Jerry Walker (Jerry Jeff Walker) was a Texas country singer and songwriter who wrote the pop song “Mr. Bojangles.” Walker died Friday, Oct. 23, of cancer, a family spokesman John T. Davis told The Associated Press. “He had battled throat cancer…
Bonnie Pointer, the experience American R&B singer in the 70s and ’80s and founding member of the group Pointer Sisters, died on Monday, June 8, 2020, died at 69. She is a Grammy-winning artist, her sister and former bandmate, Anita, told…
Actor Jay Benedict, who was best known for his roles in 1986’s “Aliens,” 2012’s “The Dark Knight Rises” and the U.K. TV series “Emmerdale,” died at age 68. The cause of death, as reported, is due to the coronavirus pandemic.…
Bill Withers (Bill William Withers Jr.) was an American singer-songwriter and musician who performed and recorded from 1970 until 1985 with hit songs as “Lean On Me” and “Ain’t No Sunshine.” Bill Withers, the acclaimed 1970s soul singer behind hits Ain’t No…
As hot spots flared around the United States in places like New Orleans, Detroit, and Southern California, New York was the hardest hit of them all, with bodies loaded onto refrigerated morgue trucks by gurney and forklift outside overwhelmed hospitals.…
Caroll Spinney, who gave Big Bird his warmth and Oscar the Grouch his growl for nearly 50 years on “Sesame Street,” died Sunday at the age of 85 at his home in Connecticut, according to the Sesame Workshop. The Sesame Workshop said…
Elmore Rual “Rip” Torn, an Emmy winner and Oscar nominee who had an esteemed, decades-long acting career in theater, film, and television, died Tuesday in Lakeville, Connecticut. He was 88. Torn died at home with his wife, Amy Wright, and…
Country singer Glen Campbell has died at the age of 81. His family has paid tribute to the singer of the Rhinestone Cowboy who had been battling with Alzheimer’s for several years. “It is with the heaviest of hearts that…
Sylvia Moy, a songwriter and the first female producer for the Motown recording studio, who collaborated on several hits, including Stevie Wonder’s “My Cherie Amour” and Marvin Gaye’s “It Takes Two,” died April 15 at a hospital in Dearborn, Mich.…
