Alex Cohen
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Stiller performed in a comedy duo with wife Anne Meara and appeared in films and on Broadway and television. Onscreen, he was George Costanza's father; in real life, he was dad to actor Ben Stiller.
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Jerry Stiller's son, Ben Stiller, tweeted his dad died of natural causes. Jerry Stiller began his career in the 1950s and remained popular with his featured roles on Seinfeld and King of Queens.
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A new book tells the story of Bobby Fuller, who was best-known for the song "I Fought the Law." He was a talented guitarist and producer who moved from El Paso, Texas, to LA. He was on the verge of his big break when his body was found in his car doused in gasoline. The Los Angeles police ruled it an accidental death.
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Facing a fatal diagnosis, Wilko Johnson made what was to be his final album with singer Roger Daltrey of The Who. Then doctors intervened. "Maybe," Daltrey says, "there's a Part 2 to this record."
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As the co-leader of Ween, Aaron Freeman celebrated excess. Then, in 2011, he fell apart on stage, left the band and entered rehab. On a new, deeply personal solo album, he explores what went wrong.
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Parks has arranged music for artists of just about every genre, from the the Beach Boys and Bonnie Raitt to U2 and Skrillex. But every now and then he makes time to focus on his own material, most of it with a distinctive old-time feel. His latest is called Songs Cycled.
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On an album released nearly 50 years ago Harry Taussig demonstrated an accomplished, self-taught style of improvisational guitar. This week in Austin, Texas Taussig will perform in public for the first time.
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Kira Roessler and Mike Watt first emerged as the bassists of two massively influential punk bands, Black Flag and The Minutemen. But on and off for three decades, they've joined forces as a bass-only duo called Dos.
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The discovery that human body cells can be used as stem cells is creating buzz in the scientific community. Experts say the development will likely transform research; in the political world, some say it will end the debate over the need to use human embryos.
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Before the Senate can vote to confirm Michael Mukasey, he needs a Democrat to join the GOP senators on the Judiciary Committee. But Democrats are concerned about his answers on waterboarding, enforcement of subpoenas and the president's powers.