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Grammy-winning Cuban balladeer Pablo Milanés has died in Spain at age 79. He helped found Cuba’s “nueva trova” movement and toured the world as a cultural ambassador for Fidel Castro’s revolution — though he also sometimes criticized policies he saw as too hardline.
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Comedian and actor Leslie Jordan died Monday at age 67. His career spanned decades, but it was during the COVID-19 pandemic that his jovial personality began reaching the masses.
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Lansbury's acting career extended over an extraordinary seven decades. She says she knew early on that she'd never be "groomed to be a glamorous movie star" and thus sought out nontraditional roles.
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Known for his efforts to improve global health and as the founder of the nonprofit health organization Partners in Health, Farmer died in Rwanda at age 62.
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"May his soul Rest In Peace," his Instagram said in a post that was all black with no image. It did not give a cause of death.
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Spector had suffered from cancer. She recorded a string of pop hits in the 1960s including "Walking In The Rain" and "Be My Baby."
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Saget was a prominent presence on American television screens throughout the 1990s as the father Danny Tanner on Full House and the host of America's Funniest Home Videos.
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Emmy Award-winning composer Stephen Lawrence, who co-wrote songs for Sesame Street and Free to Be... You and Me, died on December 30 at age 82.
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Campbell was born in Austria, the second daughter of Georg and Maria von Trapp and a younger stepsibling to the older von Trapp children who went on to be depicted in the musical and beloved movie.
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Collins chaired the South Florida Water Management District during the contentious years when the landmark Florida Everglades restoration plan was hammered out.
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Belmondo's breakout role in Jean-Luc Godard's "Breathless" launched him into international superstardom and a career spanning six decades.
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Perry's brilliant and idiosyncratic career included helping to inspire the sounds of dub and rap as we know them today.