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The Turtles co-founder Mark Volman dead at 78; also performed as Flo and Eddie

The Turtles co-founder Mark Volman dead at 78; also performed as Flo and Eddie

The co-founder of a legendary 1960s pop-rock band is dead at 78. Mark Volman, best known for his work with The Turtles on hits like “Happy Together,” died Friday in Nashville, according to Rolling Stone. A cause of death was not named, but reps said he had a “brief, unexpected illness” and had previously been diagnosed with Lewy body dementia …

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EDDIE VAN HALEN’s 1982 Kramer Guitar Expected to Fetch Between $2 Million And $3 Million At Sotheby’s Auction

EDDIE VAN HALEN’s 1982 Kramer Guitar Expected to Fetch Between  Million And  Million At Sotheby’s Auction

According to Rolling Stone, Eddie Van Halen‘s 1982 Kramer electric guitar will be auctioned by Sotheby’s New York this fall. The guitar, which was played by the legendary VAN HALEN axeman in 1982 and 1983, is expected to fetch between $2 million and $3 million during Sotheby’s inaugural Grails Week from October 21 to October 28. Eddie later gifted the …

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Eddie Van Halen’s 1982 Guitar to Be Auctioned 5 Years After Death

Eddie Van Halen’s 1982 Guitar to Be Auctioned 5 Years After Death

A model based on his classic “Frankenstein” guitar could fetch several million dollars in October Nearly five years after his death, one of Eddie Van Halen’s most recognizable guitars will be auctioned off for the first time this fall. As part of a rock collectibles sales by the auction house Sotheby’s, the public will be able to bid on a …

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Eddie Palmieri, Visionary Pianist and Salsa Experimentalist, Dead at 88

Eddie Palmieri, Visionary Pianist and Salsa Experimentalist, Dead at 88

Eddie Palmieri, the virtuosic keyboardist and visionary bandleader who helped define and then expanded the aesthetic parameters of the salsa genre, has died at the age of 88. His death was confirmed by his daughter, Gabriela Palmieri, who told The New York Times he died today following “an extended illness.” A radical experimentalist who nevertheless remained faithful to the roots …

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Latin music star Eddie Palmieri has died at the age of 88 : NPR

Latin music star Eddie Palmieri has died at the age of 88 : NPR

Eddie Palmieri, seen here performing in 2009 at the Theatre de la Mer in southeastern France. Frans Schellekens/Redferns/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Frans Schellekens/Redferns/Getty Images Bandleader and pianist Eddie Palmieri, whose pounding rhythms forged a new style for Latin music, died Wednesday at the age of 88. Fania Records, the renowned Latin jazz label that released several of Palmieri’s …

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Eddie Murphy and Pete Davidson in Heist Comedy

Eddie Murphy and Pete Davidson in Heist Comedy

You wouldn’t want to be caught in an emergency situation with Travis (Pete Davidson), one of the main characters in Prime Video’s bumpy heist comedy The Pickup. The dopey armor truck guard is the kind of guy that panics under pressure. At the start of the Tim Story-directed feature, Travis pulls a gun on a customer at the bank, thinking …

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Eddie Murphy holds his performance hostage

Eddie Murphy holds his performance hostage

Introducing Endless Mode: A New Games & Anime Site from Paste Bill Murray has a reputation of being difficult to get on to a movie set: difficult to get ahold of, difficult to provide a firm “yes” (or any answer at all), difficult to ensure he’ll make it to shooting, and sometimes difficult to make sure he’ll behave properly once …

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MLB looking into possible beanball threat by Eddie Perez toward Jazz Chisholm

MLB looking into possible beanball threat by Eddie Perez toward Jazz Chisholm

ATLANTA — Major League Baseball is looking into Saturday night’s kerfuffle between Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Eddie Pérez, the Braves coach who pointed to his head while jawing with the Yankees infielder. The Yankees were under the impression that Pérez may have been saying something about throwing at Chisholm’s head, though Pérez told reporters he was only telling Chisholm to …

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