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Among her hits: Stepping Stone, Ready Willing & Able and That's How You Know When You're In Love. She also co-starred with Tom Hanks in the 2000 film Cast Away.
Country singer-songwriter Lari White dies of cancer at 52
http://www.popculture.com/country-mu...ies-cancer-52/
When a tornado approached, Taylor would drive toward it instead of away from it -- probably not the most intelligent thing he ever did.
Joel Taylor, star of Discovery Channels Storm Chasers, dies at 38
http://www.thewrap.com/joel-taylor-s...-star-dies-38/
The Fall formed in 1976 in Prestwich, Manchester, England. They've released 36 studio albums, 32 live albums, 13 EPs, 48 singles and 40 compilation albums. When did they find time to eat and sleep?
Mark E. Smith, lead singer of post-punk group The Fall, dead at 60
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/n...-at-60-w514673
Tommy Banks was a pianist, composer, arranger, musical director and symphony orchestra conductor. He and his various bands recorded 20 albums. He hosted ten different television series, most notably The Tommy Banks Show, which aired from 1968 to 1983. He served as a senator in Alberta from 2000 to 2011. Whew!
Legendary Edmonton jazz pianist, ex-senator Tommy Banks dead at 81
http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/e...obit-1.4504961
Yes, comic strips are a form of entertainment. Mort Walker, often with the help of assistants, drew Beetle Bailey for almost 68 years. Beetle's cap always covers his eyes. His face was shown only one time, in a 1950 strip where he was still a college student.
Beetle Bailey, Hi & Lois cartoonist Mort Walker dies at 94
http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/B...s-12530668.php
He released four albums and was a friend and mentor to the Allman Brothers, with whom he often toured.
Blues singer-songwriter Lloyd Miles dead at 74
http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrit...blues-11921425
His Baby Sittin' Boogie reached #6 in 1961 and he wrote Echo Park, which became a 1969 hit for Keith Barbour.
Singer-songwriter Buzz Clifford dead at 76
http://www.bestclassicbands.com/buzz...tuary-1-28-18/
She often expressed dismay that the high ratings of the 1977 Roots mini-series did not encourage Hollywood to produce other dramas about black families and their experiences.
Olivia Cole, Emmy-winning Roots actress, dead at 75
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertain...icle-1.3778327
He played with Otis Rush, Freddie King, Ike Turner, Elmore James, Little Milton and Howlin' Wolf and was inducted into the Blues Hall Of Fame in 2014.
Eddie Shaw, who brought saxophone energy to the blues, dies at 80
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entert...201-story.html
Ardella "Del" Delker, a contralto who released more than 40 gospel albums and sang every week on the Seventh-Day Adventist's Voice Of Prophecy radio program from 1947 to 1990, died January 31, 2018, She was 93. Here is a 2015 Adventist Today article profiling her life and career:
https://atoday.org/del-delker-ninety...f-song-so-far/
Butler was speeding in a Range Rover at 2 AM on Ventura Blvd. in Studio City. He drove off the road, hit three parking meters and a concrete wall. The vehicle then flipped over twice. Butler and his wife, an r&b singer who had signed with Epic Records, were killed. There is an old expression, "Speed kills." It does indeed.
Former NBA player Rasual Butler, American Idol star Leah LaBelle killed in car crash
http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2018/0...car-crash.html
In October 2017, the Glee actor pleaded guilty to possession of more than 25,000 images and 60 videos of child pornography. Next month, he was going to be sentenced to between four and seven years in prison. There is no need for the sentencing now -- he hanged himself.
Mark Salling death officially ruled suicide, Los Angeles coroner says
http://people.com/tv/mark-salling-de...-asphyxiation/
In 1968, Dennis Edwards replaced David Ruffin as lead singer of the Temptations. Ruffin had replaced original lead singer Elbridge Bryant five years earlier. All three are now deceased.
Dennis Edwards, Temptations lead singer, dead at 74
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/02/...ions-obituary/
"It's me, Burt! Burt Buchman, your father!" Zorich also appeared in Fiddler On The Roof, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and The Muppets Take Manhattan.
Mad About You actor Louis Zorich dead at 93
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment...ead-at-93.html
She also appeared in Beau Geste, All This & Heaven Too and 2001 A Space Odyssey and voiced Faline in Disney's Bambi.
Ann Gillis, former child star who played Becky Thatcher in The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer, dies at 90
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other...-90/ar-BBICsj8
He played and recorded with George Benson, George Duke, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Jean-Luc Ponty, Stanley Clarke, Freddie Hubbard, Lalo Schifrin, Frank Sinatra, Kenny Rogers, Lionel Richie, Tina Turner, the Crusaders, the Temptations and many others. He played drums on Michael Jackson's Billie Jean. He played on several movie soundtracks. He released several albums. He co-wrote the Dazz Band's Let It Whip. He taught jazz studies at USC. Whew!
Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler, masterful jazz and session drummer, dies at 65
https://jazztimes.com/news/ndugu-chancler-dies/
Martin Crane, John Mahoney's character on Frasier, loved Ballantine Beer. He would often speak to his can of beer: "Well, hello there. Will you be my Ballantine?" Mahoney also appeared in six episodes of Hot In Cleveland.
John Mahoney, who played the cranky dad on Frasier, dies at 77
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/...es-77-52859783
In the 1960s, he played drums and toured with Kenny Rogers & the First Edition and Bob Dylan.
Justified, Home Improvement, National Lampoon's Vacation actor Mickey Jones dead at 76
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertain...icle-1.3805844
Mr. Big's To Be With You was a number-one hit in 1992. The band reached #27 a year later with a remake of Cat Stevens' Wild World.
Pat Torpey, drummer and founding member of Mr. Big, dies at 64
http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/mr-...ey-dies-at-58/
Rapper and record producer Lovebug Starski -- his real name was Kevin Smith -- is credited with coining the term "hip-hop." Personally, I think he stole the word from Here Comes Peter Cottontail.
Hip-hop pioneer Lovebug Starski dead at 57
http://www.bet.com/music/2018/02/08/...ead-at-57.html