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September 3Sep 3 Author NEW YORK (AP) — Gloria Steinem, the celebrated author and activist who became one of the most visible symbols and potent voices of the U.S. women’s movement and a fierce advocate for feminist causes throughout her life, has died. She was 92.Source
September 4Sep 4 NEW YORK (AP) — Cassandra Wilson, the two-time Grammy Award-winning jazz singer, songwriter and producer has died. She was 70.Dubbed America’s best singer by Time magazine in 2001, Wilson was best known for her genre-bending voice, which expanded the boundaries of traditional blues-based jazz and worked effortlessly across folk, pop, R&B, country and beyond. At the heart of all her work was her idiosyncratic contralto, a soulful sound distinctly tied to her roots.Source
September 19Sep 19 Author AP — Duncan Sheik, the Tony- and Grammy-winning singer-songwriter who crafted the music for “Spring Awakening,” has died. He was 56.Source
September 25Sep 25 Author Peter Byrne, an English singer and songwriter best known as the vocalist of the new wave duo Naked Eyes, has died. He was 74.Best known as the singer of hits “Always Something There to Remind Me” and “Promises, Promises,” Byrne died peacefully on Sept. 14 in Los Angeles following a brief illness, according to a statement from the band.Source
September 29Sep 29 Author Dennis Haskins, the actor best known for his role as principal Richard Belding on the high school comedy series “Saved by the Bell,” has died, his agent said Monday.Haskins was 75. The cause and manner of death were unavailable.Source
October 7Oct 7 Author Jim Bakker, who along with his first wife Tammy Faye built an evangelical empire around the hugely successful "The PTL Club" TV show, only to lose it all over a sex scandal and financial crimes, has died. He was 86.Bakker died Monday, his second wife, Lori Bakker, said in a statement. His cause of death was not immediately clear.Source
October 9Oct 9 Mike Ditka, the legendary former Chicago Bears coach and first tight end ever inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, has died at the age of 86, his family announced Friday.Source
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