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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
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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/
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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/
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"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
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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
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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/
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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
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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
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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/
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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