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Betty Davis, hard funk pioneer, dead at 77

The Associated Press
Feb 09, 2022 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Betty Davis, a bold and pioneering funk singer, model and songwriter of the 1960s and '~70s who was credited with inspiring then-husband Miles Davis' lan...
Former major leaguer Jeremy Giambi dies in California at 47

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER
Feb 09, 2022 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jeremy Giambi, a former major league outfielder and first baseman, died Wednesday at his parents' home in Southern California, police and his agent sa...
Longtime Jacksonville State baseball coach Rudy Abbott dies

The Associated Press
Feb 09, 2022 6:00 am - JACKSONVILLE, Ala. (AP) - Longtime Jacksonville State baseball coach Rudy Abbott, has passed away. He was 81. The school said Abbott died on Wednesday morning after bein...
Pioneer in electronic and electro-acoustic music dies

By LISA RATHKE
Feb 09, 2022 6:00 am - A composer, professor and pioneer in electronic and electro-acoustic music, who helped develop the Synclavier, an early digital synthesizer, has died. Jon Appleton died ...
'2001,' 'Blade Runner' effects pioneer Douglas Trumbull dies

By LINDSEY BAHR
Feb 08, 2022 6:00 am - Douglas Trumbull, a visual effects master who showed movie audiences indelible images of the future and of space in films like 'œ2001: A Space Odyssey,'ť 'œClose Encount...
John Vinocur, Paris-based columnist and editor, dies at 81

By JOHN DANISZEWSKI
Feb 08, 2022 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - John Vinocur, a much-respected foreign correspondent for The New York Times and The Associated Press and later executive editor and columnist at the Inte...
Former Rutgers AD, NJSEA president Robert Mulcahy dies at 85

The Associated Press
Feb 08, 2022 6:00 am - MORRISTOWN, N.J. (AP) - Robert E. Mulcahy, a longtime New Jersey official who served as athletics director for the state's flagship university and held many high-ranking...
Shirley Cuban, mother of Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, dies

The Associated Press
Feb 07, 2022 6:00 am - DALLAS (AP) - Shirley Cuban, the mother of Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, has died, her son Brian Cuban said. She was 84. Cuban died Friday in the suburban Pittsburg...
Syl Johnson, Chicago soul and blues artist, dies at 85

By SOPHIA TAREEN
Feb 06, 2022 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Syl Johnson, a Chicago soul singer and blues artist whose work was sampled by top hip-hop artists, has died at age 85, his family said Sunday. "A fiery, ...
Lata Mangeshkar, legendary Indian singer, dies at 92

By SHEIKH SAALIQ
Feb 06, 2022 6:00 am - NEW DELHI (AP) - Lata Mangeshkar, a legendary Indian singer with a prolific, groundbreaking catalog and a voice recognized by more than a billion people in South Asia, h...

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