Celebrity death thread 2026

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Rollins released 46 studio albums and 15 live albums and recorded with Miles Davis, Max Roach, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, J.J. Johnson, the Modern Jazz Quartet and others. Among Rollins' best-known songs are Oleo, Doxy, Blue 7, Without A Song, Tenor Madness, Decision, Striver's Row, St. Thomas, Pent-Up House, The Bridge, Keep Hold Of Yourself and Don't Stop The Carnival.

Sonny Rollins, colossus of the saxophone, dies at 95

 

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Curtis, the older daughter of Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, played Carolyn Plummer in seven episodes of The Sentinel (1996) and appeared in 11 movies and TV movies including Checkpoint, Ex-Cop, False Arrest, Mixed Blessings, Trading Places and The Devil's Daughter.

 

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Lionel Richie formed the Commodores in 1968 in Tuskegee, Alabama. LaPread was the group's bassist from 1970 to 1986. Among the Commodores' 17 top-40 hits are Easy, Sail On, Sweet Love, Nightshift, Brick House, Oh No, Just To Be Close To You, Lady (You Bring Me Up) and two number ones, Still and Three Times A Lady.

 

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Second. I will refrain from making any "Foster child" jokes. Eleven-year-old Foster Sylvers, backed by his sisters Pat and Angie, had a #7 R&B hit and #22 pop hit in July 1973 with Misdemeanor. Foster was a member of The Sylvers with his siblings James, Leon, Ricky, Edmund, Pat, Angie, Charmaine and Olympia-Ann. Among the Sylvers' 1970s hits are Hot Line, High School Dance, Fool's Paradise, Any Way You Want Me and the 1976 number one Boogie Fever. The group disbanded in 1985.

 

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It's a sad day in the neighborhood. Negri appeared in 332 episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (1968-2001). He was the handyman, he played guitar and he owned Negri's Music Shop. Negri released five solo albums, an album with Michael Feinstein and an album with Trio Grande (Virgil Walters, Rodger Ryan, John D'Amico).

 

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R&B/jazz keyboardist Wansel released ten albums, five of which made Billboard's R&B album chart. Life On Mars, the title track of his first album, reached #10 on the Disco Action chart in August 1976. Wansel produced albums for Jean Carn, Lou Rawls, Phyllis Hyman, Patti LaBelle, Grover Washington Jr., MFSB, the Jacksons, the Jones Girls and others.

Dexter Wansel, Philly soul legend with vast family legacy who produced Teddy Pendergrass hit Love T.K.O., dies at 75