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[/img]Television actor Gavin MacLeod has died. He was 90. His stepdaughter says MacLeod died early Saturday at his home in Palm Desert, California.
She attributed his death to his age, saying he had been well until very recently.
MacLeod achieved stardom as Murray Slaughter, the sardonic TV news writer on the 1970s comedy "The Mary Tyler Moore Show."
He went to a lead role as the cheerful Captain Stubing on "The Love Boat." Early in his career, he was featured on "McHale's Navy" from 1962 to 1964 as seaman Joseph "Happy" Haines.
MacLeod's movie credits included "Kelly's Heroes" and "The Sand Pebbles."
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[/img]One of the country's most popular and versatile singers, B.J. Thomas, has died. He was 78.
Thomas was a Grammy-winning singer who enjoyed success on the pop, country and gospel charts with such hits as "I Just Can't Help Believing," "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" and "Hooked on a Feeling."
A statement released by Thomas' representatives said the singer died Saturday in Texas from complications due to lung cancer.
A Hugo, Oklahoma, native who grew up in Houston, Billy Joe Thomas broke through in 1966 with a gospel-styled cover of Hank Williams' "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" and went on to sell millions of records and have dozens of hits across genres.
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