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FILE - Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim poses after being awarded the Freedom of the City of London at a ceremony at the Guildhall in London, on Sept. 27, 2018. Sondheim, the songwriter who reshaped the American musical theater in the second half of the 20th century, has died at age 91. Sondheim's death was announced by his Texas-based attorney, Rick Pappas, who told The New York Times the composer died Friday, Nov. 26, 2021, at his home in Roxbury, Conn. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

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Towering musical theater master Stephen Sondheim dies at 91

by Mark Kennedy Associated PressNovember 26, 2021

Author Eric Carle reads his classic children’s book “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” on the NBC “Today” television program in New York, Oct. 8, 2009.

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Author, illustrator Eric Carle dies at 91

by Mark Kennedy Associated PressMay 26, 2021

Hillary Clinton arrives for the funeral of pioneering Black actor Cicely Tyson in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City on Tuesday, Febr. 16, 2021. Tyson died Jan. 28. The New York-born actor was 96. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey).

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Tyler Perry, Clintons attend memorial for actor Cicely Tyson

by Mark Kennedy AP Entertainment WriterFebruary 16, 2021

FILE - Chick Corea performs with Eddie Gomez and Brian Blade perform during their concert in Moscow, Russia, on May 15, 2017. Corea, a towering jazz pianist with a staggering 23 Grammy awards who pushed the boundaries of the genre and worked alongside Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock, has died. He was 79. Corea died Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, of a rare for of cancer, his team posted on his web site. His death was confirmed by Corea's web and marketing manager, Dan Muse. (AP Photo/Alexander...

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Jazz great Chick Corea dies at 79

by Mark Kennedy Associated PressFebruary 11, 2021

FILE - In this June 22, 2004, file photo, Eddie Van Halen plays the final chord of "Jump" during the Van Halen concert at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, N,.J. Eddie Van Halen, the guitar virtuoso whose blinding speed, control and innovation propelled his band Van Halen into one of hard rock’s biggest groups, died Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. Van Halen, who had battled cancer, was 65. (John Munson/NJ Advance Media via AP)

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Rock guitar icon Eddie Van Halen dies of cancer at 65

by Mark Kennedy Associated Press, and Mesfin Fekadu Associated PressOctober 6, 2020

Playwright Tre’von Griffith appears in a self-portrait. Griffith is part of a national initiative called “Play at Home,” a push by not-for-profit theater companies from New York to California to keep people connected to live theater. “It’s a nice way to introduce myself to a broader audience and to articulate stories that I like to tell,” said Griffith. “It’s a really cool idea to just bring the theater to you.”

Big art, small package: Tiny plays offered to stage at home

by Mark Kennedy AP Entertainment WriterMay 28, 2020

FILE - This May 1, 2019 file photo shows playwright Terrence McNally at the 73rd annual Tony Awards "Meet the Nominees" press day in New York. McNally, one of America’s great playwrights whose prolific career included winning Tony Awards for the plays "Love! Valour! Compassion!" and "Master Class" and the musicals "Ragtime" and "Kiss of the Spider Woman," died Tuesday, March 24, 2020, of complications from the coronavirus. He was 81. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

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Playwright Terrence McNally dies at 81

by Mark Kennedy Associated PressMarch 24, 2020

FILE - This Sept. 26, 2008 file photo shows debate moderator Jim Lehrer during the first U.S. Presidential Debate between presidential nominees Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Miss. PBS announced that PBS NewsHour's Jim Lehrer died Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, at home. He was 85. (AP Photo/Chip Somodevilla, File)

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PBS newsman, debate moderator Jim Lehrer dies

by Mark Kennedy Associated Press, and David Bauder Associated PressJanuary 23, 2020

This image released by Twentieth Century Fox shows Jessica Henwick in a scene from “Underwater.”

Review: Kristen Stewart can’t save ‘Underwater’ from sinking

by Mark Kennedy AP Entertainment WriterJanuary 9, 2020

This image released by Sesame Workshop shows castmember Alan Muraoka, left, with Julia, an autistic muppet character debuting on the 47th Season of "Sesame Street." The popular children's TV show is celebrating its 50th season. (Zach Hyman/Sesame Workshop via AP)

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‘Goodness and humor’ key as ‘Sesame Street’ turns 50

by Mark Kennedy Associated PressNovember 5, 2019