New Orleans Rock Pioneer and Piano Prodigy Dies at 89
Fats Domino, the piano-playing prodigy whose lightning-fast fingers
crafted a rollicking sound blending rock with rhythm-and-blues, has
died, authorities said Wednesday.
He was 89.
Domino, a native of New Orleans, died at a
private residence early Tuesday morning, according to the Jefferson
Parish Coroner's Office in Louisiana.
He first learned to play the piano from his
brother-in-law, and would go on to inspire Elvis Presley and The Beatles
in a career that spanned more than five decades. In his 20s, Domino
gained fame with the 1955 hit, "Ain't That a Shame," and his 1956 rock
n' roll version of "Blueberry Hill," which he performed on "The Ed Sullivan Show" and saw shoot to No. 2 on the Top 40 charts.
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Source: NBC News
Robert Guillaume, Emmy-Winning Star of ‘Benson,’ Dies at 89
By Daniel E. Slotnik
Robert Guillaume,
who dreamed of being the first black tenor to sing at the Metropolitan
Opera but settled for acting onstage and on television — and won Emmy
Awards for playing the same character on two different ABC series — died
on Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 89.
His wife, Donna Brown Guillaume, said the cause was complications of prostate cancer, which he had had for 25 years.
Mr. Guillaume’s most well-known character was Benson DuBois, who began as a caustic butler
on the sitcom “Soap,” which ran from 1977 to 1981, and later worked
for, and eventually campaigned against, the governor of an unspecified
state on the spinoff “Benson” (1979-86).
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Source: The New York Times
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