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Bob Dole, longtime Republican member of Congress who won the party’s nomination for president in 1996, died in his sleep. He was 98. His death was confirmed by the Elizabeth Dole Foundation on Sunday. “It is with heavy hearts we announce that Senator Robert Joseph Dole died early this morning …

Lloyd Price, the pioneering R&B singer behind Fifties hits like “Lawdy Miss Clawdy,” “Stagger Lee” and “Personality,” has died at the age of 88. Price’s manager Tom Tripani confirmed to Rolling Stone that Price died Monday, May 3rd; no cause of death was provided. Friend Rickey Poppell added on Facebook …

Disgraced financier Bernie Madoff, who carried out the largest Ponzi scheme in history, died Wednesday, April 14th, at the Federal Medical Center in Butner, North Carolina. He was 82. The Federal Correctional Institution Butner Medium, where Madoff was incarcerated, confirmed his death. According to The Associated Press, a source said …

UPDATE: Alexi Laiho died of “alcohol-induced degeneration of the liver and pancreas connective tissue,” his wife Kimberly Goss wrote on Instagram, adding that a “a cocktail of painkillers, opioids and insomnia medication” was also in his system at the time of his December 29th death. Alexi Laiho, the acclaimed guitarist …

MF DOOM, the mysterious rapper known for impossibly intricate rhyme schemes and his signature mask, has died at the age of 49. The rapper’s death was first announced by his wife, Jasmine, on his Instagram page. Richie Abbott, MF DOOM’s rep, confirmed his death to Rolling Stone. A cause of …

Georgia Dobbins Davis, an original member of the Marvelettes and the co-writer of their classic 1961 hit, “Please Mr. Postman,” died Friday, September 18th. She was 78. Dobbins’ daughter, Kimberly Ann Watts, confirmed her death to Rolling Stone, adding the cause was cardiac arrest. In co-writing “Please Mr. Postman,” Dobbins …

Honor Blackman, the British actress best known for portraying the James Bond girl Pussy Galore in 1964’s Goldfinger, has died. She was 94. “It’s with great sadness that we have to announce the death of Honor Blackman, aged 94,” Blackman’sfamily wrote in a statement to the Guardian. “She died peacefully …

Gershon Kingsley, the electronic music pioneer who wrote some of the genre’s most enduring songs, has died at the age of 97. Kingsley’s family tweeted that the composer died December 10th. No cause of death was revealed. “We are saddened to share that pioneering synthesist and legendary composer Gershon Kingsley …

Dan Warner — a Grammy and Latin Grammy Award-winning guitarist and producer and songwriter — has died, Billboard reports. The cause of death has not been released. Born and raised in South Florida, Warner recorded with a wide range of artists, including Michael Jackson, Madonna, Barbra Streisand, Barry Gibb, Gloria …

Frank Lucas, the Harlem drug kingpin immortalized in Ridley Scott’s 2007 crime film American Gangster, died Thursday at the age of 88. Lucas’ nephew Aldwan Lassiter confirmed his death to Rolling Stone, adding that Lucas died of natural causes. Lucas, the “Original Gangster” who was known to confabulate his own …