Soul singer Jerry 'Iceman' Butler, whose hits included 'Only the Strong Survive,' dies at 85
Jerry Butler, a premier soul singer of the 1960s and after whose rich, intimate baritone graced such hits as "For…
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Marianne Faithfull, British singer, actor and pop icon, dies at 78
Marianne Faithfull, the British pop star, muse, libertine and old soul who inspired and helped write some of the Rolling…
Garth Hudson, last surviving member of The Band, dies at 87
Hudson, the Band's virtuoso keyboardist and all-around musician who drew from a unique palette of sounds and styles to add…
Poet Nikki Giovanni, author and literary celebrity, has died at 81
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Quincy Jones, music titan who worked with artists from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson, dies at 91
Jones rose from music school dropout to the very heights of show business, becoming one of the first Black executives…
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WATCH: Biden awards National Medals of Arts to Steven Spielberg, Missy Elliott, among others
Filmmakers Steven Spielberg, Spike Lee and Ken Burns and singers Missy Elliott and Queen Latifah were among 20 recipients of…
Edna O'Brien, iconoclastic Irish author who wrote 'The Country Girls,' dies at 93
Edna O'Brien, Ireland's literary pride and outlaw who scandalized her native land with her debut novel "The Country Girls" before…
PEN America, facing criticism over its response to the war in Gaza, gathers for annual gala
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Alice Munro, Nobel laureate and acclaimed short story author, dies at age 92
Often ranked with Anton Chekhov, John Cheever and a handful of other short story writers, author Alice Munro achieved stature…
Paul Auster, celebrated and experimental author, dies at 77
Called the "dean of American post-modernists" and "the most meta of American meta-fictional writers," Auster blended history, politics, genre experiments,…
