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Tony Benn was a committed British socialist who had the attention of Britons through a political career spanning more than five decades. He has died at 88. (Laurence Harris / Associated Press)
The Berthillon ice cream shop is run by three generations of the family. It first gained fame in 1961 when the food critics Henri Gault and Christian Millau wrote about “this astonishing ice cream shop hidden in a bistro on the Ile Saint-Louis.” (Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images)
Saul Zaentz produced “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” “Amadeus” and “The English Patient.” (Paul Morse / Los Angeles Times)
Members of the Comets, from left, Marshall Lytle, Franny Beecher, and Joey Ambrose perform at the Rock Is Fifty party at the Gibson Guitar Studio in New York in this file photo. Beecher has died at a nursing home near Philadelphia. He was 92. (Adam Rountree / Associated Press)
Malik Bendjelloul, director of “Waiting for Sugarman,” in 2013. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
GWAR lead singer Dave Brockie (a.k.a. Oderus Urungus) was found dead at age 50 on Sunday, March 23, in his home in Richmond, Va. A police spokeswoman said foul play is not suspected. (Craig Y. Fujii / Los Angeles Times)
Charles Carr in 2007 at the graves of Hank and Audrey Williams in Oakwood Cemetery in Montgomery, Ala. (Julie Bennett / Associated Press)
Former boxer Rubin “Hurricane” Carter holds up the writ of habeas corpus that freed him from prison, during a news conference held in Sacramento, Calif., in 2004. Carter, who spent almost 20 years in jail after twice being convicted of a triple murder he denied committing, has died at his home in Toronto at 76. (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press)
“Cowboy” Jack Clement appears at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville. He was to be inducted into the Hall of Fame later this year with Bobby Bare and Kenny Rogers. (Donn Jones, Invision/Associated Press)
Dee Dee, left, Johnny, Tommy and Marky Ramone hold their awards after being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002. Founding member Joey Ramone died the previous year. Tommy Ramone, the band’s original drummer and its last surving member, died Friday at the age of 65. (Ed Betz / Associated Press)
Marshall Grant poses with a copy of his book, “I Was There When It Happened: My Life with Johnny Cash,” in 2007. (Wayne Risher / The Commercial Appeal / Associated Press)
Jazz drummer Chico Hamilton in L.A. in 1958. Hamilton started his career while a student at Jefferson High, where he played with future jazz greats Buddy Collette, Charles Mingus and Dexter Gordon. (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
Billie Jean King, right, stands with her mother, Betty Moffitt, center, and Ilana Kloss, left. King has said her mother helped her remain balanced as a child. (Elise Amendola / Associated Press)
Flutist Paul Horn in 1987 (Los Angeles Times / Los Angeles Times)
Former U.S. Rep. Kenneth J. Gray, pictured in 2013 at 88, talks to his grandson, Josh Joiner, before taking off in a helicopter ride at Black Diamond Harley-Davidson in Marion, Ill. Gray has died at 89. (Steve Matzker / The Southern)
Jazz singer Jimmy Scott at the Jazz Bakery in 2002. (Kevin P. Casey / Los Angeles Times)
Horace Silver at the 1995 Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Bebo Valdes, shown on stage in 2003, enjoyed a career resurgence starting in the 1990s. (Rafa Rivas, AFP/Getty Images)