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Linda Tripp, the civil servant who played a key role in the scandal involving then-President Bill Clinton and White House intern Monica Lewinsky, died Wednesday at the age of 70. News first surfaced Tuesday that Tripp was gravely ill, the New York Post reported, adding that Tripp’s condition was not …

Steve Martin Caro, lead singer of the Sixties baroque-pop band the Left Banke, has died at the age of 71. Caro’s death was first announced on a Left Banke Facebook fan page that both he and surviving members of the group frequented; the group’s Twitter later confirmed the singer’s death, …

Andy Anderson, the drummer who enjoyed stints with Iggy Pop and the Cure while assisting an array of artists as a session musician, died Tuesday. He was 68. Just last week, Anderson revealed on Facebook that he had terminal cancer. Despite the diagnosis, he wrote, “[P]lease, no boo hooing here, …

Controversial hip-hop hitmaker XXXTentacion was shot and killed on Monday in Florida, Broward Sheriff’s Office confirmed. He was 20 years old. “Jahseh Onfroy — known worldwide as XXXTentacion — tragically passed away from a gunshot wound in Deerfield, Florida,” his rep said in a statement. “In deference to his family, …

Milos Forman, the Oscar-winning director behind Amadeus, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, The People vs. Larry Flyntand Man on the Moon, died Friday at 86. A representative confirmed Forman’s death toRolling Stone, saying thatthe director died at Danbury Hospital near his home in Warren, CT. Forman’s wife Martina told …

Reg E. Cathey, the Emmy-winning actor who played pivotal roles in acclaimed series like House of Cards,The WireandOz, has died at the age of 59. TMZ reports that Cathey died in New York following a bout with lung cancer. Executive producers who worked with Cathey, including The Wire‘s David Simon …

Jim Rodford, a founding member of Argent and bassist for the Kinks and the Zombies, died Saturday at the age of 76. Rodford’s cousin and longtime band mate Rod Argent confirmed Rodford’s death on the Zombies’ Facebook page, with Argent adding that Rodford died Saturday following “a fall on the …