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Tower of Power former lead singer Rick Stevens dies at 77

The Associated Press
Sep 05, 2017 7:00 am - OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Rick Stevens, the former lead singer of Oakland's Tower of Power rhythm and blues band who spent 36 years in prison, has died. He was 77. KTVU-TV ...
Leader of team that created McGruff the Crime Dog dies

The Associated Press
Sep 05, 2017 7:00 am - WESTMINSTER, Vt. (AP) - John "Jack" Keil, the advertising executive who led the team that created McGruff the Crime Dog and who voiced the character, has died. Keil died...
John Ashbery, celebrated and challenging poet, dies at 90

By HILLEL ITALIE
Sep 04, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - John Ashbery, an enigmatic genius of modern poetry whose energy, daring and boundless command of language raised American verse to brilliant and baffling...
Becker toiled in relative anonymity -- but not to musicians

By DAVID BAUDER
Sep 04, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Virtually unnoticed and certainly not harassed, Walter Becker and his partner in the rock band Steely Dan, Donald Fagen, sat in a booth having lunch in a...
John Ashbery, celebrated and challenging poet, dies at 90

By HILLEL ITALIE
Sep 03, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - John Ashbery, an enigmatic giant of modern poetry whose energy, daring and boundless command of language raised American verse to brilliant and baffling ...
Steely Dan co-founder, guitarist, Walter Becker dies at 67

By LINDSEY BAHR
Sep 03, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - A rock and roll fan with a penchant for harmony and obtuse references, Walter Becker, the guitarist, bassist and co-founder of the 1970s rock group St...
5 notable Steely Dan songs to remember Walter Becker

By The Associated Press
Sep 03, 2017 7:00 am - Steely Dan co-founder, guitarist and bassist Walter Becker died Sunday at the age of 67, leaving an extensive catalog of memorable hits. Here are a few of the band's mos...
Rick Freeman, former editor on AP's sports desk in NY, dies

By NOAH TRISTER
Sep 01, 2017 7:00 am - Rick Freeman, a congenial editor whose sense of humor made him a welcome tone setter in a veteran newsroom during his 15 years with the New York sports department of The...
Shelley Berman, comedian-bard of everyday life, has died

By FRAZIER MOORE
Sep 01, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Comedian Shelley Berman, who won gold records and appeared on top television shows in the 1950s and 1960s delivering wry monologues about the annoyances ...
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor dies of cancer at 85

By GREGORY KATZ and CAROLINE SPIEZIO
Sep 01, 2017 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, the former Roman Catholic archbishop of Westminster in England, died Friday after a battle with cancer. He was 85. The cur...

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