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Charles Osgood who anchored of CBS's <em>Sunday Morning</em> for more than two decades and was host of the long-running radio program <em>The Osgood File,</em> and was referred to as CBS News' poet-in-residence, has died. He was 91.

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Charles Osgood, longtime CBS host on TV and radio, has died at 91

Osgood, who anchored CBS Sunday Morning for more than two decades and hosted the long-running radio program The Osgood File, died Tuesday home in New Jersey. The cause was dementia, his family said.

January 24, 2024
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Norman Jewison, shown here on the set of 1987's <em>Moonstruck</em>, was born in Toronto and served in the Canadian navy during World War II.

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'Fiddler on the Roof' director Norman Jewison dies at 97

Jewison also directed the romantic comedy Moonstruck and 1967 race drama In the Heat of the Night, which critic Leonard Maltin says "caught lightning in a bottle."

January 22, 2024
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  • Fred Wasser
Dexter King, son of the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., listens to arguments in the State Court of Criminal Appeals in Jackson, Tenn., Friday, Aug. 29, 1997, to determine whether two Memphis judges overstepped their authority surrounding the investigation of the King assassination. The King Center in Atlanta said the 62-year-old died Monday at his California home.

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Dexter Scott King, son of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., has died of cancer at 62

The third of four King children, the 62-year-old died from prostate cancer at his home in Malibu, Calif., according to the King Center, where he served as chairman.

January 22, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Three members of the Shangri-Las are seen on a visit to London in 1964, with Mary Weiss pictured in between twins Marge and Mary Anne Ganser.

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Mary Weiss, lead singer of The Shangri-Las, has died

With the 1960s pop girl group, Weiss found fame as a 15-year-old. She died on Friday, according to her husband.

January 22, 2024
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  • Emma Bowman
Jack Burke Jr. is helped by Cary Middlecoff as he puts on the traditional coat after winning the 20th Masters Golf Tournament at the Augusta National Golf Course in Augusta, Ga., on April 8, 1956. Burke, the oldest living Masters champion, died Friday in Houston. He was 100.

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Jack Burke Jr., who was the oldest living Masters champion, dies at age 100

In 1956, Burke staged the greatest comeback ever at Augusta National. He was a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame, won the PGA Championship and was equally skilled as a teacher.

January 19, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Golden State Warriors assistant coach Dejan Milojević smiles during an NBA preseason basketball game against the Denver Nuggets San Francisco, Friday, Oct. 14, 2022.

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Dejan Milojević, the Golden State Warriors assistant coach, has died at 46

Milojević was in his third season with the Warriors. He was a head coach in his native Serbia for eight years and won three MVPs in the Adriatic Basketball Association as a player.

January 18, 2024
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  • Ayana Archie
Joyce Randolph, who played Trixie on the TV series <em>The Honeymooners</em>, on Nov. 24, 1990, in New York. Randolph has died at age 99.

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'The Honeymooners' actor Joyce Randolph dies at 99

The veteran stage and television actor's role as the savvy Trixie Norton on The Honeymooners provided the perfect foil to her dimwitted TV husband.

January 14, 2024
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<em>Washington Post</em> columnist, Tom Shales, pictured in 2002, died at age 79.

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Tom Shales, longtime TV critic, dies at 79

Shales, who spent almost 40 years with The Washington Post, was known for his informative and snarky commentary on a wide range of TV programs, networks and personalities.

January 13, 2024
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  • Emma Bowman
Amalija Knavs, mother of first lady Melania Trump, walks on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, June 18, 2017. Knavs has died, according to an announcement by Trump late Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024.

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Former first lady Melania Trump's mother has died

Trump described her mother, Amalija Knavs, as strong and graceful in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. Knavs, a native of Slovenia, became a U.S. citizen in 2018.

January 10, 2024
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  • Ayana Archie
Sinéad O'Connor died of natural causes according to a coroner's statement. She's pictured above performing in Vancouver, Canada in the late 1980s.

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Sinéad O'Connor died of natural causes, coroner says

The Irish singer died on July 26, 2023, at the age of 56. A tribute concert for O'Connor and Irish artist Shane MacGowan is planned for March in New York.

January 09, 2024
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  • Elizabeth Blair
RIP Earnest Jackson

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Farewell to Earnest Jackson, the iconic voice behind Planet Money's 'Inflation' song

The singer and songwriter behind Planet Money's "Inflation" song has passed away.

January 09, 2024
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  • Greg Rosalsky

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Remembrance done right: How TCM has perfected the 'in memoriam' montage

TCM Remembers is an annual tribute to the film industry's dearly departed. Somehow, these videos manage to strike just the right balance between sentimentality, fond remembrance and aesthetics.

January 06, 2024
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  • Aisha Harris
David Soul is photographed at an event in Los Angeles on Dec. 6, 1983. Soul, who hit fame as blond half of crime-fighting duo "Starsky and Hutch" in a popular 1970s television series, has died at age 80.

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David Soul, of TV's 'Starsky and Hutch,' dies at 80

Soul was a 1970s heartthrob who co-starred as the blond half of the crime-fighting duo "Starsky & Hutch" and topped the music charts with the ballad "Don't Give Up on Us."

January 05, 2024
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Les McCann performs at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1974.

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Les McCann, jazz pianist with a soulful holler, dies at 88

An impromptu jam of "Compared to What" gave McCann a career-defining moment at the 1969 Montreux Jazz Festival.

January 03, 2024
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  • Nate Chinen
British actor Alex Cox, Mexican actress Blanca Guerra and Ana Ofelia Murguía (center), Mexican film director Arturo Ripstein and Mexican actress Patricia Reyes Spíndola pose as part of the 47th Cannes Film Festival in 1994. Murguía died Sunday.

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Acclaimed Mexican actor Ana Ofelia Murguía, voice of Mama Coco, dead at 90

Murguía was a lauded actor with a decades-long career in film, television and theater. She's best known in the U.S. for voicing the elderly matriarch in Coco.

January 02, 2024
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