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Noteworthy and influential people who've died this year

Known around the world for her groundbreaking research on chimpanzees, conservationist Jane Goodall was among a number of ...
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Donna Jean Godchaux Sang on Some of the Biggest Hits of the ’60s, Not Just With the Grateful Dead

Grateful Dead singer Donna Jean Godchaux, who also sang on Elvis Presley’s “Suspicious Minds,” has died at 78 after a battle with cancer.
American Songwriter

4 Songs Hank Williams Wrote But Never Finished or Released

By the mid 2000s, one of Hank Williams' notebooks of unfinished songs was found and later recorded nearly 60 years after his death.

34 Years Ago, This Bryan Adams Song Spent Seven Weeks at No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Bryan Adams’ classic Everything I Do topped the Billboard Hot 100 for seven weeks, becoming one of the biggest and most unforgettable hits of the 90s.
American Songwriter

Born on This Day in 1946, the Country Rock Pioneer Who Wrote Songs Recorded by Emmylou Harris, Lucinda Williams, and Many More

Seventy-nine years ago today, one of the most important artists in alternative country history was born in Florida.