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OBITUARIES 2013
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Chris Kelly - Chris Kelly, half of the 1990s kid rap duo Kris Kross -- who made one of the decade's most memorable songs with the frenetic "Jump" -- has died, and authorities say they are investigating his death as a possible drug overdose.
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Richie Havens - Richie Havens, the folk singer and guitarist who was the first performer at Woodstock, died 4/22/13 at age 72. Havens died of a heart attack in New Jersey. He was born in Brooklyn. Havens was known for his crafty guitar work and cover songs, including his well-received cover of Bob Dylan's "Just Like a Woman." |
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Bob Teague - Bob Teague, who joined WNBC-TV in New York in 1963 as one of the city’s first black television journalists and went on to work as a reporter, anchorman and producer for more than three decades, died on 3/28/13 in New Brunswick, N.J. He was 84.
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Deke Richards - Motown songwriter-producer Deke Richards has died at a Bellingham, Wash., hospice at age 68. Spokeswoman Amy Cloud confirms that Richards, whose real name was Dennis Lussier, died 3/25/13 at the Whatcom Hospice House.
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Bobbie Smith - Bobbie Smith, lead singer for the Detroit soul group the Spinners, died following complications from flu and pneumonia, The Associated Press reports. He was 76, and had been diagnosed with lung cancer in November.
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Bobby Rogers - Singer Bobby Rogers, a founding member of the hit-making Motown group the Miracles along with Smokey Robinson, died 3/3/13 in suburban Detroit after a lengthy illness, family members and associates said. He was 73.
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Otis "Damon" Harris - Otis Harris, a former member of The Temptations who sang on the group's 1972 hit "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone," died at the age 62, after fighting prostate cancer for 14 years. Harris auditioned to join the Temptations in 1971 at the age of 21 after the departure of Eddie Kendricks, one of the original lead singers of the group.
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Lou Myers - Actor Lou Myers, best known for his role as ornery restaurant owner Mr. Gaines on the television series “A Different World,” died 2/19/2013. Tonia McDonald of Myers’ nonprofit, said Myers died at Charleston Area Medical Center in WV.
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Tim Dog - Rapper Tim Dog, whose 1991 song "F--- Compton" was one of the early strikes in the East Coast-West Coast rap war of the 1990s, has died at 46, The Source reports. The hip-hop publication says the New York rapper, born Tim Blair, died 2/14/2013 of a seizure after battling diabetes.
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Donald Byrd - The influential jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd died at the age of 80. Alex Bugnon, a jazz pianist, reported his uncle's death. Byrd's legacy is summed up by his nephew's Facebook tribute: "Let's remember Donald as a one of a kind pioneer of the trumpet, of the many styles of music he took on, of music education.
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