Entertainment industry obituaries

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Bynum co-wrote more than 200 songs including including Kenny Rogers' Lucille, Patty Loveless' Chains, Jim Reeves' Nobody's Fool, George Jones' The Old Old House, Ray Price's You Can't Take It With You, Jeanne Pruett's I've Been So Wrong For So Long and the Johnny Cash/Waylon Jennings duet There Ain't No Good Chain Gang. Bynum also released three albums (1995, 1998, 2002).

Country songwriter Hal Bynum dies at 87

https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/5750...as-passed-away

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Moncur released eight albums and recorded with Archie Shepp, Wayne Shorter, Benny Golson, Cassandra Wilson, Herbie Hancock, Joe Henderson, Jackie McLean and others.

Grachan Moncur III, trailblazing jazz trombonist, dies at 85

https://www.npr.org/2022/06/03/11030...ist-dies-at-85

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Bon Jovi formed in 1983 in Sayreville, New Jersey. Such was a member until 1994. During that time, the band had 16 top-40 hits and five number ones: You Give Love A Bad Name, Livin' On A Prayer, Bad Medicine, I'll Be There For You and Blaze Of Glory.

Alec John Such, Bon Jovi’s first bassist, dies at 70

https://variety.com/2022/music/news/...ad-1235285223/

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Seals & Crofts had eight top-40 hits in the 1970s: Diamond Girl, Summer Breeze, Get Closer, Hummingbird, My Fair Share, I'll Play For You, You're The Love and We May Never Pass This Way Again.

Jim Seals of Seals & Crofts dies at 80

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/jim-...d-crofts-dies/

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Cruise released four albums and sang Mysteries Of Love on the soundtrack of the 1986 David Lynch film Blue Velvet.

Julee Cruise, otherworldly crooner on Twin Peaks, dies at 65

https://www.npr.org/2022/06/10/11041...vid-lynch-b52s

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Hall appeared in multiple episodes of Pasadena, Everwood, Messiah, Family Ties, Modern Family, Michael Hayes, Falcon Crest, The Loop, The Practice and Curb Your Enthusiasm and in more than 60 movies including Rush Hour, Bruce Almighty, Boogie Nights, The Amityville Horror, The Shaggy Dog (2006), The Truman Show and The Talented Mr. Ripley.

Philip Baker Hall, the library cop Lt. Bookman on Seinfeld, dies at 90
The busy actor also appeared in three Paul Thomas Anderson dramas and played Nixon in an acclaimed one-man play and Robert Altman film.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/mo...es-1235164442/

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Whitburn founded Record Research Inc. in 1970 and has published 175 Billboard chart books including Top Pop Singles, Top Pop Albums, Top Country Singles, Top R&B Singles, Rock Tracks and Hot Dance/Disco and seven volumes that reprint every Top 100 singles chart from 1950 through 2019. Many of the books are updated every few years.

Joel Whitburn, legendary chart historian and reference book author, dies at 82
The Record Research founder and publisher of the Top Pop Singles book series saw his studies become critical reference material for much of the industry.

https://www.billboard.com/music/char...ch-1235087319/

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Sanders played Leo Sellitti in the final episode of Amazon Prime's Just Add Magic in 2019 and in 10 episodes of the series' Mystery City spinoff in 2020. He also appeared in eight shorts and played Eli Ashcraft in the 2019 movie The Reliant.

Tyler Sanders, Just Add Magic: Mystery City star, dies at 18

https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/tyl...ar-1235297659/

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Brett Tuggle, Fleetwood Mac and David Lee Roth Band keyboardist, dead at 70
He spent 20 years on the road with Fleetwood Mac and also co-wrote the 1988 David Lee Roth hit Just Like Paradise.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/m...-dead-1370965/

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Rado – his full name was James Alexander Radomski – and his partner Gerome Ragni began writing Hair in 1964. The musical opened off-Broadway in October 1967 and opened on Broadway in April 1968. In 1969, Hair was nominated for a Tony award for best musical and won a Grammy award for best musical.

James Rado, co-creator of groundbreaking Hair musical, dies at 90
The show was the first rock musical, first to feature full nudity and the first to feature a same-sex kiss on Broadway.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/li...90-1235169883/