Sekou Sundiata Dies at 58; Performer of Text and Sound
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Mr. Sundiata was a poet and performance artist whose work explored slavery, subjugation and the tension between personal and national identity.
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Sembene Ousmane, the father of Senegalese cinema and one of the pioneers of the art in Africa, died at his home over the weekend after a long illness. He was 84.
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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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John Peel the most influential and widely respected DJ of several generations of music fans died suddenly after a heart attack on Monday, while on holiday with his family in Peru.
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Jacques Derrida, one of France's best-known philosophers and the founder of the deconstructionist school, has died of cancer at the age of 74, his entourage said.
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Carl Wayne, the lead singer of influential 1960s pop group the Move, dies at the age of 61 after battling cancer.
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Renata Tebaldi, an Italian soprano who was one of the biggest stars at New York's Metropolitan Opera and Italy's La Scala, died Sunday. She was 82.
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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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Italian opera singer Renata Tebaldi, who was a great rival to Maria Callas, dies in San Marino aged 82.
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Legendary Italian tenor Luciano  Pavarotti, who brought opera to the masses, died on Thursday  after a battle with cancer. He was 71.
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Radio DJ John Peel, one of the key figures in British rock music over the past 35 years, who championed virtually every important act of that period on his long-running show, has died after a heart attack, the BBC announced.
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This past Saturday (November 13th), the rapper known as Olâ Dirty Bastard died after collapsing in a New York recording studio. Just 35-years-old, the cause of death is at this time unknown, but earlier
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Singer and author died at his London home, aged 80.
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The Philippine film legend who came close to defeating Gloria Arroyo in the presidential race in May died early today after suffering a stroke.
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Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti dies at the age of 71 after a year-long battle with pancreatic cancer.
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Frankie Laine, the big-voiced singer whose string of hits made him one of the most popular entertainers of the 1950s, died Tuesday. He was 93.
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LOS ANGELES  - Scott Muni, one of the  legendary voices of New York radio, died Tuesday. He was 74.