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Whodini rapper John 'Ecstasy' Fletcher, hip-hop pioneer, dies at 56
Whodini's groundbreaking electro-rap helped hip-hop gain a foothold on radio, and the duo took part in the first rap tour of American arenas.
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Mary Tyler Moore Dead at 80: Live Reaction
Actress Mary Tyler Moore died Wednesday at a hospital near her Connecticut home, her family said. She was 80. Tributes are pouring in for the beloved television and film star best known for her roles on The Dick Van Dyke Show and Mary Tyler Moore Show. Yahoo News editors are collecting just some of the remembrances from around the web in the live blog below:
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Mary Tyler Moore: The Graceful, Gracious Groundbreaker
Mary Tyler Moore, who died on Wednesday, gave audiences something they didn’t know they wanted — that they needed. Before Moore gave us Mary Richards on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, we had never seen so complex — so three-dimensional — a woman on a sitcom. Moore is one of the key figures in television history.
