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Celebrated filmmaker David Lynch has died, his family confirmed on social media Thursday.
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David Lynch, visionary filmmaker behind ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Mulholland Drive,’ dies at 78

Associated Press January 16, 2025

LOS ANGELES (AP) — David Lynch, the filmmaker celebrated for his uniquely dark vision in such movies as “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland...

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green and gold banners on light posts that read "warrior strong" with the Wayne State "w"
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Former Wayne State governor Paul Massaron dies at 80, university reports

Jenny Sherman January 13, 2025

Paul Massaron, a former member of the Wayne State University Board of Governors twice elected by Michigan voters, has died...

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FILE - President-elect Jimmy Carter leans over to shake hands with some of the people riding the "Peanut Special" to Washington, Jan. 19, 1977. They will travel all night, arriving in Washington in time for Carter's inauguration as president on Jan. 20.
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Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president, has died at 100

Associated Press December 29, 2024

ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War,...

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Former WDET Program Director Judy Adams (front and center in red) poses alongside her colleagues at WDET Studios.
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Detroit community mourns loss of former WDET host and veteran radio personality Judy Adams

Jenny Sherman December 26, 2024

WDET staff and listeners are mourning the loss of veteran Detroit radio personality and former WDET Program Director and host...

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FILE - Virginia Tech English Professor, Nikki Giovanni speaks closing remarks at a convocation to honor the victims of a shooting rampage at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., on April 17, 2007.
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Nikki Giovanni, poet and literary celebrity, has died at 81

Associated Press December 10, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Nikki Giovanni, the poet, author, educator and public speaker who went from borrowing money to release...

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Obit Quincy Jones
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Quincy Jones, the genius who rewrote the American songbook and gave music its soul, dies at 91

Chris Campbell November 4, 2024

Quincy Delight Jones Jr. has left the building, but let’s be clear — he left it changed. And by changed,...

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FILE - The Jackson 5, Michael Jackson, front right; Marlon Jackson, front left; Tito Jackson, back left; Jackie Jackson, back center; and Jermaine Jackson, back right; pose for this undated photo together in Los Angeles.
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Tito Jackson, member of beloved pop group the Jackson 5, dies at 70

Associated Press September 16, 2024

Tito Jackson, one of the brothers who made up the beloved pop group the Jackson 5, has died. He was...

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FILE - Bossa Nova piano maestro Sergio Mendes sits for a portrait at his home in Woodland Hills, Calif., on Feb. 7, 2006.
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Sergio Mendes, Grammy-winning Brazilian music legend, dies at 83

Associated Press September 6, 2024

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Sergio Mendes, the celebrated Brazilian musician whose 1966 hit “Mas Que Nada” made him a...

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FILE - San Francisco Giants' Willie Mays poses for a photo during baseball spring training in 1972.
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Willie Mays, the Giants’ electrifying ‘Say Hey Kid,’ dies at 93

Associated Press June 19, 2024

Willie Mays, the electrifying “Say Hey Kid” whose singular combination of talent, drive and exuberance made him one of baseball’s greatest and...

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FILE - In this June 15, 1995 file photo, O.J. Simpson, left, grimaces as he tries on one of the leather gloves prosecutors say he wore the night his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were murdered in a Los Angeles courtroom. Simpson, the decorated football superstar and Hollywood actor who was acquitted of charges he killed his former wife and her friend but later found liable in a separate civil trial, has died. He was 76.
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OJ Simpson, fallen football hero acquitted of murder in ‘trial of the century,’ dies at 76

Associated Press April 11, 2024

LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson, the decorated football superstar and Hollywood actor who was acquitted of charges he killed his...

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John Sinclair
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Renowned Michigan activist, poet John Sinclair dies at 82

Amanda LeClaire April 2, 2024

John Sinclair, a central figure in Detroit's 1960s and '70s counterculture and political activism movements, died Tuesday morning at the...

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Chef Maxcel Hardy was among five other local chefs who participated in the recent WDET benefit, Colors of Detroit. Hardy died on Monday, March 4, 2024, his publicist confirmed Tuesday.
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Detroit chef and community builder Max Hardy dies at age 40

Jenny Sherman March 5, 2024

Maxcel Hardy, an award-winning chef, restauranteur and community leader in Detroit, died on Monday at the age of 40, his...

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