Musician Dennis “Dee Tee” Thomas, a co-founder of the legendary
funk band Kool & the Gang, died Saturday in New Jersey. The cause
was not disclosed.

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Richard (Dick) Wagstaff Clark
(November 30, 1929 – April 18, 2012)

“American Bandstand” with host Dick Clark  debuted on this
day in 1957.

Taken from “EYES OF A GENERATION…TELEVISION’S LIVING HISTORY

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Singer Tony Bennett (Anthony Dominick Benedetto) is
95 today.

Tony Bennett has won 19 Grammy Awards (including a Lifetime Achievement Award, presented in 2001) and two Primetime
Emmy Awards, and was named an NEA Jazz Master and a
Kennedy Center Honoree. Bennett has sold over 50 million
records worldwide.

In February 2021, it was revealed that Bennett was diagnosed
with Alzheimer’s disease in 2016. Due to the slow progression
of his illness, he has continued to record, tour, and perform.

1949 – 2021

Dusty Hill, the bassist for the iconic rock band ZZ Top, has died just
days after he took a leave of absence because of a hip issue.

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English lead singer and one of the founding members of  the
Rolling Stones, Sir Michael Philip Jagger is 78 today.

In 1989, Jagger was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame, and in 2004 into the UK Music Hall of Fame with the
Rolling Stones.