| The medieval Feast of the Ass isn’t as filthy as it sounds |
 February 24, 2024
AV Club explores some of Wikipedia’s oddities in their 6,230,819-week series, Wiki Wormhole. |
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| John Prine, influential singer-songwriter, dies at 73 |
 April 8, 2020
John Prine, the raspy-voiced singer-songwriter whose homespun, witty and insightful country-folk tunes influenced legions of musicians in a career that spanned five decades, died Tuesday at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. He was 73. |
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| Sid Haig, Horror Actor and Cult Figure, Dies at 80 |
 September 25, 2019
Mr. Haig was a character actor with roles in more than 70 movies, including the murderous clown Captain Spaulding in Rob Zombie’s “House of 1000 Corpses.” |
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| Albert Finney: British actor dies aged 82 |
February 8, 2019
Oscar-nominated British actor Albert Finney has died aged 82 after a short illness. |
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| Bob Einstein, 76, a.k.a. Super Dave Osborne and Larry David Pal, Dies |
January 12, 2019
Bob Einstein, whose career as a comedy writer took a quirky turn into television acting as the hapless daredevil Super Dave Osborne, and later as a friend of Larry David’s on “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” died on Wednesday at his home in Indian Wells, Calif. He was 76. |
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| Penny Marshall, co-star of 'Laverne & Shirley' and director of 'A League of Their Own,' dead at 75 |
 December 22, 2018
Actress Penny Marshall, who found fame in TV's "Laverne & Shirley" before going on to direct such beloved films as "Big" and "A League of Their Own," has died. She was 75 |
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| Phil Spector: Pop producer jailed for murder dies at 81 |
 January 17, 2021
Spector, who transformed pop with his "wall of sound" recordings, worked with the Beatles, the Righteous Brothers and Ike and Tina Turner.
In 2009, he was convicted of the 2003 murder of Hollywood actress Lana Clarkson.
His death was confirmed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
"California Health Care Facility inmate Phillip Spector was pronounced deceased of natural causes at 6:35 p.m. on Saturday, January 16, 2021, at an outside hospital. His official cause of death will be determined by the medical examiner in the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office," it said.
Spector produced 20 top 40 hits between 1961 and 1965, AFP news agency reports. His production methods influenced major artists including the Beach Boys and Bruce Springsteen.
His life was ultimately blighted by drug and alcohol addiction, and he all but retired from the music scene during the 1980s and 1990s.
In February 2003, actress Lana Clarkson was found dead at his house in Alhambra, California with a bullet wound to her head. Clarkson, who starred in films including Barbarian Queen, had met Spector hours earlier at a Los Angeles nightclub.
Spector claimed the shooting happened when Clarkson "kissed the gun" - but his trial heard from four women who claimed Spector had threatened them with guns in the past when they had spurned his advances.
Following an initial mistrial, Spector was convicted of second degree murder and given a sentence of 19 years to life. |
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| Terry Jones, 'Monty Python' star, dead at 77 |
 January 22, 2020
Terry Jones, a star of the seminal comedy group "Monty Python" who delivered some of the most famous lines in comedic history, has died, his agent confirmed to the PA Media news agency. He was 77.
Jones was a major creative force behind the surrealist troupe's pioneering works, which flitted between styles and tones and cemented the six-man group as one of the most influential acts in the British cultural canon. |
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| Tim Conway, Star of The Carol Burnett Show, Dies at 85 |
 May 14, 2019
Tim Conway has died at the age of 85.
He passed away at 8:45 a.m. in the Los Angeles area on Tuesday, his rep Howard Bragman confirms to PEOPLE.
Prior to his death, he suffered complications from Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH) and had no signs of dementia or Alzheimer’s. |
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| Broadway Legend Carol Channing Dead At 97 |
 January 15, 2019
Actress and singer Carol Channing died early Tuesday at the age of 97 at her home in Rancho Mirage, California. Her longtime publicist B. Harlan Boll confirmed the entertainer’s death from natural causes |
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| Mean' Gene Okerlund, an iconic voice of pro wrestling, dies at 76 |
 January 2, 2019
"Mean" Gene Okerlund, the iconic WWE backstage interviewer who played a role in some of the biggest moments in pro wrestling history, died Wednesday, his family announced. He was 76. |
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| Roy Clark, country guitar virtuoso, 'Hee Haw' star, dies at 85 |
 November 15, 2018
According to his publicist, Country Music Hall of Fame member and versatile entertainer Roy Clark died Thursday at his Tulsa, Oklahoma home due to complications from pneumonia. He was 85 years old. |
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