Tag: famous
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Jack Jones, balladeer famous for ‘Love Boat’ theme and 1960s hits like ‘The Impossible Dream,’ dies at 86
Jack Jones, a singer who found fame and chart success on the easy-listening side of the street in the 1960s, and who later became etched in television-watching America’s psyche with the “Love Boat” theme, died Wednesday at 86. Jones died of leukemia at a hospital in Rancho Mirage, Calif., his wife of 15 years, Eleanora…
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Ethel Kennedy, matriarch of the famous family, dies at 96
Ethel Kennedy, who lost her husband, Robert F. Kennedy, and brother-in-law, President John F. Kennedy, to assassins’ bullets, and who channeled her grief into raising her 11 children and lifetime of public service, died Thursday. She was 96. Kennedy had recently suffered a stroke and was receiving treatment when she died, former Rep. Joe Kennedy…