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Guitarist, singer Lonnie Mack dies at age 74 in Tennessee

The Associated Press
Apr 22, 2016 7:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Guitarist and singer Lonnie Mack, whose instrumental recordings influenced guitar players including Stevie Ray Vaughan, has died in Nashville, Te...
Prince and sports: Music in blood, basketball in his heart

By DAVE CAMPBELL
Apr 22, 2016 7:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Prince had music in his blood. Basketball was in his heart. "I really believe that was his first love," said Al Nuness, his coach at Minneapolis Centr...
A synthesizer of sounds, Prince 'rewrote the rulebook'

By HILLEL ITALIE, NEKESA MUMBI MOODY and JEFF BAENEN
Apr 22, 2016 7:00 am - CHANHASSEN, Minn. (AP) - Prince could play guitar like Carlos Santana or Jimi Hendrix, sing like James Brown, turn out pop melodies worthy of Motown or lay down the deep...
Publicist: Pop superstar Prince dies at his Minnesota home

By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY, HILLEL ITALIE and JEFF BAENEN
Apr 21, 2016 7:00 am - CHANHASSEN, Minn. (AP) - Prince, one of the most inventive and influential musicians of modern times with hits including "Little Red Corvette," ''Let's Go Crazy" and "Wh...
A day with Prince at Paisley Park

By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY
Apr 21, 2016 7:00 am - CHANHASSEN, Minn. (AP) - In September 2014, Associated Press Global Entertainment Editor Nekesa Mumbi Moody spent a day with Prince at Paisley Park. The following story ...
Prince, hugely inventive, influential musician, dead at 57

By HILLEL ITALIE, NEKESA MUMBI MOODY and JEFF BAENEN
Apr 21, 2016 7:00 am - CHANHASSEN, Minn. (AP) - Prince could play guitar like Carlos Santana or Jimi Hendrix, sing like James Brown, turn out pop melodies worthy of Motown or lay down the deep...
A Prince on screen, from 'Purple Rain' to 'Graffiti Bridge'

By SANDY COHEN
Apr 21, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Flamboyant, expressive and larger than life despite his diminutive stature, Prince fit perfectly in Hollywood. He won an Oscar, starred in a big-scree...
Former Syracuse star Pearl Washington dies at 52

The Associated Press
Apr 21, 2016 7:00 am - SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - There was a gleam that shone through the sorrowful tears in Jim Boeheim's eyes as he recalled the first time he saw Pearl Washington play. It was W...
Guy Hamilton, director of 4 big James Bond films, dead at 93

By ALAN CLENDENNING
Apr 21, 2016 7:00 am - MADRID (AP) - Movie director Guy Hamilton, who directed four hugely popular James Bond films and raised the profile of the Bond movie brand through his work with actors ...
Oprah, Mick Jagger among celebs to react to Prince's death

By The Associated Press
Apr 21, 2016 7:00 am - Musicians, actors and other celebrities react to the death Thursday of music great Prince via interviews, statements and social media: ___ "Prince, the doves really are ...

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