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Levon Helm dies at 71; drummer and singer with the Band
Levon Helm is most widely known for the songs he sang that found their way onto the pop charts during his long tenure as drummer and singer for the Band: "Up On Cripple Creek," "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" and "Don't Do It," earthy and infectious...
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Kenneth Price dies at 77; artist transformed traditional ceramics
Kenneth Price, a prolific Los Angeles artist whose work with glazed and painted clay transformed traditional ceramics while also expanding orthodox definitions of American and European sculpture, died early Friday at his home and studio in Taos, N.M. He...Tags: Building Material, Museum of Modern Art, Fine Artists, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Trips and Vacations
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Christopher Hitchens dies at 62; engaging, enraging author and essayist
Christopher Hitchens, the engaging and enraging British-American author and essayist whose polemical writings on religion, politics, war and other provocations established him as one of his generation's most robust public intellectuals, has died. He was...Tags: Jacobo Timerman, Literature, Health Treatments, Periodicals, Osama bin Laden
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PASSINGS: Bill McKinney, Socrates
Bill McKinney
Character actor was in 'Deliverance'
Bill McKinney, 80, a character actor who carved out a career playing rough-and-tumble villains, most notably the backwoods man who sexually assaults Ned Beatty's character in the 1972 film "Deliverance,...Tags: Jon Voight, Esophageal cancer, Ned Beatty, Burt Reynolds, Entertainment
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Joe Paterno has plenty of well-wishers on 85th birthday
The Fabulous ForumJoe Paterno has had a rough year, but the legendary former Penn State football coach is receiving plenty of love as he turns 85 today.... -
Ceramics artist Kenneth Price dies at 77
Culture MonsterKenneth Price, a prolific Los Angeles artist whose work with glazed and painted clay transformed traditional ceramics while also expanding orthodox definitions of American and European sculpture since the 1960s, died early Friday at his home and studio in... -
Art world responds to death of Kenneth Price
Culture MonsterThe art community mourns the loss of ceramics artist Kenneth Price who died early Friday at his home in Taos, N.M.... -
The test-tube babies testing the limits of survivor benefits
Opinion L.A.Is a child conceived after the husband dies, using his sperm, eligible for Social Security survivor benefits? That's the fascinating question posed by Astrue vs. Capato, a case heard by the Supreme Court.... -
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Levon Helm, singer and drummer for The Band, in final stages of cancer
Pop & HissSinger and drummer Levon Helm is in the final stages of cancer, his family says. Best known for his work in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group The Band, Levon Helm was diagnosed with throat cancer in 1998.... -
Levon Helm, singer and drummer for the Band, dies at 71
Pop & HissLevon Helm, the widely respected and influential singer and drummer with the Band, whose Arkansas drawl colored the group's signature hits, including "Up on Cripple Creek" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," died Thursday in New York of throat... -
Levon Helm 'one of the last true great spirits,' writes Bob Dylan
Pop & HissBob Dylan, who asked multi-instrumentalist Levon Helm and his band, the Hawks, to join him when he decided to “go electric” in the mid-'60s, has posted a short note on his website about Helm, who died after a long struggle with throat cancer...
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