Fess Parker, TV's `Davy Crockett,' dies at 85 (AP)

In this undated image released by Disney, Fess Parker is shown Davy Crockett in Disney's, 'Davy Crockett.' Family spokeswoman Sao Anash says Parker died Thursday, March 18, 2010, of natural causes at his Santa Ynez home near the Fess Parker Winery. He was 85. (AP Photo/Disney)AP - Fess Parker, a baby-boomer idol in the 1950s who launched a craze for coonskin caps as television's Davy Crockett, died Thursday of natural causes. He was 85.




Influential Big Star member Alex Chilton dies (AP)

FILE - Alex Chilton of the 1970's rock band 'Big Star' performs at the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas, in this March 19, 2004 file photo. Chilton, who topped the charts as a teen and later became a cult hero with the band Big Star, died Wednesday March 17, 2010. He was 59. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett, File)AP - Alex Chilton, the singer and guitarist who had a No. 1 hit as a gravel-voiced teen with "The Letter" and went on to influence a generation of musicians through his work with Big Star, died Wednesday in New Orleans. He was 59.




World music champion Charlie Gillett dies at 68 (AP)
AP - Charlie Gillett, a DJ and music historian who helped bring music from around the world to wider attention, has died at the age of 68, his employer, the British Broadcasting Corp., said Thursday.

Country music impresario Johnnie High dead at 80 (AP)
AP - Johnnie High, a north Texas country music showman who gave such performers as LeAnn Rimes and Boxcar Willie their early exposure, has died at the age of 80.

Chappaquiddick prosecutor dies in Mass. at 85 (AP)
AP - Edmund Dinis, the former prosecutor whose political career sputtered after he oversaw the grand jury investigation into the late Sen. Edward Kennedy's involvement in the Chappaquiddick case, has died. He was 85.

Civil rights era photographer Charles Moore dies (AP)

** REMOVES REFERENCE OF PULITZER PRIZE ** This November 2004 photo shows photographer Charles Moore holding one of his photographs. Moore, a photographer who chronicled the civil rights movement, has died. John Edgley of Edgley Cremation Services in West Palm Beach, Fla., confirmed that Moore died Thursday, March 11, 2010. He was 79. (AP Photo/TimesDaily, Jim Hannon) MANDATORY CREDIT.AP - The world saw glimpses of the civil rights movement through Charles Moore's eyes: In black-and-white photographs, he captured arresting images of the integration riots at Ole Miss in 1962, the fire hoses in Birmingham in '63, a Ku Klux Klan rally in North Carolina in '65.




'Mission: Impossible' star Peter Graves dies in LA (AP)

FILE - In this May 22, 1996 file photo, actor Peter Graves says he wasn't asked to portray his signature role in the film remake of ``Mission Impossible,'' the big-budget movie starring Tom Cruise. Graves said in the New York Daily News, Sunday, May 26, 1996, he wouldn't like to play Phelps as the bad guy. Graves' publicist, Sandy Brokaw, says the actor died Sunday shortly after returning to his Los Angeles home from brunch with his family. He was 83. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, file )AP - Peter Graves, whose calm and intelligent demeanor was a good fit to the intrigue of "Mission Impossible" as well as the satire of the "Airplane" films, has died.




MSNBC host Keith Olbermann's dad dies in NYC at 80 (AP)
AP - The father of MSNBC host Keith Olbermann has died in New York City at age 80.

Fatima Meer, Mandela biographer, dead at 81 (AP)
AP - Fatima Meer, a friend and biographer of Nelson Mandela has died. She was 81.

Spanish novelist Miguel Delibes dies at 89 (AP)
AP - Miguel Delibes, an acclaimed and prolific novelist whose work featured gritty depictions of rural life in post-civil war Spain and psychological analyses of characters facing turning points, died Friday. He was 89.

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