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A prominent guitar maker and blues musician from Pitt County has died. Freeman Vines had a workshop in the small town of Fountain, and he was known for building guitars using reclaimed wood.
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Afro American Newspapers/Gado/Getty ImagesThe vibraphonist, composer and jazz-funk pioneer helped inspire the neo-soul movement, and his best-known song was sampled over 100 times. -
News and RecordNorth Carolina and the country lost a legend last month with the death of the Rev. Dr. Nelson N. Johnson at age 81. He is most known for being wounded in the 1979 anti-Klan protest march, known as the Greensboro Massacre, in which white supremacists killed five marchers and wounded a dozen more. But Johnson also collaborated with Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and was often on the frontlines of protest marches nationwide.
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"Words can't do justice to the love we shared for over 60 years," Parton wrote in a statement. -
Harrison, whose plasma contained a rare antibody, rolled up his sleeve 1,173 times from 1954 to 2018. The Australian is credited with helping 2.4 million babies and advancing scientific research. -
Stone, a Grammy-nominated R&B singer who rose to fame in the late 1970s, was known for hits like "No More Rain" and "Wish I Didn't Miss You." She was killed in a road collision in Alabama on Saturday. -
Johansen, a pioneer in punk music who found solo success under the moniker Buster Poindexter, died on Friday. His family announced last month that he had been in treatment for advanced stage cancer. -
The actress was found dead in an apartment in Manhattan on Wednesday, police said. -
Hill received Secret Service awards and was promoted for his actions that day, but for decades blamed himself for Kennedy's death, saying he would gladly have given his life to save the president. -
Songstress Roberta Flack died on Feb. 24. A mural on the side of Black Mountain Brewing was painted in 2020 to honor Flack in her hometown. -
The Grammy Award-winning artist and educator had shared an ALS diagnosis in 2022. She was best known for ballads such as "Killing Me Softly With His Song" and "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face." -
The ranchera and bolero singer took aim at machismo as if it were a piñata. For decades, she wrote and sang feminist anthems full of pain, rage and empowerment. -
Robbins dazzled readers with the whimsy and imagination in his books, including "Jitterbug Perfume," "Skinny Legs and All" and "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues."
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The son of a Mexican immigrant, Raul Grijalva represented Tucson and southern Arizona in Congress for more than two decades. He died Thursday.
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One of the first modern women composers to reach international acclaim, Sofia Gubaidulina, wrote bold music inspired by Eastern and Western philosophies and the joy of sound itself.
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John Feinstein, a long-time sports columnist at "The Washington Post" and a prolific author of popular sports books, has died at 69.
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Feinstein was comfortable writing fiction and nonfiction, and took on an array of sports, including golf and tennis, but he was known most for his connection to college basketball. -
Fugard, who died March 8, was a white South African whose plays explored the consequences of Apartheid. He was later awarded a Tony Award for lifetime achievement. Originally broadcast in 1986.
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Butler, who died Feb. 20, was born in rural Miss., and had his first hit in 1958, singing lead with The Impressions. He later moved to Chicago and entered local politics. Originally broadcast in 2000.
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Prolific South African playwright Athol Fugard, who chronicled apartheid and its aftermath, has died at the age of 92.
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The celebrated South African playwright was known for Blood Knot, The Road to Mecca and "Master Harold"...and the Boys. He said his job was to make "leaps out of my reality and into other realities." -
The American furniture maker died at the age of 90 in Maine on March 5.
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The Chicago house music scene is mourning the loss an iconic figure. Charles "DJ Funk" Chambers died earlier this week. He was a pioneer in the unique Chicago music style Ghetto House.
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The 1970s band the New York Dolls was hugely influential, despite making only two studio albums. Today we remember Johansen, aka Buster Poindexter, who died Feb. 28. Originally broadcast in 2004.
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We remember Roy Ayers, the vibraphonist, composer and jazz-funk pioneer behind "Everybody Loves the Sunshine." He died Tuesday at the age of 84.
