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Rest In Peace! Hip-Hop Pioneer, Sylvia Robinson, Dies At Age 75

Legendary record producer Sylvia Robinson has passed away at age 75, in a hospital in New Jersey.

Robinson played a seminal role in bringing hip-hop music into the mainstream, while forming The Sugarhill Gang, and releasing their hit, “Rapper’s Delight” in 1979.

She had passed Thursday morning at Meadowlands Hospital in Secaucus, New Jersey, family spokesman Greg Walker told the website, Sister 2 Sister.

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Aug 15, 2011 at 9:44 am

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Soul Singer Amy Winehouse’s Home Robbed After Her Death

Soul Singer Amy Winehouse’s home has been robbed. Following Winehouse’s death on July 23, copies of her unreleased tracks, lyric books and letters have gone missing from her apartment in north London – which only 20 people, comprised of family, friends, security and police, have had access to. Her management has also been unable to account for one of her favorite guitars.

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May 11, 2011 at 10:02 am

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Horrific! Jazz Musician Found Dead Stuffed In Trunk

NEW YORK- Stanley Wright, 62, jazz musician and dad of Hollywood “Blade” actress N’Bushe Wright was found dead yesterday, stuffed in a trunk in his Brooklyn basement, cops said.

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Dec 27, 2010 at 11:54 pm

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Bernie Wilson, ‘Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes’ Member, Dead At 64

Philadelphia — Bernard “Bernie” Wilson, 64, who helped define the Sound of Philadelphia as a founding member of Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, died early Sunday.

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Dec 10, 2010 at 1:26 pm

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James Moody, Jazz Saxophonist And Flutist, Dead at 85

James Moody, the outsized jazz saxophonist and flutist best known for his recorded performance of ‘I’m in the Mood for Love,’ died Friday, Dec. 10 following a battle with pancreatic cancer. According to the New York Times, the 85-year-old passed away in a hospice in San D

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Oct 25, 2010 at 2:22 pm

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Reggae Legend Gregory Isaacs Dies Of Cancer At Age 59

Gregory Isaacs, the iconic singer behind hits like “Night Nurse” has died in London at the age of 59. He succumbed to cancer of the liver.

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Sep 30, 2010 at 12:52 pm

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Stand-Up Comedian Greg Giraldo Dies Of Accidental Drug Overdose

Comedian Greg Giraldo died Wednesday (September 29) at age 44 from a reportedly accidental prescription-drug overdose. Giraldo had been hospitalized in New Brunswick, New Jersey, after he overdosed on prescription pills last weekend. According to TMZ, the overdose was not a suicide attempt.

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