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Jim Stewart, co-founder of ‘Memphis sound’ recording studio Stax, dies

By Adrian Sainz, Associated Press

Jim Stewart, who co-founded the influential Stax Records with his sister and helped build the soulful "Memphis sound," has died at age 92.

News Wrap: Ukraine hosts food security summit in Kyiv

By PBS NewsHour Weekend

In our news wrap Saturday, European leaders arrived in Ukraine for a food security summit as the country’s power grid slowly comes back online, heavy rains caused deadly landslides across the Italian island of Ischia, China eased some COVID lockdown…

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Pablo Milanés, Cuban singer-songwriter, dies at 79

By Andrea Rodriguez, Associated Press

Pablo Milanés, the Latin Grammy-winning balladeer who helped found Cuba’s “nueva trova” movement and toured the world as a cultural ambassador for Fidel Castro’s revolution, has died in Spain, where he had been under treatment for blood cancer. He was…

Watermelon smashing comedian Gallagher dies at 76

By Associated Press

Gallagher, the long-haired, smash-'em-up comedian who left a trail of laughter, anger and shattered watermelons over a decadeslong career, has died at age 76.

‘Great Balls of Fire’ singer Jerry Lee Lewis dies at 87

By Hillel Italie, Associated Press

The untamable and often outrageous rock 'n' roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis has died at 87.

Former Defense Secretary Ash Carter dies at 68

By Tara Copp, Associated Press

Ash Carter, who as defense secretary in the final two years of the Obama administration opened military combat jobs to women and ended a ban on transgender people serving in the military, has died at age 68.

Country music star Loretta Lynn dies at 90

By Kristin M. Hall, Associated Press

Loretta Lynn, the Kentucky coal miner’s daughter who became a pillar of country music, has died.

Coolio, rapper who won Grammy for ‘Gangsta’s Paradise,’ dies at age 59

By Jonathan Landrum Jr., Andrew Dalton, Associated Press

Coolio, the rapper who was among hip-hop's biggest names of the 1990s with hits including "Gangsta's Paradise" and "Fantastic Voyage," has died.

Jean-Luc Godard, iconic French director, dead at 91

By Jamey Keaten, Thomas Adamson, Associated Press

Swiss news agency ATS quoted Godard’s partner, Anne-Marie Mieville, and her producers as saying he died peacefully and surrounded by his loved ones at his home in the Swiss town of Rolle, on Lake Geneva, on Tuesday.

UK politicians unite in tribute after Queen Elizabeth’s death

By Jill Lawless, Associated Press

U.K. politicians across the political spectrum have united in sorrow at the death of Queen Elizabeth II, a passing that brought the country's usually fractious politics to a halt.