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Duncan Sheik, the Grammy- and Tony Award-winning singer-songwriter and composer known for the hit "Barely Breathing" and the Broadway musical "Spring Awakening," died Thursday, Sept. 17, at a ...

Earlier this week the singer's family shared that he was in "critical but stable condition" due to an unspecified illness. By Gil Kaufman Duncan Sheik, the singer-songwriter best known for his ...

Singer and mum-of-two Emma Morwood will compete for the coveted title of Britain’s best amateur sewer in Tuesday night’s final An opera singer from Midlothian is in the running to be crowned champion ...

Country singer Brian "Nashville" Duckworth has died at the age of 56. According to an obituary shared by his family, the singer died at his home Sept. 7. His family, with whom Duckworth was part of ...

Mississippi-born Wilson, who worked across folk, pop, R&B and country, was once dubbed America’s best singer Cassandra Wilson, the two-time Grammy-winning jazz singer, songwriter and producer has died ...

Bonnie Tyler, a Welsh singer known for hits like "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and "It's a Heartache," has died. She was 75. "Bonnie's family and team are heartbroken to announce that Bonnie ...

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An invention at the heart of our modern world helped create radios, cars and smartphones. The team from Planet Money traces the origins back to a fight over who invented the sewing machine. How do ...

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