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Jack DeJohnette, the renowned jazz drummer who played in Miles Davis’ electric period band, died on Sunday at the age of 83. Joan Clancy, DeJohnette’s assistant, confirmed the musician’s death to Rolling Stone, adding that the cause was congestive heart failure. “He was very comfortableand at peace,” Clancy tells Rolling …

June Lockhart, beloved for her roles as a mother in Lassie and in Lost in Space, died on Oct. 23 at her Santa Monica, California home of natural causes. She was 100. Harlon Ball, Lockhart’s spokesman, confirmed her death to The New York Times. Lockhart made an indelible mark playing …

Dave Ball, the production half of groundbreaking Eighties synth duo Soft Cell, best remembered for their 1981 New Wave classic cover of “Tainted Love,” died on Wednesday of natural causes. He was 66. “He will always be loved by the Soft Cell fans who love his music and his music …

Sam Rivers, the founding bassist for Limp Bizkit, died on Saturday. He was 48. The band confirmed the news on social media, though the cause of death was not disclosed. “Today we lost our brother. Our bandmate. Our heartbeat,” Limp Bizkit wrote on Instagram, sharing a photo of Rivers. “Sam …

Ace Frehley, the wild Spaceman of Kiss who played guitar in the band throughout their Seventies heyday and again during the reunion period in the Nineties, inspiring an entire generation of musicians to pick up the instrument along the way, died today in Morristown, New Jersey. He was 74. Lori …

D’Angelo, the neo-soul trailblazer and modern visionary whose three albums were widely acclaimed as masterful works of art, died on Tuesday. He was 51. “The shining star of our family has dimmed his light for us in this life … After a prolonged and courageous battle with cancer, we are …

John Lodge, longtime bassist and singer in the Moody Blues and writer of the band’s hits “Ride My See-Saw” and “Isn’t Life Strange,” has died at the age of 82. Lodge’s death was announced today by his family in a statement posted on the Moody Blues’ social media accounts. While …

Actress Kimberly Hébert Gregory, who starred on the HBO series Vice Principals, has died at the age of 52. Gregory’s ex-husband Chester Gregory confirmed her death today on social media; no cause of death was provided. “Kimberly Hébert Gregory You Were Brilliance Embodied, A Black Woman Whose Mind Lit Every …

Jane Goodall, the celebrated primatologist and conservationist best known for her work studying the behavior of chimpanzees, died Wednesday, Oct. 1. She was 91. The Jane Goodall Institute confirmed Goodall’s death in a statement. The organization said she died from “natural causes” while in California on a speaking tour. “Dr. …

Assata Shakur, the Black Liberationist convicted of killing a New Jersey state trooper, who was also Tupac Shakur’s godmother, has died, The New York Times reports. She was 78. Health officials in Cuba — where Shakur had lived since 1984 after escaping prison and being granted political asylum — confirmed …