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Singer Joe Cocker dies aged 70 — Singer Joe Cocker, best known for his cover of the Beatles' With A Little Help From My Friends, has died aged 70. — The singer song-writer from Sheffield had a career lasting more than 40 years with hits including You Are So Beautiful and Up Where We Belong.
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Joe Cocker / TMZ.com:
DIES FROM LUNG CANCER — Joe Cocker — the gravely-voiced singer known for his version of “With a Little Help From My Friends” — died today after battling a lung cancer ... according to his agent. — Cocker was reportedly on his ranch in Colorado with his wife when he passed away.
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ITV:
Joe Cocker has died after a battle with lung cancer — Singer Joe Cocker has died aged 70, his management team has confirmed to ITV News. — Born John Robert Cocker on 20 May 1944 in Sheffield, he died today after a battle with lung cancer. — He lived in Sheffield until his early 20s.
Yorkshire Post:
Rock star Joe Cocker dead at 70 — Joe Cocker and Eric Clapton at a Sheffield charity concert in 1993 — SHEFFIELD-born rock star Joe Cocker has died after a battle with lung cancer. He was 70. — The star, who rose to fame in the Sixties, had hits with The Beatles' song With A Little Help …
Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Joe Cocker, English Rock Singer, Is Dead at 70 — Joe Cocker, the gravelly British singer who became one of pop's most recognizable interpreters in the late 1960s and ‘70s with passionate, idiosyncratic takes on songs like the Beatles’ “With a Little Help From My Friends,” died on Monday at his home in Crawford, Colo. He was 70.
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Bryce Corbett / Australian Women's Weekly:
Angelina Jolie tells: Marriage can be tough, but Brad Pitt is my rock — On the same day she was photographed in Sydney in heated discussion with her husband Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie told The Australian Women's Weekly that “marriage and kids can be hard work”.
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Madeline Boardman / Us Weekly:
Angelina Jolie Calls Marriage to Brad Pitt “Hard Work”
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TMZ.com:
Tyga — Blac Chyna's a Bad Mom ... I Want Custody! — BLAC CHYNA'S A BAD MOM — I Want Custody! — 12/22/2014 12:55 AM PST BY TMZ STAFF — EXCLUSIVE — Tyga thinks Blac Chyna is unfit to properly care for their child because she twerks and parties too much ... seriously.
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Nancy Dillon / NY Daily News:
Bill Cosby accused of raping ex-girlfriend of Sammy Davis Jr. — EXCLUSIVE: Katherine McKee 65, told the Daily News that Cosby raped her in a Michigan hotel room in the early 1970s when she was on tour with Davis. She said she never told Davis about the alleged sexual assault.
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TMZ.com:
Iggy Azalea Afraid To Face Ex ... Fears Violence In Texas — Afraid To Face Ex ... FEARS VIOLENCE IN TEXAS — 12/22/2014 9:37 AM PST BY TMZ STAFF — EXCLUSIVE — Iggy Azalea is pleading with a judge to block her ex-BF's attempt to force her back to Texas ... because she says he's violent and she fears for her safety.
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Sierra Marquina / Us Weekly:
Brandi Glanville Throws Shade at Tori Spelling: “What Goes Around Comes Around” — Ouch! Brandi Glanville played the “Name Game” exclusively with Us Weekly and dissed everyone from Tori Spelling to her costars Kyle Richards and Lisa Vanderpump. — PHOTOS: Before they were Real Housewives
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Madeline Boardman / Us Weekly:
Phaedra Parks Confirms Apollo Nida Divorce Plans on Watch What Happens Live — Phaedra Parks is moving on. The Real Housewives of Atlanta star confirmed on Watch What Happens Live on Sunday, Dec. 21, that she and her estranged, incarcerated husband Apollo Nida are ending their marriage.
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Allison / Dlisted:
Natalie Portman Says That Nobody Wanted To Work With Her After Star Wars — For their 10th annual “Reasons to love New York” issue, several famous types recently spoke to New York magazine about working with late director Mike Nichols, one of which was Natalie Portman.
