.
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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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Rhythm and blues singer Bill Pinkney, the last surviving member of The Drifters, was found dead in his hotel just hours before he was due to perform in a July 4 celebration, police said on Thursday.
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Actor Ossie Davis, whose career included credits as a producer, director, actor and writer, dies aged 87.
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Composer Elmer Bernstein, 82, who died of undisclosed causes Aug. 18 at his home in Ojai, Calif., wrote music for more than 200 movies.
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NASHVILLE (Billboard) - The Grand Ole Opry lost one of its  most unique members with the Sept. 19 passing of Skeeter Davis.
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Even in death, the fascination with  Miles Davis&#39; music continues with listeners across generations  and musical styles.
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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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Country music singer and songwriter Roy Drusky, a member of the Grand Ole Opry for 46 years, has died after a lengthy battle with emphysema, the Highland Manor Nursing Home said on Friday.
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LOS ANGELES: Academy Award-winning composer Elmer Bernstein, who penned scores for blockbusters ranging from To Kill a Mockingbird and The Magnificent Seven to Ghostbusters has died at the age of 82.
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THE legendary country music guitarist Hank Garland, who recorded with Elvis Presley, Patsy Cline and Roy Orbison, has died in Florida, US media reported today.
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Country music star Skeeter Davis dies of cancer aged 72. Plus more entertainment news in brief.
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Playbill - Griffith Jones, the British actor whose long-lived career included two Noel Coward premieres and a quarter century at the Royal Shakespeare Company, died Jan. 30 at the age of 96.
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At a screening Monday of a documentary on Malcolm X to commemorate the 40th anniversary of his death, the late actor Ossie Davis was eulogized as an inspiration for both the artistic and civil rights communities.
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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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Jimmy Griffin, an Academy Award-winning songwriter and former guitarist for the 1970s pop group Bread, died Tuesday in Nashville of complications from cancer. He was 61.