Actress-Singer Barbara McNair dies
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Singer Barbara McNair, who became a film and television star in an era when such opportunities were opening up for black women, has died, her sister said. She was 72.
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NASHVILLE, United States  - Tennessee quarterback Steve McNair, the National Football League co-Most Valuable Player who was limited to eight games this season by a bruised sternum, had chest surgery.
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Beverly Sills, one of the United States&#39; most acclaimed opera singers, died Monday due to lung cancer, US media reported. She was 78.
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Singer and actress Barbara McNair,  who starred opposite Elvis Presley and Sidney Poitier and  became one of the first black women to host her own television  variety show, has died at 72, her husband said on Monday.
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Opera singer Robert Merrill, famed for his appearances at the New York Yankees' stadium, has died.
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Beverly Sills, the Brooklyn-born opera diva who was a global icon of can-do American culture with her dazzling voice, bubbly personality and management moxie in the arts world, died July 2 of cancer, her manager said. She was 78.
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Margaret Truman, the only child of former President Harry S. Truman who became a concert singer, actress, radio and TV personality and mystery writer, died Tuesday
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Singer Laura Branigan, who enjoyed enormous popularity in the early &#39;80s, died on Thursday in her home in East Quogue, New York.
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Scottish-born actress Deborah Kerr, best known for her performance as the adulterous wife alongside Burt Lancaster in the 1953 film "From Here to Eternity", has died aged 86.
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One of America's best-known opera singers, soprano Beverly Sills, dies from lung cancer in New York.
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A tribute to the legendary actress who passed away this morning
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Anna Nicole Smith, the small-town Texas girl turned Playboy Playmate who became a tabloid fixture while fighting all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court over the estate of her elderly billionaire husband, died in Florida on Thursday at the age of 39.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn.  - Country music singer Skeeter  Davis, a veteran of Nashville's Grand Ole Opry, died on Sunday,  according to a family friend.
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1980&#39;s pop star Laura Branigan, best known for her 1982 hit &quot;Gloria&quot; has died at the age of 47. Branigan suffered a brain aneurysm on Thursday while sleeping at her home in East Quogue, New York, according to reports.
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Scottish-born actress Deborah Kerr, best known for her performance as the adulterous wife alongside Burt Lancaster in the 1953 film "From Here to Eternity," has died at age 86.
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NASHVILLE, Tennessee  - U.S. country singer Porter Wagoner, lanky Grand Ole Opry star whose flashy Nudie rhinestone suits dazzled fans when he sang with rising new performer Dolly Parton in the 60s, died on Sunday from lung cancer, said his publicity agent, Darlene Bieber. He was 80.
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Nashville, TN (Sports Network) - Tennessee Titans quarterback Steve McNair underwent successful surgery on his injured sternum Tuesday, the team said.