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Dobie Gray, best known for the 1973 Smash "Drift Away" passed away Tuesday. Gray was born in Texas, and grew up in a family of sharecroppers, and discovered gospel music through his grandfather, who was a Baptist minister. He moved to Los Angeles in the 1960s to seek his fortune. Take the jump to watch a cool live version of "Drift Away" recorded by the BBC in 1974.

If you want to try to prank someone with some fake celebrity news, you can do that by going to the celebrity news hoax generator site. Let's say for example you're not a fan of Charlie Sheen. You can type his name in and it will produce fake death headlines, which you could then send to your friends to see if they believe you or not.

"Customers don't need us, we need them." Frederik Meijer, the man known for saying that often, and pioneering the one-stop-shopping concept, died Friday at the age of 91. A video tribute to Meijer is after the jump.

Looks like investigators are reopening Natalie Wood's case, whose 1981 drowning was ruled an accident. Natalie's last night was on board a yacht with her husband Robert Wagner and co-star Christopher Walken, but now the captain is saying Wagner was responsible for her death, according to MSNBC.

Curmudgeonly commentator Andy Rooney passed away Friday evening, after retiring just a few weeks ago. Rooney's last "60 Minutes" broadcast was October 2nd. He was 92. "It's a sad day at '60 Minutes' and for everybody here at CBS News," said Jeff Fager, chairman of CBS News and the executive producer of '60 Minutes.'" It's hard to imagine not having Andy around. He loved

Steve Jobs, the Apple executive often credited with revolutionizing the computer industry, passed away today. Jobs was 56. Jobs' death was not a surprise; he's been battling cancer for years. In January, Jobs took a medical leave from Apple, and stepped down as its CEO in August. Move past the break to see CNN's brief time line of Jobs' tenure at Apple, as he took a company built in is garage to t

Let the chips fall where they may. Arch West, the retired marketer for Frito-Lay, credited with inventing Doritos, has died of natural causes. West's daughter, Jana Hacker of Allen, Texas, told the Dallas Morning News that the family plans on "tossing Doritos chips in before they put the dirt over the urn." West was 97. Tell your doctor that next time you're instructed to lay off the s

According to the Chicago Sun-Times, 63-year-old Janet Hardt was hospitalized shortly after she injected her face with heated beef fat -- talk about a botched plastic surgery procedure. However, authorities have determined her death was not from the injections. Find out more after the jump.

Sad news today as singer Amy Winehouse was found dead in her London home, according to MSNBC. She was 27-years-old and just left a treatment center a month ago, but authorities haven't confirmed the cause of death. An autopsy is supposed to be done sometime today. Winehouse is known for her drunken and destructive behavior at her concerts and in public in general.

If you have a weak stomach, or are easily offended, you may not want to continue reading. If you're still with me, prepare yourself. A 43-year-old woman in Ireland died from a severe allergic reaction she suffered after having sexual intercourse with a dog.

Can you believe it's been two years since Michael Jackson's tragic death?  It seems like it was just yesterday. Today, mourning fans placed flowers and candles on his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Check out the sweet medley done as a tribute to the King of Pop after the jump!

34-year-old Ryan Dunn, one of the many faces of MTV’s popular prank franchise ‘Jackass,’ was killed in a car accident early Monday morning in Pennsylvania, TMZ has confirmed. According to the report, the accident occurred at around 3AM at Route 322 and New Street in West Goshen Township. Dunn was in the vehicle with an unidentified person – who was also killed – though no word yet on who was actua