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PASSINGS: Yvette Wilson, Margie Hyams
Yvette Wilson
Actress on 'Moesha,' 'The Parkers'
Yvette Wilson, 48, a stand-up comedian and actress best known for her roles on the TV sitcom "Moesha" and its spinoff, "The Parkers," died Thursday after a battle with cervical cancer.
Wilson's friend...Tags: Celebrities, Comedy (genre), Stand-up Comedy, Yvette Wilson, Cancer
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Joe Smith's candid artist talks heading to Library of Congress
Pop & HissClassic-film fans know all about Frank Capra’s 1941 political treatise “Meet John Doe.” Soon, music lovers will have the chance to “Meet Joe Smith,” and in the process get a little closer to dozens of the most important... -
PASSINGS: Dick Kniss, Kazimierz Smolen, Miguel Nazar Haro, Dimitra Arliss, Oscar Luigi Scalfaro
Dick Kniss
Bass player with Peter, Paul and Mary
Dick Kniss, 74, who played stand-up bass with the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary and co-wrote the John Denver hit "Sunshine on My Shoulders," died Wednesday of pulmonary disease at a hospital near his...Tags: Politics, Political Corruption, Museums, Arts and Culture, Museums
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PASSINGS: Larry Zarian, Paul Kent, Marty Harris
Larry Zarian
Former Glendale mayor and TV, radio host
Larry Zarian, 73, a former mayor of Glendale and the first Armenian American to be elected to the City Council, died of blood cancer Thursday at Glendale Adventist Medical Center.
Zarian also served...Tags: Blood, Politics, Radio, Celebrities, Tom Jones
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PASSINGS: Howard H 'Tim' Hays
Howard H 'Tim' Hays
Former Press-Enterprise editor, publisher
Howard H "Tim" Hays, 94, a former editor and publisher of the Press-Enterprise who led the Riverside newspaper when it won a Pulitzer Prize for an expose in the 1960s and won two landmark U....Tags: Alfred Hitchcock, Diseases and Illnesses, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Cancer, Journalism
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Hollywood Forever comes alive with music
Pop & HissFrom the Fairbanks Lawn to its Masonic Lodge, the cemetery has become a unique concert venue. Never mind the more than slightly macabre fact that it's home to a hundreds of buried remains. Never mind that many of these graves...... -
The best CDs that fuse classical and jazz music
Culture MonsterIn Sunday's Arts & Books section, I explore the storied history of fusing two distinct music forms, jazz and classical. Walt Disney Concert Hall will be hosting two high-profile fusions: on Friday, pianist Brad Mehldau comes in with a jazz...... -
Jake Hanna dies at 78; versatile jazz drummer was in Merv Griffin's TV show band
Jake Hanna, a versatile drummer who played with such jazz figures as Woody Herman and was a longtime member of the band on Merv Griffin's television show, has died. He was 78.
Hanna died Friday at Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Medical Center of...Tags: Bing Crosby, Death, Duke Ellington, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Benny Goodman
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Stacy Rowles dies at 54; jazz trumpet and fluegelhorn player
Stacy Rowles, a jazz trumpet and fluegelhorn player and vocalist who was the daughter of pianist and composer Jimmy Rowles, has died. She was 54.
Rowles died Tuesday at her home in Burbank of complications after a car accident, said her sister, Stephanie...Tags: Ella Fitzgerald, Tommy Dorsey, Social Issues, Death, Peggy Lee
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Gene Lees dies at 82; jazz historian and critic
Gene Lees, a jazz historian and critic known for his pugnacious, highly personal essays and biographies of such jazz greats as Oscar Peterson, Woody Herman and Johnny Mercer, died Thursday at his home in Ojai. He was 82.
Lees had struggled for many years...Tags: Poetry, Duke Ellington, Music Industry, Arts and Culture, Biography (genre)
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Jack Nimitz dies at 79; baritone sax player
Times Staff ReportsJack Nimitz, a jazz baritone saxophonist who played in the Woody Herman and Stan Kenton big bands and in the group "Supersax," died Wednesday of complications from emphysema at his home in Studio City. He was 79. Born in Washington, D.C., in 1930, Nimitz...Tags: Death, Music Industry, Benny Carter, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Charlie Parker
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Berle Adams dies at 92; co-founder of Mercury Records and an MCA executive
Berle Adams, a onetime big-band booking agent who co-founded Mercury Records in the 1940s and later became a senior executive at MCA before launching his own successful business as an international television program sales representative and distributor,...Tags: Erroll Garner, Cher, Neil Diamond, Death, Forest Lawn Memorial Park
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