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Bobby Caldwell, the singer-songwriter who mastered a variety of genres, died Tuesday, said his wife, Mary. He was 71.

An official cause of death has not been released; his wife said he died of fluoroquinolone toxicity after an antibiotic he was prescribed in 2017 wreaked “havoc” on his body.

“He was prescribed that with a runny nose and cough, and it never should have happened, but it did, and it’s irreversible if you get hit real bad like he did,” she said. “It just wreaks havoc.”

The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning in 201...

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White, who joined the soul-funk group in 1974, playing on hits including September and Shining Star

The Earth, Wind & Fire drummer Fred White has died at the age of 67.

The news was shared by his brother and bandmate Verdine White on Sunday in an Instagram post. He paid tribute to the “amazing and talented” musician, “now drumming with the angels!”

Verdine White wrote: “Dearest family, friends and fans … Our family is saddened today with the loss of an amazing and talented family member, our beloved brother Frederick Eugene ‘Freddie’ White.

“He joins our brothers Maurice, Monte and Ronald in heaven and is...

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An alleged family member of up-and-coming rapper Big Scarr has claimed that the 22-year-old died from a drug overdose of prescription pills.

The late 22-year-old’s uncle, Arthur Woods, told TMZ Friday that Gucci Mane’s protégé overdosed at his girlfriend’s house in Memphis, Tennessee, on Thursday.

Woods said he does not know where his nephew got the pills but claimed the “Make a Play” rapper experienced several traumatic experiences in his young life, including nearly dying after being shot and suffering serious injuries from a car crash when he was 16. He also stated that Big Scarr suffered from depression.

Born Alexander Woods, Scarr took his stage name after that...

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Rising Tennessee rapper Big Scarr, who was signed to Gucci Mane’s label 1017 Records, has died at age 22 of undisclosed causes. The wordsmith’s passing was confirmed by Mane in a Thursday Instagram post.

“This hurt — I’m a miss you @bigscarr,” the “Poppin” singer wrote in the tribute, along with a photo gallery of the late lyricist.

As of yet, Big Scarr’s cause and time of death have yet to be revealed, HipHopDx reported.

In 2020, the Memphis native nearly died after getting shot in the hip with the bullet traveling all the way up to his spine. This resulted in serious internal injuries, which required the doctors to remove his appendix and also realign his right leg, according to Revolt.

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A Los Angeles jury convicted Tory Lanez on all three counts Friday, and then pandemonium erupted in the courtroom

RAPPER TORY LANEZ was found guilty Friday of shooting music superstar Megan Thee Stallion in both feet during an alcohol-fueled curbside confrontation in the predawn hours of July 12, 2020.

After seven hours of deliberations, a Los Angeles jury convicted the “Luv” singer on all three counts, finding that he assaulted Megan with a semi-automatic firearm, causing great bodily injury, discharged the weapon with gross negligence and possessed the concealed, unregistered weapon inside his SUV.

Lanez, whose legal name is Daystar Peterson, is facing up to 22 years and eight months in ...

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Coolio, the ’90s rapper who lit up the music charts with hits like “Gangsta’s Paradise” and “Fantastic Voyage,” has died, his friend and manager Jarez Posey, told CNN. He was 59.

Posey said Coolio died Wednesday afternoon.

Details on the circumstances were not immediately available.

When contacted by CNN, Capt. Erik Scott of the Los Angeles Fire Department confirmed that firefighters and paramedics responded to a call on the 2900 block of South Chesapeake Ave. at 4 p.m. local time for reports of a medical emergency. When they arrived, they found an unresponsive male and performed “resuscitation efforts for approximately 45 minutes.”

The patient “was determined dead just before 5:00 p.m.,” Scott said.

An autopsy performed on Coolio Thursday did not reveal...

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The crooner behind the 1996 ballad “You” passed away peacefully Tuesday in his Los Angeles home, his family said in a statement.

R&B singer Jesse Powell, best known for the 1996 hit “You,” died Tuesday at age 51, his family said. 

Powell died “peacefully” in his Los Angeles home, according to his sisters, the recording artists Trina and Tamara Powell. 

“It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of our beloved son, brother and uncle Jesse Powell,” Tamara Powell said in a statement from the family on Instagram. 

“The family asks for privacy at this time as we mourn this tremendous loss and celebrate his everlasting legacy,” it said. 

The family re...

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R. Kelly’s Chicago trial: Everything you need to know.R&B star and convicted sex offender R. Kelly is due to face another federal jury trial this week as platoons of prosecutors and lawyers gird for a second attempt to convict him again as a sexual predator. Kelly’s next trial is due to start Monday in his hometown of Chicago, 11 months after he was convicted in a first federal trial in New York, and seven weeks after he was sentenced to 30 years in prison on racketeering and sex trafficking charges.

Convicted sex offender #RKelly is due to face another federal jury trial...

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The singer revealed he is suffering from the rare neurological disorder on Friday

Justin Bieber | CREDIT: COURTESY APPLE MUSIC

Justin Bieber is asking his fans for prayers as the paralysis caused by Ramsay Hunt syndrome is increasingly making his daily activities more difficult.

The “Peaches” singer, 28, revealed he’s started having trouble eating and has asked his fans to keep in their prayers that he recovers from the condition.

“Been getting progressively harder to eat, which has been extremely frustrating, please pray for me,” he wrote on his Instagram Stories on Friday, adding a teary-eyed emoji.

The singer shared he was dealing with the rare neurological disorder earlier on Friday in a video on Instagram.

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In the video, the...

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Get your kids ready, your tickets purchased and your parking sorted out, because summer is almost here, and that means amusement parks will be back in full swing.

Most amusement parks spent last season adjusting to the ever-changing state of the COVID-19 pandemic. But even without the ever-moving target of COVID-19 safety, there are still a lot of changes coming to the parks closest to our area. New rides, new deals, new food and more are headed to Hersheypark, Knoebels, Dutch Wonderland and Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom this year.

One of the...