Three Dog Night Singer Chuck Negron Dies At 83
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Three Dog Night Singer Chuck Negron Dies At 83

NEW YORK (AP) — Chuck Negron, a founding member of the soul-rock sensations Three Dog Night who sang lead on such hits as “One” and “Just an Old Fashioned Love Song” and hollered the immortal opening line “Jeremiah was a bullfrog!” on the chart-topping “Joy to the World,” died Monday. He was 83.He died of complications from heart failure and

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'What's Happening!!' Star Danielle Spencer Dies At 60
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‘What’s Happening!!’ Star Danielle Spencer Dies At 60

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Danielle Spencer, who played the wisecracking and tattling little sister Dee Thomas on the 1970s sitcom “What’s Happening!!” has died at 60.Spencer, who became a veterinarian later in life, died Monday at a hospital in Richmond, Virginia, after a yearslong battle with cancer, family spokesperson Sandra Jones said.As Dee, Spencer was the smarter, more serious younger

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Voletta Wallace, Notorious B.I.G.'s Mother, Dies At 78
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Voletta Wallace, Notorious B.I.G.’s Mother, Dies At 78

NEW YORK (AP) — Voletta Wallace, the dedicated mother of the late great rapper The Notorious B.I.G., died Friday morning at 78.Monroe County Coroner Thomas Yanac confirmed her death Friday to The Associated Press, saying she died at her home in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, after a stint on hospice care. She died of natural causes.A representative for the estate of The

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Entertainer Mitzi Gaynor, Star Of ‘South Pacific,’ Dies At 93
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Entertainer Mitzi Gaynor, Star Of ‘South Pacific,’ Dies At 93

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mitzi Gaynor, the effervescent dancer and actor who starred as Nellie Forbush in the 1958 film of “South Pacific” and appeared in other musicals with Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly, has died. She was 93. Gaynor, among the last survivors of the so-called golden age of the Hollywood musical, died of natural causes in

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Brian Wilson Of Beach Boys Requires Conservatorship
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Brian Wilson Of Beach Boys Requires Conservatorship

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge found Thursday that Beach Boys founder and music luminary Brian Wilson should be in a court conservatorship to manage his personal and medical decisions because of what his doctor calls a “major neurocognitive disorder.”At a hearing, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Gus T. May approved the petition filed by the 81-year-old Wilson’s family and

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