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The International Bluegrass Music Association announced on its social media channels Saturday that iconic bluegrass guitarist Tony Rice passed away on Christmas Day at his home in Reidsville, North Carolina. He was 69 years old.

His unique style, vast recording catalog, and wide-reaching collaborations were foundational to many pickers in his generation and those that came after.

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Jonathan Huber, who wrestled for AEW under the name Brodie Lee and for WWE under the name Luke Harper, died today. His wife announced the death on her Instagram page.

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^Oh my goodness. He was missing for a while, but none of the dirt sheets even hinted something that serious (just assumed he was on one of those quarantines because of coming in contact with someone). He had such a great resurgence on AEW. Horrible.

So sorry to hear that. And my age too.

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Whodini rapper John Fletcher has died at the age of 56.

The musician, who was better known as Ecstasy, performed with New York-based rap trio Whodini from 1982.

His death was confirmed by his family, who said: “John ‘Ecstasy’ Fletcher was a beloved man, the life partner to Deltonia and ex-husband to Carla, twin brother to Joseph, artist, friend, and lifetime performing partner to the Legendary Jalil of Whodini.

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^Oh my goodness. He was missing for a while, but none of the dirt sheets even hinted something that serious (just assumed he was on one of those quarantines because of coming in contact with someone). He had such a great resurgence on AEW. Horrible.

So sorry to hear that. And my age too.

Just got a message on fb about this. Wile i never saw his indy stuff 41 is to young. Apperntly his wife stated lung issues was the reason

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The metal scene prizes people who take time to become experts on niche subjects. Mike “McBeardo” McPadden was the expert’s expert—and by all accounts, one of the true good guys. Over the course of his legendary zine Happyland and two well-received books for Bazillion Points—Heavy Metal Movies and Teen Movie Hell—he explored the finer points of niche cinema with a dedication and passion that few could muster. McPadden also spent time working for Larry Flynt Publications as a staff writer. His attention to exhaustive detail is something everyone at a magazine that writes 5,000-word stories on albums the rest of the world forgets can appreciate.

Sadly, McPadden died in his Chicago home this week. A cause of death was not released but McPadden apparently passed in his sleep. Bazillion Points will donate proceeds of all sales of a box set of both of his books and Daniel Ekeroth’s Swedish film omnibus to a fund for Mike’s wife Rachel and his family. A GoFundMe is also raising money for Rachel.

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Never heard of him, but I honestly would like to get Heavy Metal Movies just to read it.

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Phil Niekro, a pitcher who used his signature knuckleball to fool generations of hitters as well as craft a Hall of Fame career, died Saturday night in his sleep after a long battle with cancer, the Atlanta Braves announced Sunday. He was 81.

Niekro, inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1997, was one of baseball's most prolific and durable pitchers, using his "butterfly" pitch to win 318 games in a career that spanned 24 seasons, 20 of those years with the Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves.

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Never heard of him, but I honestly would like to get Heavy Metal Movies just to read it.

I listened to on a couple of podcasts within the last year. He's a big "80's, 80's, 80s" writer as you might expect. Learning about his death was genuinely shocking and random.

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Pierre Cardin, who during his more than seven decades in fashion brought geometric shapes to haute couture and put his name on everything from clothing to furniture to perfume to pens, died Tuesday. He was 98.

“It is with great sadness that the members of the Academy of Fine Arts announce the death of their fellow member Pierre Cardin,” the French Academy of Fine Arts tweeted.

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People around the world were familiar with author and professor James Gunn, who had earned the nickname of the “Dad of Science Fiction.”

But by age 97, he had also become the “granddad and the great granddad” of the genre, according to his colleague and close friend.

“A lot of people who are writers now took classes from somebody who took classes from somebody who took classes from him,” Kij Johnson explained.

Gunn, a professor emeritus at the University of Kansas English department and the founding director of what would come to be known as the Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction, died Wednesday morning after going to the hospital a few nights before and being diagnosed with congestive heart failure, according to an obituary on the center’s website.

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Joe Clark, the uncompromising New Jersey high school principal who employed a bullhorn and baseball bat to round his students into shape en route to becoming the subject of the inspirational Morgan Freeman film Lean on Me, has died. He was 82.

Clark died Tuesday after a long illness at his home in Gainesville, Florida, his family announced.

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Dawn Wells, who starred as the demure Mary Ann in long-running sitcom “Gilligan’s Island,” died Wednseday of causes related to COVID-19 in Los Angeles. She was 82.

A native of Reno, Wells also appeared in “77 Sunset Strip,” “Maverick,” “Bonanza,” “The Joey Bishop Show” and “Hawaiian Eye.”

Publicist Harlan Boll announced her death.

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Adolfo Quiñones, the admired actor, dancer and choreographer known as Shabba-Doo who specialized in the art of locking and portrayed the street artist Ozone in the two Breakin' movies of the 1980s, has died. He was 65.

Dubbed "hip-hop's first matinee idol" by Dance Magazine, Quiñones died Wednesday in Los Angeles, publicist Biff Warren announced. The cause of death "is still pending," he said.

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Dawn Wells, who starred as the demure Mary Ann in long-running sitcom “Gilligan’s Island,” died Wednseday of causes related to COVID-19 in Los Angeles. She was 82.

A native of Reno, Wells also appeared in “77 Sunset Strip,” “Maverick,” “Bonanza,” “The Joey Bishop Show” and “Hawaiian Eye.”

Publicist Harlan Boll announced her death.

Residuals in perpetuity for actors didn't start until the 1970-71 season, which was after Gilligan's Island had ceased production.

Russell Johnson, who played the Professor, was broke and driving a beaten-up old car in his later years. Can you imagine how rich the regulars on that show would have gotten if they had been paid permanent residuals?

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