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Jimmy James & The Vagabonds formed in 1960 in Jamaica. They released seven studio albums, one live album and 24 singles. Among their hits are Red Red Wine, I Am Somebody, Now Is The Time, No Good To Cry and I'll Go Where Your Music Takes Me. James also released 18 solo singles.

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Jimmy James, 84, passes away - Jamaica Observer

Jimmy James, 84, passes away
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Third. Coleman played Merle Jeter on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, 1976-77, and Forever Fernwood, 1977-78; Bill Bittinger on Buffalo Bill, 1983-84; Slap Maxwell on The Slap Maxwell Story, 1987-88; Otis Drexell on Drexell's Class, 1991-92; Burton Fallin on The Guardian, 2001-04; and Louis Kaestner on Boardwalk Empire, 2010-11. He appeared in 80 movies and TV movies including Melvin & Howard, Tootsie, Bite The Bullet, Maybe Baby, Pray TV, You've Got Mail, The Muppets Take Manhattan and The Prersident's Plane Is Missing.

In 1988, Coleman starred with Bobcat Goldthwait, John Candy and Gilbert Gottfried in Hot To Trot. – in the grand old tradition of Mr. Ed and Francis The Talking Mule.

 
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Fuller played Claudia Barbour on the NBC Radio drama One Man's Family from 1945 to 1959 and appeared in 14 movies including Alias The Champ, Singing Gun, Flame Of Youth, Unmasked, The Red Menace, The Savage Horde and Women From Headquarters.

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Barbra Fuller, Star of Republic Pictures and ‘One Man’s Family’ on the Radio, Dies at 102

She also appeared on shows including ‘Adventures of Superman,’ ‘Four Star Playhouse,’ ‘My Three Sons’ and ‘Perry Mason.’
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Peggi Blu – her real name was Peggy Blue – sang in several gospel groups including the Nat Lewis Singers, Clara Walker & the Redeemers and the Gospel Starlets. Blu released three albums and nine singles and had a #91 R&B hit in 1987 with Tender Moments. She appeared in 14 Broadway and off-Broadway musicals including Jezebel, Sisterella, The Wiz and Bubbling Brown Sugar.

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Legendary "Star Search" winner and soul songstress Peggi Blu dies

(May 19, 2024) The world first discovered the unique vocal stylngs of Peggi Blu when she was crowned Grand Champion on the television talent contest Star Search in 1986, and that began a career where Blu became a icon among her peers and one of the most respected women in soul music. We are sad...
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Ifield had four number-one hits in England in 1962-63: I Remember You (which reached #5 in the US in October 1962), Lovesick Blues, The Wayward Wind and Confessin' (That I Love You). Among his other hits: It's My Time, Please, Don't Blame Me and Call Her Sweetheart.

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Country legend Frank Ifield, who helped launch The Beatles, dies age 86

Country legend Frank Ifield – who also is credited with helping to launch The Beatles into stardom – has died. He was aged 86.
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Eileen would be a good name for a woman whose right leg is much shorter than her left leg.

Train formed in 1994 in San Francisco. Among their hits are Meet Virginia, Drops Of Jupiter, Calling All Angels, Hey Soul Sister, Drive By and 50 Ways To Say Goodbye. Colin left the group in late 2003.

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Charlie Colin, former bassist and founding member of Train, dies at age 58

Charlie Colin, a founding member and former bassist of the band Train, died at 58, his sister confirmed to CBS News.
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Hickman, the older brother of The Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis star Dwayne Hickman, appeared in more than 60 movies and TV movies including Network, Tea & Sympathy, Southwest Passage, Sea Of Lost Ships, Black Gold, Island In The Sky, The Happy Years, The Human Comedy and Two Years Before The Mast.

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Darryl Hickman, child star of 'Leave Her to Heaven,' dies at 92

Darryl Hickman, child star of Golden Age classics like 'Leave Her to Heaven' and 'The Grapes of Wrath,' dies at 92.
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As a lifelong Disney fan, I'm going to second this one myself!

Richard and his brother Robert, who died in 2012, wrote more than a thousand songs for movies, animated films, Broadway musicals, television shows and theme park attractions. Among them are Feed The Birds (Walt Disney's personal favorite), Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, Step In Time, A Spoonful Of Sugar, Let's Go Fly A Kite, Jolly Holiday, Chim Chim Cher-ee, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, it's a small world, Winnie The Pooh, The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers, The Tiki Tiki Tiki Room and There's A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow. They also wrote Annette's Tall Paul and Pineapple Princess, Johnny Burnette's You're Sixteen and Hayley Mills' Let's Get Together. The Sherman Brothers were inducted into the Songwriters Hall Of Fame in 2005.

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Richard M. Sherman, prolific Disney songwriter, dies at 95

Richard M. Sherman and his brother penned instantly memorable songs for "Mary Poppins," "The Jungle Book" and "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang."
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Catalytic converters contain platinum, palladium and rhodium. Thieves can sell them on the black market for more than $1,000. Around 1,600 converters are stolen every month in California. Johnny Wactor was shot and killed by three men attempting to steal the converter from his car. Wactor played Brando Corbin on General Hospital, 2020-22, and appeared in multiple episodes of Siberia, Westworld, Hollywood Girl, Army Wives, Age Appropriate and Barbee Rehab.

Johnny Wactor of General Hospital shot and killed in downtown Los Angeles

 
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Channel98 said:
As a lifelong Disney fan, I'm going to second this one myself!

Richard and his brother Robert, who died in 2012, wrote more than a thousand songs for movies, animated films, Broadway musicals, television shows and theme park attractions. Among them are Feed The Birds (Walt Disney's personal favorite), Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, Step In Time, A Spoonful Of Sugar, Let's Go Fly A Kite, Jolly Holiday, Chim Chim Cher-ee, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, it's a small world, Winnie The Pooh, The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers, The Tiki Tiki Tiki Room and There's A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow. They also wrote Annette's Tall Paul and Pineapple Princess, Johnny Burnette's You're Sixteen and Hayley Mills' Let's Get Together. The Sherman Brothers were inducted into the Songwriters Hall Of Fame in 2005.

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Richard M. Sherman, prolific Disney songwriter, dies at 95

Richard M. Sherman and his brother penned instantly memorable songs for "Mary Poppins," "The Jungle Book" and "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang."
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Second. I hadn’t realized he was still around until this
 
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