NOTABLE DEATHS | August 6, 2016
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Virtuoso New Orleans jazz clarinetist…
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Virtuoso New Orleans jazz clarinetist…
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Karen Black appeared in almost 200 films in a career that lasted more than 50 years.
To prepare it for burial, Muslim tradition requires that same-sex family members wash the body an odd number of times before covering it with a shroud.
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Award-winning pastel artist and actress
Founder and Superintendent of A+ Arts Academy in Columbus, OH
Episcopal bishop and civil-rights advocate from Mississippi
Hairdresser who created the iconic Beehive hairstyle
One of the founders of modern pulmonary medicine and early clean air activist
Animator who created the pre-show roller coaster sequence for Regal Cinemas
Where there is love there is life.
Accident leaves 13 people dead…
Character actor played millionaire in "The Big Lebowski"...
Singer, actress starred in several MGM musicals...
Longtime on-air Weather Channel meteorologist...
Sixteen were killed in a hot air balloon accident near Lockhart...
Actor starred on the sci-fi TV series "Babylon 5"...