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There's no quit in Mavis Staples, or her voice

Courier Newsroom - March 2, 2016

NEW YORK (AP) — Mavis Staples is a walking, talking and — blessedly — still singing history book. The 76-year-old voice of the Staple Singers...

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Legendary jazz musician Clark Terry dead at 94

Courier Newsroom - February 22, 2015

NEW YORK (AP) — Clark Terry, a Grammy Award-winning jazz trumpeter who played in the orchestras of both Count Basie and Duke Ellington and...

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Spanish conductor Rafael Fruehbeck dead at 80

Courier Newsroom - June 11, 2014

MADRID (AP) - Rafael Fruehbeck de Burgos, one of Spain's most prestigious conductors who performed with dozens of orchestras around the world, has died....

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Funeral Friday for Cleotha Staples, eldest of The Staple Singers siblings

Associated Press - February 27, 2013

FAMOUS MUSICAL FAMILY-- This March 15, 1999 file photo shows the sibling group The Staples Singers, from left, Pervis, Cleotha, Pops, Mavis,...

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