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Rockabilly Hall of Famer Billy Adams dies at 79

By KRISTIN M. HALL
Apr 01, 2019 7:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Rockabilly Hall of Famer Billy Adams, who wrote and recorded the rockabilly staple "Rock, Pretty Mama," has died. He was 79. Adams died Saturday ...
Ken Gibson, first black Northeast major city mayor, dies

The Associated Press
Mar 31, 2019 7:00 am - NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Ken Gibson, who became the first black mayor of a major Northeast city when he ascended to power in riot-torn Newark almost five decades ago, died. H...
Agnes Varda, French New Wave pioneer, dies at 90

By JAKE COYLE and SAMUEL PETREQUIN
Mar 29, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Agnes Varda, the French New Wave pioneer who for decades beguiled, challenged and charmed moviegoers in films that inspired generations of filmmakers, ha...
Motorist hit in face by frozen turkey dies years later at 59

The Associated Press
Mar 28, 2019 7:00 am - LAKE RONKONKOMA, N.Y. (AP) - A New Yorker who urged leniency for the teenager who nearly killed her in 2004 by throwing a frozen turkey through her car windshield has di...
Record-setting balloonist dies after accident in California

The Associated Press
Mar 28, 2019 7:00 am - SAN DIEGO (AP) - A renowned British balloonist and scientist who set 79 world ballooning records died after a balloon-related accident in Southern California, authoritie...
English beat founder 'Ranking Roger' Charlery dies at 56

The Associated Press
Mar 27, 2019 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Musician "Ranking Roger" Charlery, singer with ska band The English Beat, has died at the age of 56. The band says Charlery died Tuesday "peacefully at his...
Russia says pioneering cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky dies at 84

The Associated Press
Mar 27, 2019 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Russia's space agency says pioneering Soviet-era cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky, who made the first of his three flights to space in 1963, has died at age 84. R...
First Olympic women's aerials champ Cheryazova dies at 50

The Associated Press
Mar 25, 2019 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Lina Cheryazova, the first woman to win an Olympic aerials skiing gold medal, has died. She was 50. Officials in the Russian city of Novosibirsk, where Che...
Scott Walker of the Walker Brothers dies at age 76

By GREGORY KATZ
Mar 25, 2019 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Scott Walker, the influential singer, songwriter and producer whose hits with the Walker Brothers in the 1960s included "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore,...
Larry Cohen, director of cult horror films, dies at 77

By JAKE COYLE
Mar 24, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Larry Cohen, the maverick B-movie director of cult horror films "It's Alive" and "God Told Me To," has died. He was 77. Cohen's friend and spokesman, the...

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