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Ed Asner, TV legend who won 7 Emmys, has died at 91
Asner held the record for most Primetime Emmys earned by a male actor.
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Michael K Williams
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Michael K. Williams, Star of ‘The Wire’ and ‘Boardwalk Empire,’ Found Dead at 54
Michael K. Williams, who memorably portrayed Omar Little in "The Wire" and Chalky White in "Boardwalk Empire," has died at age 54.
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Norm MacDonald
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Norm Macdonald Dies: Influential Comedian & Former ‘SNL’ Weekend Update Anchor Was 61
Norm Macdonald, the popular comedian, TV show host and former 'Saturday Night Live' cast member, has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 61.
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What the fuck, how?!Norm MacDonald
Norm Macdonald Dies: Influential Comedian & Former ‘SNL’ Weekend Update Anchor Was 61
Norm Macdonald, the popular comedian, TV show host and former 'Saturday Night Live' cast member, has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 61.
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I didn't know he was from the same town as me, Quebec City (a mostly French speaking town).
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Home computing pioneer Sir Clive Sinclair dies aged 81
Creator of the landmark ZX Spectrum and the less commercially successful C5 died after a long illness
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George Holliday, man who filmed Rodney King beating by LAPD officers, dies at 61
George Holliday, a plumber who gained local and national fame 30 years ago when he used his video camera to tape the infamous Los Angeles police beating of motorist Rodney King in Lake View Terrace, has died, it was reported Monday.
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Melvin Van Peebles, godfather of Black cinema, dies at 89
Melvin Van Peebles, the groundbreaking playwright, musician and movie director whose work ushered in the "Blaxploitation" wave of the 1970s and influenced filmmakers long after, has died. He was 89.
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Beloved 'Sex And The City' Actor Willie Garson Dies At 57
Garson portrayed Blatch, a talent agent and the devoted and stylish best male friend to Sarah Jessica Parker's character Carrie for six seasons of the show.
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Colin Powell's legacy, defined by two very different wars in Iraq
Colin Powell was hailed as a hero for a swift and speedy U.S. victory in the Gulf in 1991. But his reputation suffered from his flawed presentation in advance of the second Iraq war 12 years later.
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Peter Scolari, of 'Newhart,' 'Bosom Buddies' and 'Girls,' dies at 66
Scolari, a versatile character actor whose television roles included recurring parts on Evil and Girls, has died after fighting cancer for two years.
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James Michael Tyler, who played Gunther on 'Friends,' dies at 59
Tyler was the most frequently recurring guest star over the 10-year run of Friends, playing the shy barista Gunther.
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Paul Smart: 1943-2021 - Motor Sport Magazine
Paul Smart, who has died following a road accident, rode through one of the greatest crossroads in motorcycle-racing history: from British dominance to Japanese dominance, from four-stroke to two-stroke and…
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Astro, a founding member of the reggae group UB40, has died at age 64
The artist, born Terence Wilson, sang about issues of racism and poverty in the music of the pioneering reggae band.
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'Blue Velvet' and 'Quantum Leap' actor Dean Stockwell has died at age 85
The veteran actor was known for his wide variety of roles — from sci-fi tv shows such as Quantum Leap and Battlestar Galactica, to arthouse classics like Paris, Texas and Blue Velvet.
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Frederik William de Klerk, former south african state president who helped dismantle the apartheid system there with Nelson Mandela.
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Moody Blues co-founder, drummer Graeme Edge, dies at 80
The band's frontman Justin Hayward called Edge the backbone of the British rock band, which was inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2018. The band's last album was released in 2003.
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