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Betty Ford, the former first lady whose triumph over drug and alcohol addiction became a beacon of hope for addicts and the inspiration for her Betty Ford Center, has died, a family friend said Friday.

The best way to celebrate Peter Falk's life is to savor how Columbo, his signature character, fortified our lives....

Comic book artist Gene Colan, whose career spanned seven decades and chronicled the adventures of characters like Dracula, Batman, Daredevil and the wise-cracking fowl Howard the Duck, has died in the Bronx at age 84.

Ryan Dunn, one of the stars of MTV's "Jackass" films and TV series, was killed Monday in a car wreck, close friends of his family told CNN.

Clarence Clemons, the larger-than-life saxophone player for the E Street Band who was one of the key influences in Bruce Springsteen's life and music through four decades, has died.

Carl Gardner, original lead singer of the R&B group the Coasters, has died in Florida. He was 83....

US writer and producer Leonard Stern, who was behind hit shows including Get Smart and The Honeymooners, dies aged 87.

Assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian, known as "Dr. Death" for helping more than 100 people end their lives, died early on Friday at age 83, his lawyer said.

Former Texas Governor Bill Clements, who was the state's first Republican governor since Reconstruction when he took office in 1979, has died at the age of 94.

Gil Scott-Heron, a poet and musician best known for the song "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised," died Friday, his publicist at XL Recordings said.