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Oscar-winning producer Richard Zanuck dead at 77

Film producer Richard Zanuck, who won the best picture Oscar for "Driving Miss Daisy" and was involved in such blockbuster films as "Jaws" and "The Sting" after his father, Hollywood mogul Darryl F....

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Bobby Braddock dies of heart attack after umpiring games

Bobby Braddock’s love affair with baseball began in his boyhood and continued until the day he died — which happened suddenly, after a day on the diamond.

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Richard Zanuck, Oscar-winning producer, dies at 77

One day in 1962, the Hollywood legend Darryl F. Zanuck turned to his 27-year-old son, Richard, seeking advice.

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Sage Stallone, son of Sylvester Stallone, dies at 36

Sage Stallone, the son of Sylvester Stallone, was found dead at his San Fernando Valley home Friday, a law enforcement source said.

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Hollywood reacts to Richard Zanuck's death

Celebrities share their reactions to the death Friday of Oscar-winning producer Richard Zanuck:

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Sage Stallone, son of Sylvester Stallone, dies at 36

Sage Stallone, son of actor Sylvester Stallone, was found dead Friday at his home in Studio City. He was 36.

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Cause elusive in death of Stallone son in LA home

There were no signs of foul play or trauma in the death of Sage Stallone, whose sudden passing at the age of 36 left his father Sylvester Stallone devastated, a publicist and investigators said.

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Willis Edwards, L.A. civil rights activist, dies at 66

Willis Edwards, a civil rights and political activist in Los Angeles' black American community and the former leader of the Beverly Hills-Hollywood branch of the NAACP who was a controversial force...

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Oscar-winning actress Celeste Holm dies at 95

Celeste Holm, a versatile, bright-eyed blonde who soared to Broadway fame in "Oklahoma!" and won an Oscar in "Gentleman's Agreement" but whose last years were filled with financial difficulty and...

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Celeste Holm, star of stage and screen, dies at 95

Celeste Holm, the versatile actress who achieved fame on Broadway in the original production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's hit musical "Oklahoma!" in 1943 and five years later won an Oscar for best...

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Former Morgan strategist Biggs dies at 79

Barton Biggs, the former chief global strategist for Morgan Stanley, who warned three years before the crash in dot-com companies that stocks were too expensive, has died, the bank said Monday. He was 79.

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'Encyclopedia Brown' author Sobol dies at 87

Donald J. Sobol, author of the popular "Encyclopedia Brown" series of children's mysteries, has died. He was 87.

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Deep Purple's Jon Lord dies at age 71

British rocker Jon Lord, the keyboardist whose powerful, driving tones helped turn Deep Purple and Whitesnake into two of the most popular hard rock acts in a generation, died Monday. He was 71.

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Stephen Covey, '7 Habits' author, dies at 79

Considered a pioneer in the self-help genre aimed at helping readers become more productive in their lives, author Stephen R. Covey had an enormous impact on both the corporate world and the personal...

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Donald Sobol, ‘Encyclopedia Brown’ writer, dies at 87

Donald J. Sobol, who wrote more than 80 books, including the popular Encyclopedia Brown children’s mystery series about a 10-year-old boy detective named Leroy...

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Funk Brothers bass player Bob Babbitt dies at 74

Prominent Motown studio musician and Funk Brothers member Bob Babbitt, whose bass playing pounded through the Temptations hit "Ball of Confusion" and Marvin Gaye's "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)," has...

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1st female country superstar Kitty Wells dies

Without Kitty Wells, there might be no Taylor Swift. Or Miranda Lambert. Or Loretta Lynn.

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Kitty Wells, country music trailblazer, dies at 92

Country singer Kitty Wells, the most successful and influential female country singer of the 1950s and early '60s and one of a handful of women to have significant impact at a time when the music was...

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Andrew Stroud, ex-husband of Nina Simone, dies

Andrew Stroud (STROWD), a former New York City police detective who was singer Nina Simone's ex-husband and one-time manager, has died. He was 86.

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Stephen R. Covey, writer of influential self-help best-seller, dies at 79

Stephen R. Covey, a former Brigham Young University business professor who blended personal self-help and management theory in a massive best-seller, "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People," died...

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