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Former Democrat New York Rep. Nita Lowey died on Saturday at the age of 87 after battling metastatic breast cancer for several years, her family revealed in a statement.

D’Wayne Wiggins, a founding member of the Grammy-nominated group Tony! Toni! Tone! behind the classic 1990s jams “Anniversary,” “It Never Rains (In Southern California)” and (Lay Your Head on My) Pillow,” has died. He was 64.

Country music legend Dolly Parton announced that her husband of almost 60 years, Carl Dean died. He was 82-years-old.

NEW YORK (AP) — David Johansen, the wiry, gravelly-voiced singer and last surviving member of the glam and protopunk band the New York Dolls who later performed as his campy, pompadoured alter ego, Buster Poindexter, has died. He was 75.

Actress Michelle Trachtenberg, known for her roles in the 1996 film Harriet the Spy and the television show Gossip Girl, has died. She was 39.

Voletta Wallace, the dedicated mother of the late great rapper The Notorious B.I.G. and protector of his legacy, died Friday morning. She was 78.

Tony Roberts, a versatile, Tony Award-nominated theater performer at home in both plays and musicals and who appeared in several Woody Allen movies — often as Allen’s best friend — has died. He was 85.

Actress Leslie Charleson, who played Monica Quartermaine on the soap opera General Hospital for nearly 50 years, has died at the age of 79. 

Britt Allcroft, the woman behind the creation of the beloved children’s TV show ‘Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends,’ has died.

Wayne Osmond — who was one of the members of The Osmonds, a musical group popular in the 1960s and 1970s that consisted of siblings — has died at the age of 73.

The president of Atlanta-based Tyler Perry Studios died Friday night when the small plane he was piloting crashed on Florida’s Gulf Coast.

“Candyman” and “Final Destination” icon Tony Todd has died at his Marina del Rey home at the age of 69.”

Bernie Marcus, the founder of Home Depot, has died at the age of 95. He gave generously to charity and backed Donald Trump for president.

The cause of death has been revealed for former American Pickers co-host Frank Fritz just one month after he died at age 60. 

Actor Ron Hale, who had the distinction of appearing in every season of ABC’s daytime soap opera “Ryan’s Hope” for its entire 13-year run, has died. He was 78.

Legendary actor and country singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson, most known for his roles in A Star is Born (1976) and Blade (1998), died at the age of 88 on Saturday.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) declared Saturday, and Hezbollah confirmed, that terrorist mass murderer Hassan Nasrallah had been killed in an airstrike Friday evening in his headquarters deep under civilian buildings in Beirut.

Ballet dancer Michaela Mabinty DePrince, who came to the United States from an orphanage in war-torn Sierra Leone and performed on some of the world’s biggest stages, has died, her family said in a statement. She was 29.

James Earl Jones — the illustrious actor with a universally recognized baritone voice who starred in numerous movies and stage productions but who will forever be known as the voice of Darth Vader in the “Star Wars” movies — has died, according to multiple reports. He was 93.

Actor Obi Ndefo, who was perhaps best known for playing Bodie Wells in WB’s Dawson’s Creek, died on Saturday at the age of 51.

Roger Cook, the landscaping expert on PBS’s Emmy-winning home renovation program This Old House for nearly 40 years, died Wednesday at the age of 70.

Political commentator and former Fox Business Network host Lou Dobbs died at the age of 78 on Thursday.

Robert Towne, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of the neo-noir classic “Chinatown,” died this week at the age of 89. 

Former first lady Michelle Obama revealed on Friday that her mother, Marian Robinson, had died at the age of 86.

CNN political commentator and Republican political adviser Alice Stewart died at the age of 58, CNN revealed on Saturday.

Roger Corman, the “King of the Bs” who helped turn out such low-budget classics as “Little Shop of Horrors” and “Attack of the Crab Monsters” and gave many of Hollywood’s most famous actors and directors early breaks, has died. He was 98.

British actor Bernard Hill — who played King Théoden of Rohan in The Lord of the Rings movies as well as the captain who heroically goes down with the ship in Titanic — has died at age 79.

Frank Field reached his positions including opposition to the EU and mass migration from first principles of defending the working class.

Actress Meg Bennett — who had a long-running role on CBS’s  The Young and the Restless and transitioned into a writer for several popular shows — has died at 75 .

AJ Simon, the former defensive lineman for Albany, has died at the age of 25 just one week before he may have been selected in the NFL draft. 

Veteran character actor M. Emmet Walsh, star of such timeless classics like “Blade Runner” and “The Jerk,” died on Tuesday at the age of 88. 

Tom Priestley — whose skilled editing played a crucial role in shaping the 1972 thriller Deliverance — has died. He was 91.

William “Bill” Post, the man credited with inventing the beloved Pop Tart died on Saturday, a Michigan funeral home confirmed to PEOPLE. He was 96.

Officials have revealed the cause of death of “Rocky” and “Predator” star Carl Weathers, who died last week in his sleep at the age of 76.

Carl Weathers, who immortalized the role of Apollo Creed opposite Sylvester Stallone in “Rocky” and three of its sequels, has died. He was 76.

Norman Jewison — the acclaimed director of such classic Hollywood movies as “In the Heat of the Night,” “Fiddler on the Roof,” and “The Thomas Crown Affair” — has died. He was 97.