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  On October 9, 1977, the Philadelphia Eagles were playing against the New York Giants when the quarterback called for a “Toss 48.” The handoff went to tailback Herb Lusk II, who’d had a scoreless first season the year before. Lusk ran the football 70 yards for a touchdown that day and, for the first…

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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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Officials announced that, from the Prado museum to the Pompidou Centre and New York’s Met, the art world has rallied to stage “an unprecedented” 42 exhibitions marking 50 years since Pablo Picasso’s death. Prepared over the past 18 months by France and Spain, the “Year of Picasso” initiative will involve “38 significant art institutions in…

Queen Elizabeth II died Thursday, September 8, 2022, at her estate in Scotland. The British monarch was 96 years old. Members of the Royal family had traveled to be at her bedside after doctors announced Thursday they were “concerned” for her health. Queen Elizabeth was born in London at the Mayfair home of her maternal…

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Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the former Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, died at the age of 91. Russian state news agencies reported that Gorbachev died after a long illness. According to RIA Novosti, the Central Clinical Hospital said, “Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev died this evening after a severe and prolonged illness.” The man…

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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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In a 2016 interview with the Los Angeles Daily News, legendary sportscaster Vin Scully talked candidly about the role faith had had in his 67 season career. He spoke openly of his prayers during the 1988 World Series and his plans to attend a Catholic mass right before his final broadcast that year. A devout…

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NBA legend Bill Russell, an 11-time NBA champion with the Boston Celtics and the first Black head coach in the league, passed away “peacefully” Sunday, according to a family statement from his verified Twitter account. He was 88. The statement reads, “It is with a very heavy heart we would like to pass along to all of Bill’s friends,…

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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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