Obits
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Elliot Goldman, Longtime Arista Records Executive, Dies at 88
“Elliot Goldman played a substantial role in the history of Arista Records,” label founder and music industry icon Clive Davis says
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Nathan Louis Jackson, Playwright and ‘Luke Cage’ Writer, Dies at 44
The Kansas City, Kansas-based playwright and writer suffered an aortic dissection in 2019
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Robert Klane, ‘Weekend at Bernie’s’ and ‘Thank God It’s Friday’ Filmmaker, Dies at 81
The writer and director reportedly died of kidney failure on Tuesday at his home in Woodland Hills, California
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Steve Harwell, Lead Singer of Smash Mouth, Dies at 56
The frontman of the popular rock band behind “All Star” entered hospice for liver failure over the weekend
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Jimmy Buffett, ‘Margaritaville’ Singer, Dies at 76
The singer-songwriter, along with his Coral Reefer Band, were behind hit songs celebrating island life
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Mohamed Al Fayed, Famed Businessman and Princess Di Associate, Dies at 94
Al Fayed also helped to finance 1981’s Academy Award-winning “Chariots of Fire”
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Nancy Buirski, Documentary Filmmaker and Founder of Full Frame Festival, Dies
Buirski’s most recent film, “Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy” premiered in 2022
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Lupita Nyong’o Honors Chadwick Boseman With Black and White Photo on Anniversary of Death: ‘I Experienced a Singular Pain’
The late “Black Panther” star’s widow and other Hollywood collaborators also commemorate his life three years later
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Arleen Sorkin, Original Voice of DC’s Animated Harley Quinn, Dies at 67
The actress directly inspired the Batman character who would later be played by Margot Robbie, Kaley Cuoco and Lady Gaga
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Bernie Marsden, Guitarist for Whitesnake and Co-Writer of Hit ‘Here I Go Again,’ Dies at 72
The ’80s glam-rock band’s front man David Coverdale says Marsden died Thursday
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Hersha Parady, Actress Known for Playing Alice Garvey on ‘Little House on the Prairie,’ Dies at 78
Her character, a schoolteacher and the wife of Jonathan Garvey (Merlin Olsen), perished while trying to save children from a fire
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Nancy Frangione, ‘Another World’ Actress, Dies at 70
She played villain Cecile DePoulignac on the NBC soap
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David Jacobs, Creator of ‘Knots Landing’ and ‘Dallas,’ Dies at 84
The writer and television producer died of complications from a series of infections
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Ron Cephas Jones, ‘This Is Us’ Emmy Winner, Dies at 66
The veteran actor broke through playing the father to Sterling K. Brown’s Randall Pearson
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Michael Parkinson, Legendary British Broadcaster and Talk Show Host, Dies at 88
Parkinson hosted his self-titled talk show on the BBC and ITV from 1971 to 1982, then again from 1998 to 2007
