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News Articles: Obituaries

Len Goodman attends a "Dancing with the Stars" event in November 2019 in Los Angeles. He died on Saturday, less than a year after retiring from the show.

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Ballroom dancer and longtime 'Dancing With The Stars' judge Len Goodman dies at 78

Goodman rose to fame in his 60s as a judge on Dancing with the Stars and Britain's Strictly Come Dancing. He's being remembered for his wit, integrity and distinctive feedback.

April 24, 2023
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  • Rachel Treisman
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Dame Edna creator Barry Humphries dies at age 89

The Tony Award-winning comedian was internationally renowned for his garish stage persona Dame Edna Everage, a condescending snob whose evolving character delighted audiences over seven decades.

April 22, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
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Charles Stanley, whose Christian broadcasts spanned the world, dies at 90

His "In Touch with Dr. Charles Stanley," a Christian teaching program, first aired on the Christian Broadcasting Network in 1978. He was senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Atlanta for 50 years.

April 19, 2023
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Rachel Pollack authored more than 40 books across several genres, and helped transform tarot into a contemporary practice.

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Writer Rachel Pollack, who reimagined the practice of tarot, dies at 77

The science fiction and comic book writer helped make reading tarot cards part of a contemporary spiritual practice. She authored more than 40 books across several genres.

April 19, 2023
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  • Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong
Ahmad Jamal, pictured in 2016.

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Ahmad Jamal, measured maestro of the jazz piano, dies at 92

The pianist's 1958 recording At The Pershing: But Not For Me spent 108 weeks on the Billboard album chart.

April 17, 2023
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  • Martin Johnson
Designer Mary Quant, one of the leading lights of the British fashion scene in the 1960s, having her hair cut by Vidal Sassoon in 1964.

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Mary Quant, fashion designer who styled the Swinging Sixties, dies at 93

Quant made playful clothes for young modern women they could wear to work and "run to the bus in." Her London shop was an epicenter of youth culture that popularized hot pants and miniskirts.

April 13, 2023
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  • Neda Ulaby
Carolyn Long Banks

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Carolyn Long Banks, the first Black woman on Atlanta City Council, dies at 82

Banks was an acclaimed civil rights activist and a well-known political leader. She was elected to the council in 1980.

April 13, 2023
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  • GPB News Staff
Lasse Wellander performs on stage with ABBA at the Wembley Arena in London in 1979.

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Lasse Wellander, longtime ABBA guitarist, has died at 70

Lasse Wellander, lead guitarist for the band ABBA, died Friday at the age of 70.

April 11, 2023
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  • Barry Gordemer
<em>Mad Magazine</em> cartoonist Al Jaffee attends an event to honor veteran contributors to the magazine at the Savannah College of Art and Design and the National Cartoonists Society on Oct. 11, 2011, in Savannah, Ga. Jaffee died Monday at the age of 102.

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Al Jaffee, longtime 'Mad Magazine' cartoonist, dies at 102

Mad Magazine's ageless wise guy delighted millions of readers with the sneaky fun of the Fold-In and the snark of "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions." Al Jaffee had retired at age 99.

April 10, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Benjamin Ferencz, Romanian-born American lawyer and chief prosecutor of the Nuremberg war crimes trials, speaks during an opening ceremony for the exhibition commemorating the Nuremberg war crimes trials in Nuremberg, Germany, on Nov. 21, 2010.

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Ben Ferencz, the last living Nuremberg prosecutor of Nazis, has died at 103

Ben Ferencz tried Nazis for genocidal war crimes and was among the first outside witnesses to document the atrocities of Nazi labor and concentration camps.

April 09, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Coolio performs at Groovin The Moo in 2019 in Australia.

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Coolio died of an accidental fentanyl overdose, coroner's report shows

Coolio died on Sept. 28, 2022, at a friend's home in Los Angeles. The 59-year-old rapper's cause of death was unknown at the time.

April 07, 2023
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  • Kaitlyn Radde
Director Steven Spielberg, camera operator Michael Chapman and cinematographer Bill Butler on the set of the Universal Pictures production of 'Jaws' in 1975.

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Bill Butler, 'Jaws' cinematographer, dies at 101

The Oscar-nominee's work also includes One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Grease, and The Conversation.

April 06, 2023
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  • Mandalit del Barco
Klaus Teuber, a dental technician from Darmstadt, presents his game The Settlers of Catan on Sept. 29, 1995, in Frankfurt, Germany.

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Klaus Teuber, Catan board game creator, dies at 70

Teuber created the hugely popular game in which players compete to build settlements on a fictional island. Since its 1995 debut, it has sold tens of millions of copies in more than 40 languages.

April 05, 2023
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  • Neda Ulaby
GPB  NPR

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Remembering music mogul Seymour Stein, dead at 80

Music mogul Seymour Stein died Sunday at the age of 80. As the head of Sire Records, he signed genre-defining artists like Madonna, Ice-T, the Ramones and Talking Heads.

April 04, 2023
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  • Phil Harrell
Kwame Brathwaite, Self-portrait, African Jazz-Art Society & Studios (AJASS), Harlem, ca. 1964; from Kwame Brathwaite: Black Is Beautiful (Aperture, 2019)

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'Black is Beautiful' photographer Kwame Brathwaite has died at 85

Kwame Brathwaite spent some six decades chronicling Black life, culture and activism. He's credited with helping found the "Black is Beautiful" movement.

April 04, 2023
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  • Elizabeth Blair
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