Kabosu, the world wide web-famous Shiba Inu who straddled multiple meme eras as the face of “doge,” has as died. She was 18. Kabosu’s owner, Atsuko Sato, said her dog died — “crossed the rainbow bridge” — Friday, May 24. “She went very peacefully without suffering, as if falling asleep …
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Morgan Spurlock, the independent filmmaker who playfully critiqued consumerism and capitalism in documentaries like Super Size Me and The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, has died at the age of 53. Spurlock’s family confirmed the director’s death, adding that Spurlock died Thursday surrounded by friends and family in New York. The …
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Charlie Colin, the founding bassist of the pop-rock group Train who featured on the band’s Grammy-winning hit “Drops of Jupiter,” has died at the age of 58. Colin’s sister confirmed the bassist’s death to Variety, which reports that Colin slipped and fell in the shower while house-sitting for friends in …
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Dabney Coleman, the Emmy-winning actor known for roles in 9 to 5, Boardwalk Empire, and Tootsie, died Thursday at his home in Santa Monica. He was 92. “My father crafted his time here on Earth with a curious mind, a generous heart, and a soul on fire with passion, desire …
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Smooth jazz saxophonist David Sanborn, who played on recordings by Stevie Wonder, James Brown, and Carly Simon and performed live with David Bowie and the Rolling Stones, died in Tarrytown, New York, on Sunday afternoon. A rep confirmed the news to Rolling Stone. A message on Sanborn’s social media cited …
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Roger Corman, who directed and produced countless B-movies and championed future industry stalwarts Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, and Jack Nicholson, died at his home in Santa Monica, California on May 9, Variety reports. He was 98. “His films were revolutionary and iconoclastic, and captured the spirit of an age. …
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A quick question: Do you like The Godfather? How about Goodfellas? Or Gremlins? Or Stop Making Sense, Avatar, Apollo 13, Chinatown, Easy Rider, Paper Moon, Lone Star, or roughly 90 percent of any movies featuring monsters terrorizing pretty ladies from the last 50 years? You have, in so many ways, …
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Dennis “Machine Gun” Thompson, the founding MC5 drummer and the last surviving original member of the pioneering proto-punk group, died Wednesday, The Detroit Free Press reported. He was 75. An exact cause of death was not given, though Thompson had reportedly suffered a series of medical issues in recent months, …
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Steve Albini, the noise-rock pioneer with Big Black and Shellac who also helped engineer some of the greatest alternative rock albums of all time — Nirvana’s In Utero and Pixies’ Surfer Rosa among them — has died at the age of 61. Staff at Albini’s Electrical Audio recording studio confirmed …
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Bernard Hill, the British actor who starred as a king in Lord of the Rings and the captain in Titanic, has died at the age of 79. Hill’s family confirmed the actor’s death Sunday in a statement, “It is with the greatest sadness that we must announce that Bernard Hill, …
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