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Jimmy Buffett died of a rare skin cancer
Merkel cell carcinoma has a high risk of recurring and metastasizing, according to the Skin Cancer Foundation. About 3,000 new cases are diagnosed in the U.S. each year. -
Tributes to Charles J. Ogletree Jr. reveal a mentor whose phone 'never stopped ringing'
In addition to leading landmark civil rights cases, Ogletree guided generations of students, including Barack and Michelle Obama. -
Sinéad O'Connor, gifted and provocative Irish singer-songwriter, dies at 56
LONDON (AP) — Sinéad O’Connor, the gifted Irish singer-songwriter who became a superstar in her mid-20s and was known as much for her private struggles… -
Tony Bennett, king of the American Songbook, dead at 96
Tony Bennett, the internationally famous singer whose voice epitomized the American Songbook, has died. He was 96.Bennett died Friday morning in New York… -
Milan Kundera, who wrote 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being,' dies at 94
The Czech writer Milan Kundera was interested in big topics — sex, surveillance, death, totalitarianism. But his books always approached them with a sense… -
Rick Hoyt, a Boston Marathon fixture, has died at 61
With his father Dick Hoyt pushing his wheelchair, the two completed the course 32 times. -
The Smiths bassist Andy Rourke has died
Andy Rourke, whose fluid bass playing helped The Smiths soar from their roots in Manchester, England, to become an influential and beloved indie rock… -
Newton Minow, former FCC chief and public TV advocate, has died at 97
CHICAGO — Newton N. Minow, who as Federal Communications Commission chief in the early 1960s famously proclaimed that network television was a “vast… -
Harry Belafonte, singer, actor and activist, has died at age 96
Singer, actor and human rights activist Harry Belafonte died Tuesday at age 96 of congestive heart failure. He broke racial barriers and balanced his… -
Boston celebrates the life of Mel King at South End funeral
King, who died at 94, was remembered as a pioneering community activist — and “the coolest.”
