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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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Olivia Newton-John, the Australian singer whose voice and natural beauty made her one of the biggest pop stars of the ’70s and captivated generations of viewers in the hit movie “Grease,” died on Monday, according to a statement from her husband. She was 73. Her husband, John Easterling, wrote in a statement on Newton-John’s Instagram…

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Paul Sorvino, who starred in Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas and early seasons of the NBC series Law & Order, died yesterday of natural causes after suffering health issues over the past few years. He was 83 years old. His death was announced by his publicist Roger Neal on behalf of Sorvino’s wife, Dee Dee Sorvino, who was at his…

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