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Comedian Gallagher, best known for his watermelon-smashing comedy routine and numerous popular specials in the 1980s, died from organ failure Friday morning, according to his manager Craig Marquardo at 76. Gallagher had been in hospice care in California after suffering multiple heart attacks in recent years. In a statement given to CNN by Marquardo, Gallagher…

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Aaron Carter, a former child pop singer and younger brother of Backstreet Boys’ Nick Carter, died on Saturday, November 5, 2022. He was 34. A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department spokesperson told CNN they responded to a call for help at Carter’s Lancaster, California home on Saturday morning around 11 a.m. local time, where a…

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Loretta Lynn, the Kentucky coal miner’s daughter whose frank songs about life and love as a woman in Appalachia pulled her out of poverty and made her a pillar of country music, has died at 90. According to a statement her family provided to The Associated Press, Lynn died at her home in Hurricane Mills,…

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Coolio, the ’90s rapper who lit up the music charts with hits like “Gangsta’s Paradise” and “Fantastic Voyage,” died Wednesday afternoon, according to his friend and manager Jarez Posey. He was 59. Though details surrounding his death weren’t immediately available, Captain Erik Scott of the Los Angeles Fire Department told CNN that paramedics responded to…

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