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"Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the
grave. Our birth is nothing but our death begun." Bishop Hall
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BILLY PRESTON, SINGER/SONGWRITER, DEAD AT 59
Singer/songwriter Billy Preston, known as the "Fifth Beatle,"
died Tuesday in a Scottsdale, Ariz., hospital. He was 59.
Preston had been in a deep coma since Nov. 21 after hyper-
tension caused kidney failure among other complications,
FoxNews.com reported Tuesday. Preston accompanied Britain's
Fab Four on "Let It Be," "The White Album" and "Abbey Road."
He was the first act signed to the Beatles' Apple Records
label, which spawned his album, "That's the Way God Planned
It." His keyboards can be heard on the Rolling Stone' "Miss
You" and he was a collaborator with Eric Clapton and Sly &
the Family Stone as well. He also recorded with Neil Diamond
and the Red Hot Chili Peppers in recent years, FoxNews.com
said. Among Preston's own hits were "Nothing From Nothing"
and "Will It Go Round in Circles." Joe Cocker scored an
international hit with Preston's "You Are So Beautiful."
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ARNOLD NEWMAN, PROMINENT PHOTOGRAPHER, DEAD AT 88
One of the most prominent portrait photographers of the 20th
Century, Arnold Newman, has died at New York's Mount Sinai
Hospital at age 88. Newman died Tuesday of a heart attack
following a recent stroke, The Washington Post reported
Wednesday. In the course of a career of more than 65 years,
Newman snapped leading figures from around the world,
including presidents, artists, composers, and scientists,
the Washington Post reported Wednesday. He photographed
Picasso in the 1950s and in 1962, he captured Marilyn Monroe
in some of her final portraits. He said she was "the saddest
woman (he's) ever known." Newman is credited with popular-
izing environmental portraiture, the newspaper said. He
would take his camera and lighting equipment with him on
assignments, usually for magazines, so that he could capture
his subjects in their own environment. Survivors include his
wife, Augusta Newman, their two sons and three grandchildren.
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EDWARD J. YATES, AMERICAN BANDSTAND DIRECTOR, DEAD AT 87
"American Bandstand" director Edward J. Yates, who launched
Dick Clark to stardom, has died in Media, Pa., at age 87, it
was reported Tuesday. Yates, credited with building up the
local Philadelphia TV dance show to national iconic status
during his 17 years there, died Friday, Daily Variety
reported. Yates volunteered to helm "Bandstand" when it
began on WFIL-TV, Philadelphia, in 1952, Variety said. It
started out with Bob Horn behind the mic and Clark took over
at age 26 four years later. Yates continued to guide the
show even after ABC picked it up for daily broadcasts in
1957. He was responsible for pulling records, directing
cameras, queuing adds and communicating with Clark. He
moved with Clark -- by then a national star -- when "Band-
stand" moved to Los Angeles in 1964 and retired in 1969,
taking his family back to the Philadelphia area.
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VINCE WELNICK, KEYBOARDIST, DEAD AT 55
Vince Welnick, a keyboardist for the Tubes, Todd Rundgren
and the Grateful Dead, has died in Sonoma County, Calif., at
55. Welnick died Friday, the San Francisco Chronicle report-
ed. The Sonoma County Sheriff's Department said the cause of
death appears to be suicide. The Grateful Dead recalled
Welnick in a statement posted on its Web site. "His service
to and love for the Grateful Dead were heartfelt and
essential," said the statement. "He had a loving soul and a
joy in music that we were lucky to share. Our Grateful Dead
prayer for the repose of his spirit: May the four winds blow
him safely home." A classically trained pianist, Welnick was
born in Phoenix, Ariz., where he formed the Tubes with some
friends. The band recorded 12 albums and had two hit songs --
"White Punks on Dope" in 1975 and "Talk to Ya Later" in 1981.
Welnick joined the Grateful Dead in 1990, playing with the
band for five years before the death of lead singer Jerry
Garcia. Welnick is survived by his wife, Lori Welnick.
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Notable deaths this week in history...
In 1937, actress Jean Harlow, who appeared in 41 movies in
her short lifetime, and who was the first movie actress to
appear on the cover of Life Magazine, died at the age of 26.
In 1968, Robert F. Kennedy, who served as Attorney General
of the United States under two Presidents and Senator from
New York, died at the age of 42.
In 1988, author Louis L'Amour, who turned out novel after
best-selling novel about plain-speaking, straight-shooting
heroes of the old West, died at age 80.
In 2004, Ray Charles, the legendary singer and musician who
spent his life shattering any notion of musical boundaries,
died at the age of 73.
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