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POP/ROCK

Daughters Sue Over Wynette’s Death: Three of Tammy Wynette’s daughters filed a $50-million lawsuit in Nashville Monday blaming the country star’s death last April on negligence by her husband and her doctor. Daughters Tina Jones, Jackie Daly and Georgette Smith claimed that Wynette died because Dr. Wallis Marsh of Pittsburgh did not monitor her condition closely and overprescribed medication. They also claim that George Richey (he was Wynette’s fifth husband and did not father any of her daughters) did not seek medical care for her after being urged to do so by Marsh on the day of her death. Marsh signed the death certificate for Wynette, 55, listing the cause of death as a blood clot in the lungs. In February, Nashville’s medical examiner denied a request by Wynette’s daughters to have her body exhumed and an autopsy performed, saying he was satisfied with Marsh’s finding. Calls to attorneys for Richey and Marsh were not immediately returned Monday. Wynette’s fourth daughter, Gwen Nicholas, is not a party to the lawsuit.

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Dylan, Simon Dates: Bob Dylan and Paul Simon will appear in concert together in two local shows, June 20 at the Arrowhead Pond and June 22 at the Hollywood Bowl. Tickets go on sale Sunday at 10 a.m. at Ticketmaster outlets and both venues’ box offices. The shows are part of a 32-date tour that kicks off June 6 in Colorado; each performer is slated to play a 75-minute set, and a few duets are also expected at each show.

MOVIES & VIDEO

Sharing His Inheritance: Charles Bronson has settled a dispute with the sister of a Kentucky woman who left him all of her assets in a handwritten will. Audrey Jean Knauer, a fan of Bronson’s whom he had never met, left him nearly $292,000 in a 1996 will scribbled atop a grocery list. Knauer, who died in 1997 at age 55, specified the money should go to the Louisville Free Public Library if Bronson didn’t want it. Library director Craig Buthod said the dispute was settled out of court, with Bronson agreeing to pay Nancy Koeper, who had protested the will, an undisclosed sum of money. Koeper said in her suit that her sister was mentally ill and obsessed with Bronson. The library will apparently get nothing in the deal, but Bronson’s spokeswoman has previously said he would donate whatever he receives to charity.

TELEVISION

UPN Pins WWF: Having been body-slammed much of the season, the UPN network has turned to pro wrestling for help during the next rating sweeps. UPN will air “WWF Smackdown,” a two-hour prime-time special, at 8 p.m. on April 29, the first night of sweeps. Wrestling regularly accounts for more than half of the top-rated prime-time programs on cable, airing on the USA and TNT networks.

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‘Pokemon’ Everywhere: The WB network will be saturated with the animated Japanese hit “Pokemon” this fall, when Kids’ WB! will air the series weekdays from 7 to 8 a.m., in addition to weekday afternoons at 3:30 and Saturday mornings at 10. “Pokemon” helped Kids’ WB! score its first ratings victory among kids age 2-11, when the March 20 broadcast defeated all competition, including the broadcast networks and cable’s Nickelodeon.

QUICK TAKES

Johnny Carson spent Easter Sunday at St. John’s Hospital in Santa Monica recovering from quadruple bypass surgery, but is “doing fine,” a hospital spokeswoman said. The hospital had said last week that Carson, who underwent the surgery on March 19, might be well enough to go home in time for Easter. His actual release date has not yet been determined. . . . Bowing to pressure from Hindu groups, the producers of “Xena: Warrior Princess” have pulled “The Way,” an episode that the groups found offensive because of its depiction of a Hindu god, from worldwide syndication. Producer Renaissance Pictures, which apologized in a statement for offending members of the Hindu community, said it plans no further episodes involving Hindu figures. . . . KVEA-TV’s experiment with live, local sports broadcasts proved a ratings success with Saturday’s L.A. Galaxy-San Jose Clash soccer match drawing more Latino viewers than the station’s regular prime-time programs. Friday’s Angels-Dodgers exhibition baseball game also did well for the station. . . . In a bid to bring new life to the 9-year-old syndicated hit, “Baywatch” will be renamed “Baywatch Hawaii” next season, reflecting the series’ move to the islands. Production begins in June; the show, previously filmed locally at Will Rogers State Beach, was to have moved to Australia, but last-minute incentives secured the Hawaiian production deal.