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LEGENDARY ENTERTAINER HAS DIED AT 82

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Leonard Norman Cohen (September 21 – November 10, 2016)

DEVELOPING: (FoxNews) – Influential singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen best
known for his song “hallelujah” has died according to a statement posted on
his Facebook page today.

The statement read, “It is with profound sorrow we report that legendary poet,
songwriter and artist, Leonard Cohen has passed away,” “We have lost one
of music’s most revered and prolific visionaries.”

According to the statement a memorial will take place in Los Angeles at a later
date.

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FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS DIED

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Janet Wood Reno
(July 21, 1938 – November 7, 2016)

MIAMI (AP) –  Janet Reno, the first woman to serve as U.S. attorney general
and the epicenter of several political storms during the Clinton administration,
has died. She was 78.

According to her goddaughter, Reno died early Monday from complications
of Parkinson’s disease. She spent her final days at home in Miami surrounded
by family and friends.

Janet Reno was unmarried and had no children. She was diagnosed with
Parkinson’s in 1995.

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Florida’s first woman State Attorney Janet Reno.

Appointed by Gov. Reubin Askew on Jan. 4, 1978, Janet Reno
served for 15 years as Dade County State Attorney before
becoming the nation’s first woman Attorney General."

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BOBBY VEE HAS DIED AT 73

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Bobby Vee (Robert Thomas Velline)
( April 30, 1943 – October 24, 2016)

(AP) – Pop idol Bobby Vee, the 1960s singer whose career was born when he
took a Midwestern stage as a teenager to fill in after the 1959 plane crash that
killed rock ‘n’ roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, has died.

According to his son Jeff, Vee, whose 38 Hot 100 hits included the chart-
topping "Take Good Care of My Baby", died today of advanced Alzheimer’s
disease. He was diagnosed with the illness in 2011, and performed his last
show that year.

“Devil or Angel” reached #6 in 1960.

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KEY TO A TITANIC LOCKER AUCTIONED

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RMS Titanic

LONDON (AP) –  A corroded iron key to a locker on the Titanic has sold at
auction for $104,000 by Henry Aldridge & Son in Devizes, western England
on Saturday.

The key belonged to Sidney Sedunary, a 23-year-old ship’s steward. He was
one of the 1,500 people who died when the state-of-the-art passenger liner
stuck an iceberg and sank August 15,1912 during its maiden voyage from
England to New York.

The key, attached to a brass tag stamped "Locker 14 F Deck," was sent to
Sedunary’s pregnant widow after his body was recovered. Prices for Titanic
artifacts have soared in recent years.

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COMIC HAS DIED AT 60

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Kevin Gerard Meaney (April 23, 1956 – October 21, 2016)

(AP) – Kevin Meaney, a comic’s comic who worked the standup circuit, was
a staple on late-night TV and starred in the short-lived 1990s CBS series
"Uncle Buck," has died at age 60.

His agent, Tom Ingegno, said Meaney was found dead Friday at his home in Forestburgh, in upstate New York. The cause of death was not immediately
known. Meaney’s career spanned 30 years.

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