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The Smiths
Success

Andy Rourke, bassist for massively influential ’80s band The Smiths, dead of pancreatic cancer at 59

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May 19, 2023
Sam Zell, elfin figure who became a billionaire ‘dancing on the skeletons of other people’s mistakes,’ dies at 81
Finance

Sam Zell, elfin figure who became a billionaire ‘dancing on the skeletons of other people’s mistakes,’ dies at 81

By Patrick Oster and Bloomberg
May 18, 2023
Doyle Brunson
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Doyle ‘Texas Dolly’ Brunson, the ‘Godfather of Poker’ who won 10 World Series tournaments, dies at 89

By Mark Anderson and The Associated Press
May 15, 2023
Newton Minow, Barack Obama
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Newton Minow, the 1960s FCC chief who eventually introduced Barack and Michelle Obama, dies at 97

By Tammy Webber and The Associated Press
May 7, 2023
Legendary Canadian folk singer Gordon Lightfoot dies at 84
Lifestyle

Legendary Canadian folk singer Gordon Lightfoot dies at 84

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May 2, 2023
Remembering Harry Belafonte, the trailblazing singer, actor, and civil rights icon
Newsletters

Remembering Harry Belafonte, the trailblazing singer, actor, and civil rights icon

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April 28, 2023
Jerry Springer
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Jerry Springer, icon of trashy 1990s television, dies at 79

By Dan Sewell and The Associated Press
April 27, 2023
Legendary entertainer and civil rights icon Harry Belafonte dies at 96
Lifestyle

Legendary entertainer and civil rights icon Harry Belafonte dies at 96

By Hillel Italie and The Associated Press
April 25, 2023
Mary Quant
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Mary Quant, the Swinging ’60s London designer who may have invented the miniskirt, dies at 93

By Danica Kirka, Jill Lawless and The Associated Press
April 13, 2023
Al Jaffee
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Al Jaffee, the defining cartoonist who retired from Mad magazine at 99, dies in Manhattan at 102

By Hillel Italie and The Associated Press
April 11, 2023
Klaus Teuber
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Klaus Teuber, the former dental technician who created the Catan board game phenomenon in his basement, dies at 70

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April 4, 2023
Seymour Stein
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Seymour Stein, the record executive who signed Madonna, The Smiths and The Replacements, dies at 80

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April 3, 2023
Gordon Moore
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How Gordon Moore invented ‘Moore’s Law’ 3 years before co-founding Intel: ‘It’s what made Silicon Valley’

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March 25, 2023
Darcelle
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Darcelle, Guinness record holder as world’s oldest working drag queen, dies in Portland at 92

By Claire Rush and The Associated Press
March 24, 2023
Arby’s co-founder Leroy Raffel dies at 96
Retail

Arby’s co-founder Leroy Raffel dies at 96

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March 24, 2023

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