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Charley Scalies, who starred in the second season of The Wire and also appeared on The Sopranos, died May 1 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was 84. Scalies died in a nursing facility in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, his daughter Anne Marie Scalies confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. “Best …

Joe Louis Walker, the virtuoso guitarist and electric blues musician whose work captured the breadth of the genre, died late last month. He was 75. Walker’s family confirmed the musician’s death, adding that the cause was cardiac-related illness. He was surrounded by his wife of 16 years, Robin, and two …

Jill Sobule, the singer-songwriter behind songs “Supermodel” and “I Kissed a Girl,” has died at the age of 66. Her team announced that the musician had died in a house fire in Woodbury, Minnesota, early this morning. “Jill Sobule was a force of nature and human rights advocate whose music …

Mike Peters, frontman for the Welsh New Wave band the Alarm, best remembered for their Eighties hits “Sixty Eight Guns,” “Strength,” and “Rain in the Summertime,” died April 29 after a long battle with cancer. He was 66. The Alarm were often compared to U2 since the two groups forged …

Stan Love, a former NBA player, father to current Miami Heat player Kevin Love, brother to Beach Boys singer Mike Love, and onetime caretaker for his cousin Brian Wilson, has died. He was 76. Kevin confirmed his father’s death in an Instagram post Sunday night, April 27. An exact cause …

Jiggly Caliente, the RuPaul’s Drag Race star who also appeared on the TV show Pose, has died at the age of 44. The performer’s family announced Caliente’s death Sunday on social media; while no cause of death was provided, her family revealed just days before her death that Caliente had …

Virginia Giuffre, the woman who accused the late convicted sex offenderJeffery Epsteinof trafficking her as a teenager, has died by suicide at the age of 41. Giuffre died in Neergabby, Australia, where she had been living, confirmed NBC News. “It is with utterly broken hearts that we announce that Virginia …

David Thomas, lead singer of the avant-garage band Pere Ubu and the Cleveland proto-punk group Rocket From the Tombs, has died at the age of 71. Pere Ubu’s official Facebook announced Thomas’ death Thursday, adding that the singer died following a long illness; Thomas previously revealed that he was battling …

Roy Thomas Baker, the journeyman rock producer who was behind the boards on hits like the Cars’ “Just What I Needed” and Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody,” has died. He was 78. Baker died earlier this month, April 12, at his home in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, though his family only just …

Pope Francis, who made history as the first Latin American papal leader and was considered to have a more progressive approach than his conservative predecessors, died Monday, the Vatican confirmed. He was 88. “At 7:35 this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the home of the Father,” Cardinal …