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Otha Young, singer, songwriter and longtime musical partner of Grammy-winning country-pop artist Juice Newton, died Aug. 6 at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles after a battle with cancer. He was 66. As a writer, Young was best known for Newtons 1980s hit The Sweetest Thing (Ive Ever Known). The song was No. 1 on

Lauren Bacall, the willowy actress whose husky voice, sultry beauty and all-too-short May-December romance with Humphrey Bogart made her an everlasting icon of Hollywood, has died, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. She was 89.

Cindy Williams, the energetic actress who appeared in a pair of Oscar best picture nominees before starring as the idealistic Shirley Feeney on the beloved ABC sitcom Laverne & Shirley, has died. She was 75.

Leslie Nielsen starred as the very literal Dr. Rumack and mentor (of sorts) to Ted Striker (Robert Hays) in 1980's spoof on airport disaster movies. Rumack: Can you fly this plane, and land it??Ted Striker: Surely you can't be serious.?Rumack: I am serious and don't call me Shirley.

NASHVILLE A family representative says Betty Sue Lynn, the oldest daughter of country singer Loretta Lynn, has died. She was 64. According to the statement from the family, Lynn died Monday from complications of emphysema in Waverly, Tenn., near her mothers ranch in Hurricane Mills.