Entertainment industry obituaries

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Five of Earle's nine albums reached the top ten on Billboard's Folk Album chart. Among his best-known songs are Single Mothers, Harlem River Blues, Look The Other Way, Maybe A Moment, Frightened By The Sound, Slippin' & Slidin' and The Saint Of Lost Causes.

Justin Townes Earle, Americana singer-songwriter-guitarist, dead at 38
Nashville native, known for his mix of old-timey roots music and modern folk-rock, was the son of Steve Earle.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/m...-obit-1048627/

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Nelson appeared in several movies including Mohawk, Hot Rod Girl, Untamed Youth, Revenge Of The Creature, Ma & Pa Kettle At Waikiki, Ma & Pa Kettle At The Fair and Francis Goes To West Point. She co-starred with Merry Anders and Barbara Eden in the first season of the 1957-59 syndicated television series How To Marry A Millionaire. Upset because her role wasn't bigger, she quit and was replaced in the second season by Lisa Gaye. It was explained that Nelson's character had gotten married and moved away.

1950s Hollywood star Lori Nelson dies at 87

https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/s...son-dies-at-87

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Persip toured and recorded with Dizzy Gillespie and was a member of the Harry Edison Quintet before forming his own group, the Jazz Statesmen, in 1960. In 1981, he formed a jazz big band, Superband, which released four albums. Persip played on more than 140 albums, including 15 with Dizzy Gillespie, four with Red Garland and three with Rahsaan Roland Kirk. He also recorded with Quincy Jones, Ray Charles, Donald Byrd, Erroll Garner, Cannonball Adderley, Dinah Washington, George Benson, Lionel Hampton and many others.

Charli Persip, virtuoso drummer who cut a swath through modern jazz, dies at 91

https://www.wbgo.org/post/charli-per...ad-91#stream/0

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Joe Ruby and Ken Spears created Scooby-Doo, Dynomutt, Jabberjaw, Josie & The Pussycats and other characters for Hanna-Barbera before forming their own studio in 1977 and producing Superman, Mr. T, Fangface, Alvin & The Chipmunks and other Saturday-morning cartoon series.

Joe Ruby, co-creator of Scooby-Doo, dies at 87

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...doo-dies-at-87

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Boseman also starred in 13 episoides of Persons Unknown and nine episodes of Lincoln Heights and portrayed James Brown in the 2014 biopic Get On Up.

Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman dies of cancer at 43

https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2020...cer-at-age-43/

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Mitchell was a member of the Bay City Rollers in 1976-77. Their hits include Saturday Night, Money Honey, Rock & Roll Love Letter, You Made Me Believe In Magic and I Only Want To Be With You.

Bay City Rollers bassist Ian Mitchell dead at 62

https://nypost.com/2020/09/02/bay-ci...ll-dead-at-62/

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Peacock recorded 12 albums as a bandleader and 23 albums as a member of Keith Jarrett's trio. He also recorded with Bill Evans, Albert Ayler, Bud Shank, Marc Copeland, Barney Kessel and many others.

Jazz bassist Gary Peacock dies at 85

https://www.marlbank.net/posts/gary-peacock-has-died

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Pianist Bill Pursell released eight albums and 20 singles. His only hit was Our Winter Love, which reached #9 on the Hot 100 and #4 on the adult contemporary chart in March 1963.

William Pursell, Grammy-nominated composer, dies at 94

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...ser-dies-at-94

Here is Our Winter Love:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-6wDGbB9UA

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Starr topped the Canadian country music chart in 1967 with Too Far Gone and in 1969 with Cajun Love. Three of her songs also made the US country chart. Her only US pop hit was the bilingual The French Song, which reached #54 on the Hot 100 and #15 on the adult contemporary chart in June 1964.

Manitoba-born country music queen Lucille Starr dies at 82

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...toba-1.5714448

Here is The French Song. The arranger was Herb Alpert.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kQii9shQRc

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Williamson was a member of the Temptations from 2006 to 2015. He was born in 1970, ten years after the original group formed in Detroit.

Former Temptations lead singer Bruce Williamson dies at 49 after COVID-19 battle

https://people.com/music/temptations...dead-covid-19/