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Opry to hold public funeral for George Jones
A public funeral will be held at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville for country music superstar George Jones, who died Friday at the age of 81. Publicist Kirt Webster said in a statement that the public funeral will be held Thursday starting at 10 a.m. Webster says Jones ...
Ex-Ms. magazine editor Mary Thom dies in NY crash
Prominent feminist Mary Thom, a writer and former editor of Ms. magazine who also was an avid motorcyclist, crashed while riding on a highway and was killed, her nephew said Saturday. She was 68. Thom had a passion for riding motorcycles and died riding her 1996 Honda Magna 750 on ...
Country superstar George Jones dead at 81
When it comes to country music, George Jones was The Voice. Other great singers have come and gone, but this fact remained inviolate until Jones passed away Friday at 81 in a Nashville hospital after a year of ill health. "Today someone else has become the greatest living singer of ...
Jones called 'greatest country singer of all time'
The country music world reacted with deep emotion upon learning of the death of legendary singer George Jones. Here's a sampling of quotes and tweets about Jones: "The world has lost the greatest country singer of all time. Amen." — Merle Haggard ___ "He was a true innovator. Nobody could ...
'M.A.S.H.' regular Allan Arbus dies at 95
Allan Arbus, who played the wise — and wisecracking — psychiatrist Dr. Sidney Freedman on TV's "M.A.S.H.," has died at age 95. Arbus' daughter Arin told the Los Angeles Times Tuesday (http://lat.ms/Y2FDo3 ) that her father died of congestive heart failure at his LA home Friday. Arbus didn't begin acting ...
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Havens, 1st Woodstock singer, dies of heart attack
Richie Havens, the folk singer and guitarist who was the first performer at Woodstock, died Monday at age 72. Havens died of a heart attack in New Jersey, his family said in a statement. He was born in Brooklyn. Havens was known for his crafty guitar work and cover songs, ...
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