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26
Oct
AWARD-WINNING SINGER IS DEAD AT 86
John Allan Jones (January 14, 1938 – October 23, 2024)
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — Jack Jones, a Grammy-winning
crooner known for “The Love Boat” television show theme song,
has died.
Jones died Wednesday night at a hospital in Rancho Mirage,
California, after battling leukemia for more than two years.
26
Oct
HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY
CARLATA BRADLEY
Before Wheel of Fortune, Pat Sajak
served as a disc jockey during the
Vietnam War in Vietnam on the
Armed Forces Radio.
TV game show host Patrick Leonard
Sajak is 78 today.
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25
Oct
BANDS CO-FOUNDING MEMBER HAS DIED
Phil Lesh, one of the founding members and bassist for the
band Grateful Dead, has died. In 2020, Rolling Stone ranked
him as the 11th greatest bass player.
His death was confirmed on his official Instagram page, which
said he "passed peacefully this morning. He was surrounded
by his family and full of love." He was 84 years old.
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