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The Spinners formed in 1954 in Detroit. John Edwards, who had six solo R&B hits, 1973-77, was the group's lead singer from 1977 until 2000 when he was forced to retire after suffering a stroke. He sang lead on Are You Ready For Love, If You Wanna Do A Dance, Right Or Wrong, Body Language, Cupid/I've Loved You For A Long Time, Working My Way Back To You/Forgive Me Girl and other hits.
John Edwards, former lead singer of the Spinners, dies at 80
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Alexander also appeared in eight movies and TV movies including Zoya, Crime In The Streets and The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case.
Denise Alexander, Dr. Lesley Webber on General Hospital, dies at 85
She played Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy’s daughter on the radio and Susan Martin on Days Of Our Lives before spending a quarter-century in Port Charles.
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Benton wrote (or co-wrote) and directed eight films including Nadine, Twilight, Billy Bathgate, Nobody's Fool, The Late Show, and Places In The Heart. With David Newman, he co-wrote Bonnie & Clyde, Bad Company, Still Of The Night and There Was A Crooked Man.
Robert Benton, Oscar-winning Kramer vs. Kramer director, dies at 92
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Strouse composed the music for 34 revues and musicals and nine movies. Among his best-known compositions are Applause, But Alive, Children Of The Wind, Lyle Lyle Crocodile, Put On A Happy Face, A Lot Of Livin' To Do, Tomorrow, It's The Hard-Knock Life, You're Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile – and Those Were The Days, the theme song of All In The Family.
Charles Strouse, Broadway composer of Annie and Bye Bye Birdie, dies at 96
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/15/53495...s-strouse-dead
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Byles, born Kenneth Byles Jr., released 50 singles between 1971 and 1989. Among his best-known songs are Curly Locks, Beat Down Babylon, Run Run, Oh Carolina, Girl Next Door, Auntie Lu-Lu and Ain't Too Proud To Beg.
Junior Byles, reggae singer whose hits include Fade Away, dead at 76
https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2025...ade-away-died/
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Baker appeared in 56 movies and TV movies including Mud, Mitchell, Congo, GoldenEye, Juniuor Bonner, Reality Bites, Leonard Part 6, Mars Attacks!, That Certain Summer, The Siege At Ruby Ridge and Guns Of The Magnificent Seven.
Joe Don Baker, rugged star of Walking Tall, dies at 89
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Wendt played Norm Peterson in 269 episodes of Cheers (1982-93) and appeared in 73 movies and TV movies including House, My Bodyguard, No Small Affair, Gung Ho, Guilty By Suspicion, Never Say Die, Kids In America, Saturday Morning, Outside Providence and Christmas With The Campbells.
George Wendt, who played Norm on Cheers, dies at 76
https://variety.com/2025/tv/obituari...rs-1236404992/
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In the 1953 3-D movie It Came From Outer Space, gelatinous one-eyed aliens crash-land in the Arizona desert and shapeshift into human form to avoid detection. Hughes, who was third-billed, posed for a publicity photo which earned her the nickname of "Scream Queen." She appeared in 30 other movies and TV movies including Revenge, For Men Only, Cult Of The Cobra, Dawn At Socorro, Three Bad Sisters, The Glass Web, The Golden Blade, The Late Liz and Mr. Belvedere Goes To College.
Katheleen Hughes, star of It Came From Outer Space, dead at 96
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Nichols, who played guitar, violin and piano, released four albums with his group The Small Circle Of Friends. He and Paul Williams wrote the Carpenters' We've Only Just Begun, Rainy Days & Mondays and I Won't Last A Day Without You and Three Dog Night's Out In The Country. Nichols and Paul Lane wrote Paul Anka's early 1976 hit Times Of Your Life, which was originally used in television commercials for Kodak cameras.
Carpenters songwriter Roger Nichols dies at 84
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Rick Derringer (real name: Richard Zehringer) formed the McCoys in 1962. Hang On Sloopy, their remake of the Vibrations' My Girl Sloopy, went to number one on the Hot 100 in September 1965. Three months later, their remake of Little Willie John's Fever got to #7. Derringer's 1970s solo hits include Rock & Roll Hoochie Coo, Teenage Love Affair, It's Raining and Let Me In.
Rick Derringer, legendary guitarist and music icon, dead at 77
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Kwong appeared in 32 movies and TV movies including Cooties, Sunnyside, Straight Time, Ghost Rock, Gleaming The Cube, Angel Town, Panic In Echo Park, The Presidio, The Renegades, The Golden Child, Row Your Boat (with Jon Bon Jovi) and Slapstick Of Another Kind (with Jerry Lewis).
Peter Kwong, who played Rain in Big Trouble In Little China, dies at 73
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Swit played Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan in all 11 seasons of M*A*S*H and was nominated for an Emmy award for "outstanding supporting actress" in every season except the first. She won twice, in 1980 and 1982. She also appeared in 33 movies and TV movies including Beer, Beach Movie, Forest Warrior, Race With The Devil, The Last Day, 14 Going On 30 and Freebie & The Bean.
Loretta Swit, Margaret 'Hot Lips' Houlihan on M*A*S*H, dies at 87
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv...an-1236233958/
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Clausen composed music for 63 episodes of Moonlighting (1985-89), 97 episodes of ALF (1986-90), 32 episodes of The Critic (1994-2001) and 562 episodes of The Simpsons (1990-2017).
Alf Clausen, Emmy-winning composer who wrote music for The Simpsons for 27 years, dies at 84
https://apnews.com/article/alf-claus...ecc71def0fe905
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Mahaffey played Ashley Bennett in 104 episodes of The Doctors (1979-80),Caitlyn Van Horne in 21 episodes of The Powers That Be (1992-93) and Victoria MacElroy in 14 episodes of Young Sheldon (2017-20). She appeared in 25 movies and TV movies including Seabiscuit, Crazy Eyes, French Exit, If I Were You, Jack & Jill, Jungle 2 Jungle, Dinner At Fred's and Children Of The Mist.
Valerie Mahaffey, Emmy-winning actor known for Northern Exposure, Big Sky and Sully, dies at 71
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/val...ky-1236414875/
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The Electric Prunes formed in 1965 in Los Angeles. I Had Too Much To Dream reached #11 on the Hot 100 in February 1967 and Get Me To The World On Time got to #27 three months later.
James Lowe, lead singer of psychedelic band The Electric Prunes, dead at 82
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Joss voiced John Redcom on King Of The Hill (1998-2009), played Ken Hotate in five episodes of Parks & Recreation and appeared in nine movies including True Grit (2010), Almost Heroes, 8 Seconds and Johnson Family Vacation.
Jonathan Joss, King Of The Hill voice actor, killed in San Antonio shooting
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Hutchins released 12 gospel albums. Among his best-known songs are Hosanna, Great Things, A Mighty Long Way, Just In Time, Rest In You, We're Declaring War and Shout Like You Got It.
Gospel legend Norman Hutchins dies at 62
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Atlantic Starr formed in 1976 in White Plains, New York, and had 20 top-40 R&B hits, 1978-92. Always went to number one on both the R&B chart and the Hot 100 in May 1987. Among their other hits are Circles, Love Crazy, Masterpiece, My First Love, Secret Lovers and If Your Heart Isn't In It.
Wayne Lewis, founding member of Atlantic Starr, dies at 68
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Cry Me A River was a #9 hit for Julie London in December 1955. A live version by Joe Cocker reached #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 in November 1970. Among the other songs written or co-written by Hamilton are He Needs Me, Remembering, Rain Sometimes, Bouquet Of Blues, Shadow Woman, Sing A Rainbow, I Never Told You, You'll Remember Me, Till Love Touches Your Life and Love Songs Are Getting Harder To Sing.
Arthur Hamilton, Cry Me A River songwriter, dies at 98
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Scott appeared in 15 movies and TV movies including Petulia, My Six Loves, The Confession and The Sound Of Murder and in multiple episodes of Ben Casey, Jigsaw John, Mr. Lucky, The Virginian and Adventures In Paradise.
Pippa Scott, actress in The Searchers and Auntie Mame, dies at 90
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/mo...me-1236258911/
