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30 minutes ago, Gregory said:

Bobbie Jean “B.J” Carter, the sister of Nick Carter from the Backstreet Boys, has died at the age of 41. This is the second sibling of Nick to pass away in the last 14 months. 😔

Well mudda sik bey she's gone. How many Backstreet Boys members are left now as of 2023?

 

56 minutes ago, Gregory said:

Laura Lynch, who was a founding member of The Dixie Chicks (now known as The Chicks), before they reached stardom, died in a car crash on Friday at the age of 65.

How many The Dixie Chicks members are left now as of 2023? 

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12 minutes ago, Glennwood Road Ent. said:

Well mudda sik bey she's gone. How many Backstreet Boys members are left now as of 2023?

 

How many The Dixie Chicks members are left now as of 2023? 

All five Backstreet Boys members are alive.

As for the Chicks, Laura left the group before they became famous, and the three others are still alive.

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Actor Kamar de los Reyes, best known for his role as Antonio Vega on the daytime soap opera “One Life to Live”, has died at the age of 56 after a brief battle with cancer. Vega also voiced the villain Raul Menendez for the “Call of Duty” video games.

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BBC: Richard Franklin: Doctor Who and Emmerdale star dies on Christmas Day

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Doctor Who and Emmerdale star Richard Franklin has died at the age of 87, it has been confirmed.

A statement announced the actor "passed away peacefully" on the morning of Christmas Day adding he was "fighting a long-term illness".

Franklin is best known for for portraying Captain Mike Yates of UNIT in Doctor Who from 1971 until 1974.

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Bill Granger, Australian celebrity chef, self-taught cook, restaurateur and food writer based in his native country and in London but who also worked internationally is dead 2 days ago on Christmas Day 2023 at 54 years old due to cancer after, having been diagnosed many months previously according to Wikipedia. 

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Narayanan Vijayaraj Alagarswami, better known by his stage name Vijayakanth, was an Indian politician and actor who worked predominantly in Tamil cinema. His notable roles include Vaidehi Kathirunthal (1984), Amman Kovil Kizhakale (1986), Poonthotta Kaavalkaaran (1988), Senthoora Poove (1988), Pulan Visaranai (1990), Chinna Gounder (1992), Honest Raj (1994), Thayagam (1996) and Vaanathaippola (2000). He Has Won Two Filmfare Awards South and Three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. He was Awarded With Kalaimamani on 2001, The Highest Civilian Award in Tamil Nadu is dead yesterday at 71 years old due pneumonia at a hospital in Chennai according to Wikipedia.  He was on ventilator support after testing positive for COVID-19.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Former Indian Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu, Union Ministers Amit Shah, Nirmala Sitharaman, Rajnath Singh, Piyush Goyal, Anurag Thakur, L. Murugan, BJP President J. P. Nadda, Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, Tamil Nadu Governor R. N. Ravi, Chief Minister M. K. Stalin, Opposition Leader Edappadi K. Palaniswami, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, Former Chief Minister Chandra Babu Naidu, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Puducherry Chief Minister N. Rangaswamy, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D. K. Shivakumar, Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan, several party leaders and Indian film fraternity members condoled and paid last tributes on his demise. The Tamil Nadu State Government announced full state honours for his funeral. His body was kept in state at his residence in Saligramam and later at his party headquarters until the wee hours of 29 December 2023. Later, His mortal remains were kept in Island Grounds for public to pay their tribute. After long grand public procession, His last rites were performed on the evening of 29 December 2023 and he was buried with full state honours at the campus of the DMDK Party headquarters at Koyambedu, Chennai in a sandalwood casket engraved with "Puratchi Kalaignar Captain Vijayakanth".

Herb Kohl, American businessman, philanthropist, and Democratic politician from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He served 24 years as a United States senator from Wisconsin, from 1989 to 2013, and earlier served as chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin is dead 2 days ago at his home in Milwaukee on December 27, 2023 at 88 years old according to Wikipedia.

The next day, Governor Tony Evers ordered that flags be flown at half staff until his funeral.

Gaston Glock, Austrian engineer and businessman. He founded the company Glock, and developed the Glock pistol in 1982, which became one of the most influential and popular light firearms of the 20th century is dead 2 days ago on 27 December 2023 at 94 years old according to Wikipedia. 

 

 

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