Obits
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Bill Withers, ‘Lean On Me’ and ‘Ain’t No Sunshine’ Singer, Dies at 81
’70s star died Monday in Los Angeles of heart complications
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Ed Farmer, Chicago White Sox Radio Broadcaster of Nearly 30 Years, Dies at 70
Former baseball player also played in major league for 11 years
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Adam Schlesinger, Fountains of Wayne and ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ Songwriter, Dies at 52 of COVID-19
Schlesinger had been hospitalized due to the coronavirus for the past week
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JJ Abrams, Anthony Daniels and More Pay Tribute to ‘Star Wars’ Actor and Dialect Coach Andrew Jack
Jack died of coronavirus and was most recently working with Robert Pattinson on Matt Reeves’ ‘The Batman’
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Jeff Grosso, Skateboarding Legend, Dies at 51
Grosso hosted Vans’ “Loveletters to Skateboarding” since 2011
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Vincent Marzello, ‘Never Say Never Again’ and ‘Bob the Builder’ Actor, Dies at 68
“My heart is broken,” actress Lorelei King says of her late husband
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Alan Merrill, Rock Musician Who Co-Wrote ‘I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll,’ Dies at 69 of Coronavirus
Merrill was the first to record the rock classic in 1975 with his band the Arrows
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David Schramm, Star of ’90s Sitcom ‘Wings,’ Dies at 73
Veteran character actor played the rival airline owner in all 172 episodes of NBC series
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CBS News Journalist Maria Mercader Dies at 54 After Testing Positive for Coronavirus
Mercader covered breaking news for CBS and helped broaden the news division’s diversity
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John Callahan, ‘All My Children’ Actor, Dies at 66
Veteran soap actor had a massive stroke
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‘Game of Thrones’: Dog Who Played Bran’s Direwolf in the Pilot Dies
“Our family are at immense heartbreak to announce that Odin passed away early this morning,” dog’s owners write
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Remembering Stuart Gordon, a Re-Animator of the Horror Genre (Guest Blog)
“Stuart could have been Steven Spielberg if he’d had different budgets to work with,” film professor and journalist Ray Greene writes
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Fred ‘Curly’ Neal, Harlem Globetrotters Legend, Dies at 77
Neal played with the team for 22 seasons
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Mark Blum, Star of ‘Desperately Seeking Susan’ and ‘You,’ Dies at 69 Due to Coronavirus Complications
Veteran character actor was a fixture in the New York theater community
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William Dufris, ‘Bob the Builder’ Voice Actor, Dies at 62
Actor voiced the cartoon handyman in the North American version of the series