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Jazz great Sonny Rollins dead at 95

Sonny Rollins, the tenor saxophonist and restless genius whose bold, distinctive tone and constant experimentation kept him on the cutting edge of jazz for more than 50 years, died Monday at age 95. Spokesperson Terri Hinte told The Associated Press that Rollins died at his home in Woodstock, N.Y. She …

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Sonny Curtis, Crickets rocker and prolific songwriter behind Mary Tyler Moore TV show theme, dead at 88

Sonny Curtis, a vintage rock ‘n’ roller who wrote the raw classic I Fought the Law and posed the enduring question “Who can turn the world on with her smile?” as the writer-crooner of the theme song to The Mary Tyler Moore Show has died at 88. Curtis was inducted into the Rock and …

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