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My second favorite author of all time, behind Arthur Clarke. Details. Ray Bradbury — author of The Martian Chronicles, Fahrenheit 451, Something Wicked this Way Comes, and many more literary classics — died this morning in Los Angeles, at the age of 91.

It’s been a really shitty week for pop music. Robin Gibb, one of three brothers who made up the disco group the Bee Gees behind “Saturday Night Fever” and other hits from the 1970s, died on Sunday, according to a statement on his website. He was 62. Gibb “passed away today following his long battle with cancer and intestinal surgery,” …

Horrible news. Donna Summer, the queen of disco, has died of cancer. TMZ has the early details.

Chuck Brown, the famed spark of that uniquely DC style of horn-driven funk called “go-go,” has died at the age of 75. In addition to being go-go’s principal architect, Mr. Brown remained the genre’s most charismatic figure. On stage, his spirited call-and-response routines became a hallmark of the music, reinforcing a sense of community that allowed the scene to thrive. …

Where The Wild Things Are author Maurice Sendak has died at the age of 85. Roundly praised, intermittently censored and occasionally eaten, Mr. Sendak’s books were essential ingredients of childhood for the generation born after 1960 or thereabouts, and in turn for their children. He was known in particular for more than a dozen picture books he wrote and illustrated …

Multiple Grammy Award winning Beastie Boys member and social activist Adam Yauch has died of cancer at the age of 47. Yauch, also known as MCA, had been in treatment for cancer since 2009. The rapper was diagnosed in 2009 after discovering a tumor in his salivary gland. Yauch sat out the Beastie Boys’ induction to the Rock and Roll …

Anthony Falzarono, the “ex-gay” activist perhaps best known for founding PFOX, died this week. His death was announced last night on Twitter by Peter LaBarbera and no cause has yet been learned although Falzarono was leaving blistering comments on pro-gay websites as recently as two days ago. Falzarono’s single mention on JMG was via the photo above, which was taken …

Richard Nixon’s infamous “dirty tricks” henchman, the notorious Watergate felon and anti-gay activist Chuck Colson, has died at the age of 80 after lingering for days following a brain hemorrhage. Charles W. Colson, the Republican political operative who boasted he would “walk over my own grandmother” to ensure the reelection of President Richard M. Nixon and went on to found …

The man who literally sent my sister screaming into the night has died. A typical Twitter reaction: “He died now rather than see Johnny Depp ruin his character forever.” Actor Jonathan Frid, who played imposing and elegant vampire Barnabas Collins on the gothic soap opera “Dark Shadows,” has died at 87. Frid passed away on April 14 from natural causes …

“America’s Oldest Teenager” died of a heart attack today at the age of 82. Probably like most of you, I spent more television time with Dick Clark than with just about anybody else you could think of. From the pioneering song-and-dance series American Bandstand—the format of which is still being copied to this day—to his annual Dick Clark’s New Years …

Venerable CBS newsman Mike Wallace died last night at the age of 93. A special program dedicated to Wallace will be broadcast on 60 Minutes next Sunday, April 15. Wallace was as famous as the leaders, newsmakers and celebrities who suffered his blistering interrogations, winning awards and a reputation for digging out the hidden truth on Sunday nights in front …

Thomas Kinkade, the wildly successful artist whose cheesy paintings adorn budget hotels from coast to coast, has died at the age of 54. The cause of death has not been revealed. The self-described “Painter of Light” produced sentimental scenes of country gardens and pastoral landscapes in dewy morning light that were beloved by many but criticized by the art establishment. …

Story developing. With a terrible feeling of pain and loss we announce the passing of Andrew Breitbart. Andrew passed away unexpectedly from natural causes shortly after midnight this morning in Los Angeles. We have lost a husband, a father, a son, a brother, a dear friend, a patriot and a happy warrior. Andrew lived boldly, so that we more timid …

Davy Jones died of a heart attack in his Florida home today. And another part of my childhood slips away…..

From the Washington Post: Bob Green, a onetime radio DJ who married pop singer and Miss Oklahoma Anita Bryant, was found dead Jan. 26 at his home in Miami Beach. He was 80. Mr. Green managed his wife’s rise to stardom as an entertainer and Florida citrus spokeswoman, then followed her into anti-gay activism, which ultimately destroyed their careers — …

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Harlem’s famed Apollo Theater was the location of Houston’s The Greatest Love Of All video.

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Little is known so far. Whitney Houston, who ruled as pop music’s queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, has died. She was 48. Houston’s publicist, Kristen Foster, said Saturday that the singer had died, but the cause and the location of her death …