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Oscar-nominated Hollywood actress who starred alongside Joan Crawford in the 1945 noir melodrama Mildred Pierce ...

Mike Campbell and Tom Petty only had two guitars during the band's first two album cycles. Despite their limitations, the dynamic duo managed to co-write some pretty timeless hits, including the ...

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The Welsh singer, whose hits include Total Eclipse of the Heart, passed away "unexpectedly" in hospital, her family said in a statement.

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Bonnie Tyler, the husky-voiced powerhouse vocalist who delivered memorable and dramatic pop-rock songs including 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' in the 1980s, has died.

By Sarah Young LONDON, July 9 (Reuters) - The gravelly tone that made Bonnie Tyler's singing instantly recognisable was the result of an accident. After an operation to remove vocal cord nodules in ...