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Rick Froberg, the singer and guitarist in post-hardcore bands Drive Like Jehu and Hot Snakes, has died at the age of 55. Longtime collaborator John Reis, who played with Froberg since the mid-Eighties when they were members of the San Diego band Pitchfork, confirmed Froberg’s death Saturday on Instagram. “Rick …

Alan Arkin, the Oscar-winning actor who starred in films like Little Miss Sunshine, Argo, and Glengarry Glen Rose during a career that spanned over 60 years, has died at the age of 89. Arkin’s sons Adam, Matthew, and Anthony confirmed their father’s death in a statement toPeople. “Our father was …

Sue Johanson, the Canadian sex expert who hosted radio and TV advice shows in her home country and the U.S., died Thursday, a rep for Johanson confirmed to CBC. She was 93. Starting in 1984, Johanson started fielding questions about sexuality on a Toronto radio call-in program called Sunday Night …

Julian Sands has officially been pronounced dead nearly five months after he went missing during a hike in California. Authorities confirmed the identification of his remains on Tuesday. Sands was 65. “The identification process for the body located on Mt. Baldy on June 24, 2023, has been completed and was …

Teresa Taylor, a longtime drummer for the psych-punk band Butthole Surfers, has died. The news about Taylor — also known as “Teresa Nervosa” — was shared by the band Monday on Twitter: “Teresa Taylor passed away peacefully this weekend,” they wrote. “She will live in our hearts forever. RIP, dear …

Big Pokey, a local legend on the Houston hip-hop scene and a member of the city’s influential Screwed Up Click, has died at the age of 45. The rapper born Milton Powell reportedly collapsed at his show Saturday in Beaumont, Texas, with the Jefferson County Justice of the Peace confirming …

Daniel Ellsberg, the U.S. military analyst-turned-whistleblower who leaked the Pentagon Papers and helped reveal the political deceptions underpinning the brutal expansion of the Vietnam War, died Friday in his California home. He was 92. The cause was pancreatic cancer, according to a statement by Ellsberg’s family. In early March, Ellsberg …

Treat Williams, the actor who starred in the 1979 musical filmHair and on the WB seriesEverwood, died Monday from a motorcycle accident at age 71. His death was confirmed by his family in a statement to Rolling Stone. “It is with great sadness that we report that our beloved Treat …

Cormac McCarthy, the celebrated novelist known for his stunning, apocalyptic visions of the American West, died Tuesday, June 13. He was 89. McCarthy’s publisher, Penguin Random House, confirmed his death in a statement, according to The Washington Post. A cause of death was not given. McCarthy’s work was often bleak …

Ted Kaczynski, the domestic terrorist known as the Unabomber who killed three people and injured dozens in a series of mail bombings that spanned decades and long baffled authorities, has died at the age of 81. The Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed Kaczynski’s death Saturday, adding he was found dead …