Morris Dickstein, influential critic-historian, dead at 81

Sales and streams of DMX's music have surged in the UK as fans pay tribute to the hip-hop icon, OfficialCharts.com can reveal.

NEW YORK -- Reaction to the death of Grammy-nominated rapper DMX, who died Friday at 50.— “Earl Simmons was a wonderful, caring father, and a sensitive, thoughtful man. Unfortunately, Dark Man X took over and ran amok, tormented and struggling to find the light.

Joseph Siravo, best known for his roles in "The Sopranos" and "Jersey Boys," died on Sunday, Fox News has confirmed. He was 66.

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NEW YORK -- Anne Beatts, a groundbreaking comedy writer with a taste for sweetness and the macabre who was on the original staff of “Saturday Night Live” and later created the cult sitcom “Square Pegs,” has died. She was 74.Beatts died Wednesday at her home in West Hollywood, California, according to her close friend Rona Kennedy.

NEW YORK -- Anne Beatts, a groundbreaking comedy writer with a taste for sweetness and the macabre who was on the original staff of “Saturday Night Live” and later created the cult sitcom “Square Pegs,” has died. She was 74.Beatts died Wednesday at her home in West Hollywood, California, according to her close friend Rona Edwards.

Rap legend DMX has passed away, a week after he was hospitalised following a heart attack. The hip-hop veteran had been under doctors' care in White Plains, New York since 2 April, and was placed on life support, with his manager revealing he was in a "vegetative state with lung and brain failure".

DMX.The iconic rapper — whose real name was Earl Simmons — diedat the age of 50, his family announced on Friday. DMX was hospitalized in White Plains, New York, on April 2 after suffering a heart attack and was in critical condition.His family addressed his hospitalization in a statement on Sunday, stating, «On Friday night, April 2nd, 2021, our brother, son, father, and colleague DMX, birth name of Earl Simmons, was admitted to White Plains (NY) Hospital, facing serious health issues.

Rapper DMX has died at the age of 50, his family have announced. Rapper DMX – real name Earl Simmons – has died after a heart attack, reportedly after suffering a drug overdose and being admitted to hospital.

led to his death at 50 on Friday at White Plains Hospital — to his run-ins with the law, he had fallen from the heights that had once made him one of hip-hop’s biggest stars.However the New York native — born Earl Simmons in Mount Vernon and raised in Yonkers  — was as talented as he was troubled. He made his name battling in street circles and had an infamous battle with Jay-Z back in 1993 before the two were famous.

Rest in peace. DMX died on Friday, April 9, after his April 2 overdose, Us Weekly confirms.

NEW YORK -- Giancarlo DiTrapano, an avant-garde magazine and book publisher who as the founder of New York Tyrant worked with Atticus Lish, Sam Lipsyte and Padgett Powell among others and proudly defied mainstream trends, has died. He was 47.A spokesperson for DiTrapano’s family, Lauren Cerand, told The Associated Press that he died Tuesday in New York City.

New York Daily News described as "trash-strewn." It was there, under "an avalanche of garbage," that the 66-year-old was found face up, the Daily News said. "This is just devastating," Ellen said. "She had a full life.

Evelyn Sakash, an Emmy-winning production designer who was known to be a hoarder, has been found dead under a pile of garbage in her New York City home. She was 66.