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Others on the earth of arts and entertainment who died this year include: actors Suzanne Somers, Matthew Perry, Raquel Welch, Richard Belzer, Chaim Topol, Jacklyn Zeman, Lance Reddick, Alan Arkin, Paul Reubens, David McCallum, Richard Roundtree and Tom Sizemore; musicians Jimmy Buffett, Sinéad O´Connor, Rita Lee Jones, Burt Bacharach, David Crosby, Fito Olivares, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Astrud Gilberto, Coco Lee and Tony Bennett; civil rights activist and entertainer Harry Belafonte; Tv producer Norman Lear; author Cormac McCarthy; filmmaker William Friedkin; Tv hosts Bob Barker and Jerry Springer; poet Louise Glück; guitarist Jeff Beck; fashion designer Mary Quant; wrestler The Iron Sheik; composer Kaija Saariaho; and "Sesame Street" co-creator Lloyd Morrisett. Burt Bacharach, 94. The singularly gifted and fashionable composer who delighted thousands and thousands with the quirky arrangements and unforgettable melodies of "Walk on By," "Have you learnt the Approach to San Jose" and dozens of different hits. Furries. You may know them as "the individuals who dress up in the giant animal mascot costumes." Or, relying on the media you devour, you might also know them as "the people who assume they’re animals and have a bizarre fetish for fur." Or, just as probably, you've never heard the time period "furry" earlier than outdoors the context of your pet canine or the neighbor with the back hair who mows his lawn with out a shirt on each Saturday. |
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