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rip RIP Al Matthews, 'Aliens' fantastic Sgt. Apone Jason Weisberger

music Rachid Taha has followed Joe Strummer to rock the casbah in the hereafter Séamus Bellamy

rip John McCain's farewell to America Gina Loukareas

rip Senator John McCain is dead Gina Loukareas

music Pianist Henry Butler dead at 69 Séamus Bellamy

rip The time I interviewed Harlan Ellison about his lawsuit against a fan who posted his stories to Usenet Mark Frauenfelder

music Joe Jackson, musical family patriarch and Michael Jackson's famously abusive dad, has died. Xeni Jardin

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magic Harry Anderson, TV's 'Night Court' star, has died at 65 in Asheville, N.C. Xeni Jardin

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obits RIP Robert M. Pirsig, author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Mark Frauenfelder

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