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Jazz legend Chuck Mangione, known for 'Feels So Good,' dies at 84

Jazz legend Chuck Mangione, known for 'Feels So Good,' dies at 84

NEW YORK (AP) — Two-time Grammy Award-winning musician Chuck Mangione, who achieved international success in 1977 with his jazz-flavored single “Feels So Good” and later became a voice actor on the animated TV comedy “King of the Hill,” has died.
Hulk Hogan, icon in professional wrestling, dies at age 71

Hulk Hogan, icon in professional wrestling, dies at age 71

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Hulk Hogan's death marks the end of an era that defined larger-than-life personalities of the 1980s

Hulk Hogan's death marks the end of an era that defined larger-than-life personalities of the 1980s

Hulk Hogan was billed as “The Immortal One” and the former WWE champion seemed to believe it as he bellowed in his red-and-yellow attire throughout sold-out arenas around the world in the 1980s and into this century that Hulkamania would live forever
Trump and Hulk Hogan forged a decadeslong bond based on wrestling, reality stardom and politics

Trump and Hulk Hogan forged a decadeslong bond based on wrestling, reality stardom and politics

WASHINGTON (AP) — One was a businessman turned reality TV star twice elected president. The other was a professional wrestler who became politically active later in life.
President Trump, Brooke Shields, Jake Paul and others react to death of wrestling icon Hulk Hogan

President Trump, Brooke Shields, Jake Paul and others react to death of wrestling icon Hulk Hogan

Hulk Hogan, perhaps the most recognizable showman of professional wrestling with his muscles for miles, long blond locks and handlebar mustache, has died. He was 71.
Former Czech ice hockey great Josef Černý dies at 85

Former Czech ice hockey great Josef Černý dies at 85

PRAGUE (AP) — Josef Černý, one of the highest-scoring forwards in the former Czechoslovakia who helped his country win three Olympic medals, has died. He was 85. His former Czech club, Kometa Brno, announced his death on Thursday.

Golden Earring co-founder George Kooymans dies at 77

NEW YORK (AP) — George Kooymans, the guitarist and co-founder of the Dutch band Golden Earring who co-wrote the hard-rock classic “Radar Love” and wrote and shared lead vocals on the top 10 hit “Twilight Zone,” has died at age 77.

Maeve Kyle, Irish trailblazer and 3-time Olympian, dies at 96

DUBLIN (AP) — Maeve Kyle, who became Ireland's first female track-and-field Olympian when she competed at the 1956 Melbourne Games, has died. She was 96. The Olympic Federation of Ireland said Wednesday that Kyle was a “trailblazer for women’s sport.
Prominent Miami defense attorney Roy Black dies, represented William Kennedy Smith in rape trial

Prominent Miami defense attorney Roy Black dies, represented William Kennedy Smith in rape trial

Prominent Miami defense lawyer Roy Black, who gained national attention by winning an acquittal in the 1991 William Kennedy Smith rape trial and was involved in scores of other high-profile cases ranging from Justin Bieber to Jeffrey Epstein, has die
Ozzy Osbourne, who led Black Sabbath and became the godfather of heavy metal, dies at 76

Ozzy Osbourne, who led Black Sabbath and became the godfather of heavy metal, dies at 76

Ozzy Osbourne, the gloomy, demon-invoking lead singer of the pioneering band Black Sabbath who became the throaty, growling voice — and drug-and-alcohol ravaged id — of heavy metal, died Tuesday, just weeks after his farewell show. He was 76.
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