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Joey Covington, Hot Tuna and Jefferson Airplane Drummer, Dead at 67

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Posted 2 weeks ago by eviltwins

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Joey Covington, Hot Tuna and Jefferson Airplane Drummer, Dead at 67

by Michael GallucciJune 5, 2013 3:23 PM

Joey Covington, who helped to create Hot Tuna and played drums in Jefferson Airplane for a few years, has died at the age of 67. He passed away on June 4 following a car crash in Palm Springs.

According to news reports, Covington’s sedan “slammed ...

Chicago blues musician Piano C. Red dies

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Posted 2 weeks ago by vlad1369

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CHICAGO (AP) -- Chicago blues piano player Piano C. Red, who performed with Muddy Waters, B.B King, Fats Domino and Buddy Guy before being paralyzed in 2006, has died.

Red's son, James Britton, confirmed Tuesday that his 79-year-old father died Monday. He says his father's health had been deteriorating since the shooting that paralyzed him. Red was shot during a robbery.

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Ga. jazz musician killed in car crash

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Posted 2 weeks ago by vlad1369

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SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) -- Musician Ben Tucker performed with stars from Quincy Jones to Peggy Lee before he settled in the 1970s in Savannah, where the jazz bassist became one of the city's best-known working musicians.

He was killed in a car crash Tuesday at age 82.

Tucker was driving a golf cart across a road on Hutchinson Island when a car slammed into him at high speed, said ...

David 'Deacon' Jones dies at age 74

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Posted 2 weeks ago by vlad1369

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David ''Deacon'' Jones, the original sackmaster, has died.

The Hall of Fame defensive end credited with terming the word sack for how he knocked down quarterbacks, was 74. The Washington Redskins said that Jones died of natural causes at his home in Southern California on Monday night.

''Deacon Jones was one of the greatest players in NFL history. Off the ...

Related Links: Warren Beatty, Deacon Jones, Heaven Can Wait (1978)

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Police: NY-born Bollywood starlet found dead by mother

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Posted 2 weeks ago by vlad1369

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MUMBAI - Bollywood actress Jiah Khan was found dead at her home in Mumbai in an apparent suicide, police said on Tuesday.

Khan, 25, was found hanged in her room on Monday night by her mother, a Mumbai police official said.

Khan made her Bollywood debut in 2007 with Ram Gopal Varma's "Nishabd," playing the 18-year-old female lead opposite one of India's leading ...

Related Links: Amitabh Bachchan, Ram Gopal Varma, Jiah Khan, Ghajini (2008), Nishabd (2007), Housefull (2010)

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Storm Chasers' Tim Samaras Dead

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Posted 2 weeks ago by eviltwins

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Storm Chasers' Tim Samaras Dead: Discovery Channel Star Dies in Oklahoma Tornado

Celebrity News June 2, 2013 AT 12:30PM By Allison Takeda

Storm Chasers star Tim Samaras was among nine people killed in the storms that struck Oklahoma on Friday, May 31, CNN reports, citing relatives. He was 55 years old.

The Discovery Channel personality and his 24-year-old son ...

Pinay mom of Bruno Mars dies

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Posted 2 weeks ago by kitty1119

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Posted at 06/02/2013 7:14 PM | Updated as of 06/02/2013 7:14 PM

MANILA, Philippines -- The Filipino mother of Grammy-winning pop star Bruno Mars has died in Hawaii, a report said on Sunday. She was 55.

The Associated Press, quoting a publicist for Mars' label, Atlantic Records, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to ...

Jean Stapleton Dies at 90

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Posted 3 weeks ago by eviltwins

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Jean Stapleton Dies at 90

By Stephen M. Silverman

06/01/2013 at 05:00 PM EDT

Jean Stapleton, the versatile actress who will forever be remembered for her long-running role as the dim-witted but deep-hearted Edith Bunker on the groundbreaking 1970s sitcom All in the Family, died Friday at her home in New York City, her family confirms.

Stapleton, who was ...

Related Links: Jean Stapleton, Norman Lear, Bells Are Ringing (1960), Cold Turkey (1971), Damn Yankees! (1958), Michael (1996), You've Got Mail (1998), All in the Family (1968), Eleanor, First Lady of the World (1982), Eleanor Roosevelt, Edith Bunker

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Andrew M. Greeley, Outspoken Priest and Writer, Dies at 85

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Posted 3 weeks ago by vlad1369

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Andrew M. Greeley, the Roman Catholic priest and writer whose outpouring of sociological research, contemporary theology, sexually frank novels and newspaper columns challenged reigning assumptions about American Catholicism, was found dead on Thursday morning at his home in Chicago. He was 85.

His niece Laura Durkin confirmed the death, saying he had died overnight in his sleep. She said ...

The Dells singer Marvin Junior dies

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Posted 3 weeks ago by vlad1369

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The Dells lead singer Marvin Junior has died at age 77.

The star, best known for the group's hit song "Oh, What a Night," passed away at his home in Harvey, Ill., on Wednesday after suffering kidney failure. The news was confirmed by his son, Marvin Junior Jr.

Junior was among a group of high school friends who formed the doo-wop band in 1952 under the name the El-Rays ...