Entertainment industry obituaries

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Lewis released 68 studio albums and six live albums. His 1965 album The In Crowd, recorded at the Bohemian Caverns in Washington DC, reached #2 on Billboard's album chart and won a Grammy for best jazz album. Among Lewis' best-known songs are Wade In The Water, Hang On Sloopy, Hot Dawgit, Jade East, Les Fleur, Uhuru, Sun Goddess, Look-A-Here and Do Whatever Sets You Free.

Ramsey Lewis, legendary jazz pianist known for The In Crowd, dies at 87

https://variety.com/2022/music/news/...wd-1235369950/

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Godard directed 112 feature films and shorts including Weekend, Made In USA, King Lear, Letter To Jane, Les Carabiniers, Une Femme Est Une Femme, Il Nuovo Mondo, Adieu Au Langage and Je Vous Salue Marie.

Jean-Luc Godard, legendary French director, dead at 91

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jean-lu...r-dead-age-91/

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Jesse Powell's You was a #2 R&B hit and #10 pop hit in March 1999. Among his other hits are Gloria, All I Need, I Wasn't With It, If I and Something In The Past.

R&B singer Jesse Powell dead at 51

https://www.lovebscott.com/rb-singer...powell-dead-51

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Papas appeared in 65 movies including Z, Fallen Angels, The Guns Of Navarone, The Moon-Spinners, Into The Night, Captain Corelli's Mandolin and We Still Kill The Old Way.

Irene Papas, actress in Zorba The Greek and Greek tragedies, dies at 96

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/14/m...apas-dead.html

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Silva apperared in 83 movies including Johnny Cool, Alligator, Cinderfella, Matchless, The Manhunt, The Plainsman, The Italian Connection, Never A Dull Moment, Tough Cop, Sergeants 3, Day Of The Assassin, A Gathering Of Eagles and Battle Of The Godfathers.

Henry Silva, distinctive actor in Ocean’s Eleven, The Manchurian Candidate, dies at 95

https://variety.com/2022/film/news/h...en-1235375327/

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Post and his wife Cathy released one album and six singles as Friend & Lover. Their biggest hit, Reach Out Of The Darkness, reached #10 on the Hot 100 in June 1968. Post released 14 solo albums between 1972 and 1980.

Jim Post, singer-songwriter who scored 1968 hit with Reach Out Of The Darkness, dies at 82

https://bestclassicbands.com/jim-pos...lover-9-15-22/

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Hicks reached #7 on Billboard's R&B chart in 1991 with Never Been In Love Before. She appeared in six movies including Virtuosity, Labor Day and Enemy Territory and in multiple episodes of L.A. Law, Mad About You, Sister Sister and Star Trek: Voyager.

Singer and actress Marva Hicks dies at 46

https://www.soultracks.com/story-marva-hicks-dies

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Hartman, bassist Dave Shogren and guitarists Tom Johnston and Patrick Simmons founded the Doobie Brothers in 1970 in San Jose, California. Hartman was a member until 1979 and from 1987 to 1991. He played on ten of the band's albums.

Doobie Brothers drummer John Hartman dead at 72

https://www.stereogum.com/2200476/do...ad-at-72/news/

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Fletcher played Kai Winn in 14 episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993-99) and appeared in more than 80 movies and TV movies including Shadowzone, Firestarter, Blue Steel, Cruel Intentions, High School High, Tollbooth, Touched By A Killer, The Contract and The Boy Who Could Fly.

Louise Fletcher, Oscar-winning actor in One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, dies at 88

https://deadline.com/2022/09/louise-...ss-1235126266/

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Sanders released 34 studio albums and two live albums. He also recorded with John Coltrane, Alice Coltrane, Don Cherry, Ornette Coleman, Norman Connors, McCoy Tyner and many others. Among Sanders' best-known songs are Rejoice, Astral Traveling, Love Is Everywhere, Upper Egypt & Lower Egypt, You've Got To Have Freedom and The Creator Has A Master Plan.

Jazz saxophonist Pharaoh Sanders dies at 81

https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/24/enter...ath/index.html