Michelle Trachtenberg, ‘Gossip Girl’ and ‘Buffy’ Actress, Dies at 39
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Michelle Trachtenberg, ‘Gossip Girl’ and ‘Buffy’ Actress, Dies at 39

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Michelle Trachtenberg, a touchstone of millennial youth culture who grew up onscreen, rising to fame as a troubled teenager on the supernatural 1990s series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and as a conniving young socialite on “Gossip Girl,” was found dead on Wednesday in…

Al Trautwig, a Mainstay in the TV Booth at Madison Square Garden, Dies at 68
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Al Trautwig, a Mainstay in the TV Booth at Madison Square Garden, Dies at 68

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Al Trautwig, who brought sports fans along with him to New York’s Canyon of Heroes, champagne-doused locker rooms and the medal podium at the Olympics over a broadcast career that spanned more than three decades, died at his home on Long Island on…

Clint Hill, Who Sprang to Kennedys’ Side as Shots Were Fired, Dies at 93
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Clint Hill, Who Sprang to Kennedys’ Side as Shots Were Fired, Dies at 93

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Clint Hill, the Secret Service agent who leaped onto President John F. Kennedy’s limousine as it came under fire in Dallas and prevented a scrambling Jacqueline Kennedy from falling to the ground, died on Friday at his home in Belvedere, Calif. Mr. Hill,…

Roberta Flack, Virtuoso Singer-Pianist Behind ‘Killing Me Softly,’ Dies at 88
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Roberta Flack, Virtuoso Singer-Pianist Behind ‘Killing Me Softly,’ Dies at 88

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines “I’ve been told I sound like Nina Simone, Nancy Wilson, Odetta, Barbra Streisand, Dionne Warwick, even Mahalia Jackson,” Ms. Flack told The New York Times in 1970. “If everybody said I sounded like one person, I’d worry. But when they say I sound…

Lynne Marie Stewart, Miss Yvonne on ‘Pee-wee’s Playhouse,’ Dies at 78
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Lynne Marie Stewart, Miss Yvonne on ‘Pee-wee’s Playhouse,’ Dies at 78

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Lynne Marie Stewart, who played Pee-wee Herman’s perky, bouffant-wigged neighbor, Miss Yvonne, in the 1980s children’s television series “Pee-wee’s Playhouse” and the sweet, timorous mother of one of the main characters in “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” died on Friday in Los Angeles….

Voletta Wallace, the Notorious B.I.G.’s Mother, Dies at 78
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Voletta Wallace, the Notorious B.I.G.’s Mother, Dies at 78

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Voletta Wallace, the mother of the Brooklyn rapper the Notorious B.I.G., whose stewardship of her son’s career and legacy after he was killed in 1997 helped cement him as a hip-hop legend, died on Friday. She was 78. Ms. Wallace died in hospice…

Ron Travisano, Adman Behind Singing Cats and Joe Isuzu, Dies at 86
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Ron Travisano, Adman Behind Singing Cats and Joe Isuzu, Dies at 86

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In the early 1970s, the madcap advertising executives Ron Travisano and Jerry Della Femina were struggling to find a gimmick to sell an undistinguished brand of pet food. Watching interminable and unremarkable footage of cats eating, Mr. Travisano and an editor, Joe Lione,…

Yrjo Kukkapuro, Who Made the Easiest of Easy Chairs, Dies at 91
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Yrjo Kukkapuro, Who Made the Easiest of Easy Chairs, Dies at 91

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Yrjo Kukkapuro, a Finnish furniture designer who devoted his restless creative energies to sedentary comfort, creating dozens of chairs that coddled sitters and lent a zesty flair to their surroundings, died on Feb. 8 at his home in Kauniainen, Finland. He was 91….

Jim Guy Tucker, Ex-Arkansas Governor Caught Up in Whitewater, Dies at 81
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Jim Guy Tucker, Ex-Arkansas Governor Caught Up in Whitewater, Dies at 81

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Jim Guy Tucker, a former governor of Arkansas who was caught up in the long-running investigation that unsuccessfully targeted his predecessor as governor, Bill Clinton, died on Thursday in Little Rock, Ark. He was 81. His death, at a hospital, was caused by…

David Edward Byrd, Whose Posters Captured Rock’s Energy, Dies at 83
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David Edward Byrd, Whose Posters Captured Rock’s Energy, Dies at 83

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines David Edward Byrd, who captured the swirl and energy of the 1960s and early ’70s by conjuring pinwheels of color with indelible posters for concerts by Jimi Hendrix, the Who and the Rolling Stones as well as for hit stage musicals like “Follies”…