Entertainment industry obituaries

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Why are so many famous Americans dying this month? They need to stop doing that!

Phyllis George, pioneering sportscaster and former Miss America, dies at 70

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/16/media...ath/index.html

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Peterson, who played blues guitar and Hammond organ, released more than 30 albums. His first album, Our Future, came out when he was only five. It was produced by Willie Dixon and included 1, 2, 3, 4, sung to the tune of James Brown's Please Please Please. Five-year-old Lucky got to perform the song on The Tonight Show and The Ed Sullivan Show.

American blues legend Lucky Peterson dies at 55

https://www.rockandbluesmuse.com/202...on-dies-at-55/

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"That's a lovely dress you're wearing, Mrs. Cleaver."

Ken Osmond, Leave It To Beaver star who played Eddie Haskell, dies at 76

https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/ken...or-1234609639/

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John "Moon" Martin's Escape From Domination reached #80 on Billboard's album chart in September 1979 and yielded two hit singles, Rolene and No Chance. From 1967 to 1971, Martin was lead singer and guitarist for the country-rock quartet Southwind, who charted with the albums Ready To Ride and Boogie Woogie Country Girl.

Moon Martin dies at 74; musician wrote Bad Case Of Loving You for Robert Palmer

https://bestclassicbands.com/moon-ma...g-you-5-14-20/

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Cobb released 20 albums as a bandleader and played drums on more than 100 albums by other artists including Miles Davis, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Cannonball Adderley, Nat Adderley, Donald Byrd, Sonny Stitt, Wayne Shorter, John Coltrane, Joe Henderson, Hubert Laws, Art Pepper, Shirley Scott, Bobby Timmons, Phil Upchurch and Wes Montgomery. Whew!

Jazz drummer Jimmy Cobb, last surviving member of Miles Davis Kind Of Blue sextet, dies of lung cancer at 91

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...vy4-story.html

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Baxter played steel guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, organ, mandolin and dobro. He played on albums by Bob Dylan, Steve Earle, Ryan Adams, Ben Folds, Kacey Musgraves, R.E.M. and others and released a solo album in 1999.

Bucky Baxter, Bob Dylan's pedal-steel guitarist, dies at 65

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/bucky-baxter-dies/

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Wilhelm appeared in more than 150 movies and television series, including 36 episodes of T.J. Hooker, 12 episodes of SeaQuest 2032, 11 episodes of Seinfeld and four episodes of Star Trek: Voyager. (This article erroneously says Wilhem was in only three Star Trek episodes. His fourth appearance, in the 2001 episode Endgame, was uncredited.) Wilhelm co-starred in NBC's 1983 sci-fi miniseries V and the 1984 sequel V: The Final Battle and had roles in F.I.S.T., Private Benjamin, Hercules In New York, The China Syndrome and All The President's Men.

Richard Herd, Mr. Wilhelm on Seinfeld, dies at 87

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...was-87-1171494

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Kulick auditioned for Kiss in 1972 but lost out to Ace Frehley. Kulick did play lead guitar (uncredited) on four Kiss albums and toured and recorded with Paul Stanley. Kulick's younger brother Bruce was Kiss lead guitarist from 1984 to 1996.

Kiss, Meat Loaf and W.A.S.P. guitarist Bob Kulick dead at 70

https://www.loudersound.com/news/for...ick-dead-at-70

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The horror punk band The Misfits formed in 1977 in New Jersey and has released seven studio albums, three live albums and 19 singles. Among their best-known songs are Scream!, Cough/Cool, Horror Business, Die Die My Darling and I Wanna Be A NY Ranger.

Misfits drummer Joey Image dies at 63

https://www.ghostcultmag.com/misfits...s-died-age-63/

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Malo formed in 1971 in San Francisco and had only one US hit, Suavecito in 1972, but were very popular in Mexico, Central America and South America, where their hits include Nena, Café, Latin Bugaloo, Oye Mama, Todo Por Ti, Dilo Otra Vez and Moviendome Hacia Afuera.

Jorge Santana, Malo guitarist and brother of Carlos Santana, dies at 68

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/05/...her-of-carlos/