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Former head coach of the Los Angeles Rams John Robinson addresses the media in Los Angeles, Jan. 3, 1992.

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John Robinson, successful football coach at USC and with the LA Rams, has died at 89

John Robinson, the veteran football coach who enjoyed many years of success at the University of Southern California and with the Los Angeles Rams, has died. He was 89.

November 12, 2024
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<a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/11/10/530876080/ella-jenkins-dead-at-100"target="_blank"   ><strong>Read Ella Jenkins' obituary</strong></a>

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Ella Jenkins, the first lady of children's music, has died at 100

Jenkins, whose signature tune was "You'll Sing A Song," received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and was known worldwide for her call-and-response songs.

November 11, 2024
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  • Andrew Limbong
Actor Tony Todd in 2011.

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'Candyman' star Tony Todd dies at 69

The versatile actor had hundreds of screen credits to his name, including Platoon, The Rock and Final Destination.

November 09, 2024
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  • Chloe Veltman
A screenshot of Elwood Edwards from an interview with AOL where he spoke about how he became the iconic voice behind the company's email alerts.

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Elwood Edwards, the voice of AOL's 'You've got mail' alert, dies at 74

Edwards recorded the iconic AOL lines at home with a cassette recorder for $200. Little did he know, he would become the voice that welcomed millions of people to the world of email.

November 08, 2024
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  • Juliana Kim
Home Depot co-founder and then-CEO Bernie Marcus poses for a portrait at a store in 1998.

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Bernie Marcus, Home Depot co-founder who pledged to give away his billions, has died

A man of second acts, Marcus started Home Depot after getting fired from another retailer. He then became a philanthropist, a Republican megadonor and an evangelist of capitalism.

November 06, 2024
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  • Alina Selyukh
<a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/11/04/834546599/quincy-jones-pop-mastermind-thriller-producer-dies"target="_blank"   ><strong>Read Quincy Jones' obituary</strong></a>

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Quincy Jones, pop mastermind and 'Thriller' producer, dies At 91

The production wizard behind Michael Jackson's Thriller won 28 Grammy awards during a career that spanned more than 70 years as a performer, songwriter, producer and music executive.

November 04, 2024
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  • Stephen Thompson
Teri Garr speaks at the 15th Annual Race to Erase MS event  on May 2, 2008 in Los Angeles, Calif.

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Teri Garr, actor, comedian and multiple sclerosis ambassador, dies at 79

Garr's breakout role was as sexy Inga in Young Frankenstein. She earned an Oscar nomination for her role in the 1982 film Tootsie, and played Phoebe's mom on the sitcom Friends.

October 30, 2024
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  • Tanya Ballard Brown
Ka performs during the 2014 Pitchfork Music Festival at Chicago's Union Park on July 19, 2014.

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The book of Ka

The Brooklyn MC, who died this month at 52, rapped from an intense commitment to writing as a form, and a DIY ethic that put him in charge of every aspect of his business.

October 28, 2024
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  • Sheldon Pearce
Phil Lesh of The Grateful Dead, seen here in 2005, died Friday at the age of 84.

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The Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh dies at 84

Lesh, an original member of America's preeminent jam band, died Friday morning.

October 25, 2024
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
Jack Jones, left, appears with former cast members of <em>The Love Boat</em> in 2015.

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Grammy-winning crooner Jack Jones, known for singing 'The Love Boat' theme, dies at 86

Jones, who began his singing career in the 1950s and was a frequent guest on the popular romantic comedy TV show, died after a battle with leukemia.

October 25, 2024
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Houston County Sheriff Cullen Talton talks about his years as sheriff in this Telegraph file photo. Jason Vorhees The Telegraph

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Funeral plans for Houston County’s Cullen Talton, the nation’s longest serving sheriff

A funeral celebrating the life of Houston County Sheriff Cullen Talton, a self-made lawman who became the nation’s longest serving sheriff, will be Wednesday at Southside Baptist Church in Warner Robins.

October 22, 2024
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  • Becky Purser
Dr. Philip Zimbardo attends the "The Stanford Prison Experiment" premiere on July 15, 2015, in New York.

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Stanford psychologist behind the controversial 'Stanford Prison Experiment' dies at 91

Philip G. Zimbardo, the psychologist behind the controversial experiment that was intended to examine the psychological experiences of imprisonment, has died.

October 20, 2024
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Liam Payne, seen here at the 2023 premiere of the film <em>All of These Voices</em>, a documentary about his One Direction band mate Louis Tomlinson.

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Liam Payne, former member of One Direction, dies at 31

Payne, who came to fame as a teen in the massively popular British boy band One Direction, died in Buenos Aires after falling from his hotel balcony, according to a statement by local officials.

October 17, 2024
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
Actress Mitzi Gaynor poses in her apartment in Beverly Hills, Calif., on May 26, 2021. Gaynor, among the last survivors of the so-called golden age of the Hollywood musical, died of natural causes in Los Angeles on Thursday. She was 93.

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Mitzi Gaynor, star of the big-screen musical ‘South Pacific,’ dies at 93

Mitzi Gaynor, the effervescent dancer and actor, starred as Nellie Forbush in the 1958 film of "South Pacific" and appeared in other musicals with Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly.

October 17, 2024
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President Barack Obama stands with Lilly Ledbetter before signing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act during an event in the East Room of the White House on Jan. 29, 2009.

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Lilly Ledbetter, the activist who inspired Fair Pay Act, dies at 86

Lilly Ledbetter, a supervisor at a Goodyear tire plant in Alabama, discovered she was receiving less pay than men who worked the same position. Her case led to a monumental law on pay equity.

October 15, 2024
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