Celebrity Deaths in the News

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• Nancy Wilson, Award-winning song stylist

  

  Nancy Wilson, the Grammy and Emmy Award-winning song stylist, died Thursday, Dec. 14 at her home in Pioneertown, Calif., after a long illness, according to...




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• Pete Shelley, Singer-songwriter for punk legends the Buzzcocks

  

  Pete Shelley (1955 – 2018) was the lead singer of the highly influential punk band the Buzzcocks. He died from a heart attack at the age of 63 at his home in...




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• George H.W. Bush, 41st president of the United States...

  

  Former President George H.W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States, died Nov. 30, 2018. He was 94.




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• Gloria Katz, Screenwriter for "American Graffiti," script doctor for "Star Wars"

  

  Gloria Katz (1942 – 2018) partnered with her husband Willard Huyck to co-write George Lucas's "American Grafitti" and "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom."




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• Vernita Lee, Oprah Winfrey's mother...

  

  Vernita Lee, Oprah Winfrey's mother, has died at the age of 83, according to multiple news sources. She died on Thanksgiving day.




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• Rosanell Eaton, North Carolina voting rights advocate

  

  Rosanell Eaton (1921 – 2018) was a lead plaintiff in a 2013 lawsuit in North Carolina that overturned unfair voting restrictions.




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• Thomas Billington, Wrestling legend known as "Dynamite Kid"

  

  Thomas Billington (1958 – 2018) was a legendary professional wrestler known as "Dynamite Kid." The British born Billington partnered with Davey Boy Smith to...




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• Ken Berry, Likeable actor starred on the sitcom "F Troop"

  

  Ken Berry (1933 – 2018) starred in the sitcom "F Troop" in the 1960s. Berry played Captain Parmenter on the Western themed sitcom for two years. He had a...




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• Stephen Hillenburg, "SpongeBob SquarePants" creator…

  

  Stephen Hillenburg was the creator of the popular animated series, "SpongeBob SquarePants." He died from ALS on Monday, November 26, 2018, at the age of 57.




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• Ricky Jay, Acclaimed magician and actor starred in "Boogie Nights"…

  

  Ricky Jay was a magician and popular character actor who starred in "Boogie Nights." He died November 24, 2018, at the age of 72, according to multiple news...




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