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Legendary 'Queen of Disco' Donna Summer died today after battling caner. Summer was 63. Donna Summer was a five-time Grammy-winner, and was arguably the most-successful female singer of the Disco Era.

We've all known people with all kinds of addictions and this latest one has resulted in death. A woman in New Zealand was addicted to Coca-Cola and experts say her consumption of over two gallons of coke a day probably contributed to her death.

Iconic broadcaster Dick Clark has died, reports TMZ. He was 82.

The long-gestating sequel to ‘Waiting to Exhale’ is still in the works — even after the untimely death of Whitney Houston, who was an important part of the original’s ensemble cast. And as Fox 2000 Pictures chief Elizabeth Gabler sees it, “It’s almost in her honor that we think to soldier on.”

All things considered, it’s highly unlikely that you received an invitation to Whitney Houston‘s funeral. However, you can still pay your respects when she’s laid to rest on Saturday, Feb. 18, and you don’t even have to leave the comfort of your chair. According to the Associated Press, Houston’s funeral service will be streamed live over the Internet via the AP’s official website.

80s and 90 pop superstar Whitney Houston was found dead today in her Beverly Hills hotel room. She was pronounced dead at 3:55 p.m. (6:55 p.m. ET) at the Beverly Hilton hotel despite resuscitation efforts, a police spokesman said.

With the news of Leslie Carter’s passing still fresh, rumors about the cause of death of the sister of Backstreet Boy Nick Carter and Aaron Carter are beginning to surface. Carter, an aspiring singer and mother of a young daughter, was supposedly in the grip of a prescription medication addiction. The battle had intensified in the days leading up to her death. While the family’s statement did not

If you had less than five years to live, would you want to know? Researchers in California have come up with an online mortality calculator which they thought would benefit doctors, but now sick people, the elderly and others who are curious about the device feel it would be beneficial.

Cheetah, the chimp who starred in the Tarzan films of the 1930s, has died in the Suncoast Primate Sanctuary in Palm Harbor, FL of kidney failure at the age of 80. The beloved ape moved into the sanctuary in 1960 after living on the estate of Johnny Weissmuller, who had portrayed Tarzan in the films.

‘Conan’ sidekick Andy Richter has no idea who Kim Jong-il is, but that didn’t stop him from doing a video obituary for him on Monday’s show.

So many people pass away every year, including in the entertainment industry, that it’s hard to remember just who died, beyond the few very famous people. Turner Classic Movies has a nice montage that helps us remember the talents we’ve lost in 2011.

One of television’s most prolific and longest working actors has died. Harry Morgan, best remembered for playing Joe Friday’s partner on “Dragnet” and the kindly military surgeon Col. Sherman T. Potter on the hit sitcom ‘M*A*S*H,’ passed away Wednesday morning at his home in Los Angeles. He was 96 years old.