The jazz crooner died of a heart attack six years later in 1973 at age 37, while recovering from open-heart surgery.
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Raven Brunner,
PEOPLE,
8 Oct. 2025
But the most bitter had to be crooner Eddie Fisher, her fourth husband, who suffered the public humiliation of leaving his wife Debbie Reynolds for her (as well as their daughter Carrie), then getting dumped for Burton.
Ace Frehley, the legendary Kiss guitarist and vocalist, has died at age 74, his family said Thursday.
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Marlene Lenthang,
NBC news,
17 Oct. 2025
No, the hard-hitting quartet — featuring vocalist-guitarist James Hetfield, drummer Lars Ulrich, lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo — had arrived to perform a massive corporate gig during Saleforce’s Dreamforce conference.
But the experience inspired her to become a professional singer.
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Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Oct. 2025
Rose, Chico, and Tupac made their official debut at the annual Dunbar talent show, a staple event held in the school auditorium that brought out singers and rappers, dancers and actors, jugglers and ventriloquists.
Witty Nashville upstart Megan Moroney and neo-neo-soul belter Olivia Dean also released their first albums in 2023 but had large leaps into the public consciousness during the September-to-August nomination period.
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Maura Johnston,
Rolling Stone,
6 Oct. 2025
Among the pairings were Imago Records’ Terry Ellis with Black Flag belter and actor Henry Rollins and movie critic Gene Shalit with stunt performer Linda Fetters-Howard.
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