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Bobby Caldwell, the oft-sampled, blue-eyed soul singer behind the late Seventies smash “What You Won’t Do for Love,” has died at the age of 71. “Bobby passed away here at home,” Caldwell’s wife Mary tweeted Wednesday. “I held him tight in my arms as he left us. I am forever …

South African rapper Costa Titch died this weekend after collapsing onstage during his performance at Johannesburg’s Ultra Music Festival. The rapper born Constantinos Tsobanoglou was 28. According to Cape Town Etc, Titch was performing at the Nasrec Expo Centre when he fell over onstage. Someone rushed out to help the …

Actor Robert Blake, who starred in the 1967 classic filmIn Cold Bloodand Treasure of the Sierra Madre in 1948, has died at the age of 89, Deadline reports. The controversial actor died from heart disease in Los Angeles, his niece Noreen Austin confirmed to the outlet. Born Michael James Gubitosi …

Chaim Topol, the Israeli-born actor who starred in Fiddler on the Roof on both stage and screen, has died at the age of 87. Known simply to audiences worldwide as Topol, the actor’s death was announced Thursday by Israeli president Isaac Herzog. “FromFiddler on the Roofto the roof of the …

Gary Rossington, a founding member of Lynyrd Skynyrd whose ethereal slide guitar helped make the Southern rock band’s song “Free Bird” an indelible anthem, died Sunday at the age of 71. “It is with our deepest sympathy and sadness that we have to advise, that we lost our brother, friend, …

Glen “Spot” Lockett, who served as the in-house producer and engineer for legendary punk label SST Records, died on Saturday at age 72. The news was confirmed by former label co-owner Joe Carducci. According to Carducci’s Facebook post, Lockett died at Morningside Healthcare in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. He had been been …

Tom Sizemore, the talented, but troubled, actor who brought a tough guy bravado to films like Heat, Natural Born Killers and Saving Private Ryan, has died at the age of 61, Rolling Stone confirmed. The actor died Friday after his family made the decision to remove him from life support …

Notable session musician David Lindley, a multi-instrumentalist known for his prolific work and collaborations throughout the Seventies and Eighties, died at age 78 on March 3, Rolling Stone confirmed. No cause of death was given. An active musician since the Sixties, Lindley was a popular session musician whose skillset when …

Steve Mackey, the longtime bassist for the Britpop band Pulp, has died at the age of 56. Mackey’s wife, Katie, announced his death Thursday on social media, writing that he died following a three-month hospitalization. No cause of death was provided. “After three months in hospital, fighting with all his …

Wayne Shorter, the legendary, Grammy-winning saxophonist who — in addition to his own renowned albums and work with jazz supergroup Weather Report — collaborated with the likes of Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Steely Dan, and Joni Mitchell, has died at the age of 89. The venerated musician died Thursday morning, …