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Andy Rourke, bass guitarist of The Smiths, one of the most influential British bands of the 1980s, died Friday after a lengthy illness with pancreatic cancer, his publicity firm confirmed to CBS News. He was 59.Rourke died early…

Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Brown, the unstoppable running back who retired at the peak of his brilliant career to become an actor as well as a prominent civil rights advocate during the 1960s, has died. He was 87.A spokeswoman…

Doyle Brunson, one of the most influential poker players of all time and a two-time world champion, died Sunday, according to his agent. Brunson was 89.Brian Balsbaugh, Brunson's agent, posted a statement on Twitter from the…

Toronto —  Gordon Lightfoot, Canada's legendary folk singer-songwriter whose hits including "Early Morning Rain" and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" told a tale of Canadian identity that was exported worldwide, died on Monday. He was…

NYPD detective shot in 1990 dies…

MasterChef Australia host Jock Zonfrillo has died at the age of 46, according to a message from his family and a statement from the broadcaster of the show. Zonfrillo, a Scottish-Australian father of four who was a judge on the…

Jerry Springer, the TV talk show host and television personality who briefly served as mayor of Cincinnati, has died, his publicist confirmed to CBS News on Thursday morning. He was 79.Springer died peacefully on Thursday morning at…

Australian jockey Dean Holland died as a result of injuries sustained in a fall during a race in regional Victoria state on Monday, Racing Victoria said.The state's horse racing authority said the…

My father, John Ellis Jones, a classical scholar and archaeologist, who has died aged 93, after a fall, dedicated himself to teaching and developing his subject in his beloved Cymru.He joined Bangor University as a lecturer in the classics…

Washington —  Ahmad Jamal, a towering and influential U.S. jazz pianist, composer and band leader whose career spanned more than seven decades, died at age 92 on Sunday, according to news reports. Jamal's widow Laura Hess-Hey confirmed…