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He transformed and elevated The Washington Post while at its helm from 1968 to 1991, when the paper published the Pentagon Papers and broke the Watergate story. President Obama said that for Bradlee, "journalism was more than a profession; it was a public good vital to our democracy." Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here

One-third of the seminal hip-hop trio, the Sugar Hill Gang, Big Bank Hank and his trio mates made music history in 1979 when they recorded and released “Rapper’s Delight” the first official rap song, captured on wax. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here

Howard Schultz the creator of reality series dating Naked and Extreme Makeover died unexpectedly on while vacationing with his family in Hawaii. He was 61. Schultz got his start working for ABC's Chicago affiliate. He won first local Emmy working on a live morning talk show and his second for a local late-night show. He then moved to Los Angeles and developed the NBC hit Real People before joining Fox in 1991, where he developed and executive-produced the syndication hit Studs, which helped pioneer the relationship shows genre on the small screen. Schultz formed Lighthearted Entertainment in 1992, which produced reality hits such as Next, The Moment of Truth, Happy Hour, Bedroom Buddies, Jones & Jury, The Smarter Sex and The Big Date. His company had most recently developed MTV's Are You The One and two hits for VH1, Dating Naked and Bye Felicia. Schultz had most recently sold a reality competition series to VH1 tentatively called Twinning, featuring 12 sets of twin going through various challenges. The show is expected to premiere in the summer. "VH1 is heartbroken to hear of Howard's passing. Howard was a wonderful man, a true partner and a visionary producer. We will miss him," the network said in a statement. Schultz is survived by his wife, Tana, two sons and a stepson. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here

The son of Edward Herrmann says the "Gilmore Girls" star and Tony Award-winner has died. Rory Herrmann said that his father died Wednesday in a New York City hospital where he was being treated for brain cancer. Edward Herrmann was 71. The towering, 6-foot-5 actor with the melodious voice made his mark on stage, on screen and as the narrator of a number of documentaries. He also provided the voice for Franklin D. Roosevelt in Ken Burns' documentary series "The Roosevelts: An Intimate History," which aired on PBS earlier this year. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here

The Addams Family star died Dec. 7 at 59 from a heart attack. Weatherwax played Pugsley on the 1964 series and went on to voice the same Pugsley character on the 1970s series and even played Pugsley Sr. in a TV movie. Although he eventually transitioned to work behind the camera as a grip and set builder, he still made appearances at fan conventions. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here

The 30-year-old dancer and Hit the Floor actress was killed in a murder-suicide on Dec. 8 by her husband, rapper Earl Hayes. Hayes was reportedly upset about Moseley's alleged infidelity with multiple men, including Trey Songz. In addition to playing Arelly on Hit the Floor, Moseley appeared in Mirror Mirror and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1. She was also a backup dancer for Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez, Chris Brown and Beyonce. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here

The former Miss America-turned-actress died Dec. 9 at 77 after battling breast cancer. After her reign as Miss America in 1959, Mobley got her start on television shows such as Burke's Law in 1963 and Perry Mason in 1964. In 1965, she starred opposite Elvis Presley in a pair of movies, Girl Happy and Harum Scarum, and took home the Golden Globe award for New Star of the Year. In 1985, she replaced Dixie Carter as Maggie McKinney on the final season of Diff'rent Strokes. Mobley would later guest-star on Carter's series, Designing Women. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here

Joe Cocker, the British singer who had numerous hits in the 1970s and '80s including a barrel-throated rendition of "With a Little Help From My Friends," has died, according to BBC News. He was 70. Cocker died of an undisclosed illness, his agent Barrie Marshall, told BBC News. Cocker was known for his raspy-bluesy style and the physical effort he put into performing -- a style famously spoofed on "Saturday Night Live" by John Belushi. Cocker scored a No. 1 hit in 1982 with "Up Where We Belong," a duet with Jennifer Warnes that was featured as the theme song to the film "An Officer and a Gentleman." The song won the Oscar for writers Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie and Will Jennings. A native of Sheffield, Cocker got his start singing in local pubs before he hit as a recording artist in 1969 with the gospel-flavored take on the Beatles' "With a Little Help From My Friends." He teamed with producer Leon Russell the following year for a massive U.S. tour with a huge band that yielded the successful double album "Mad Dogs and Englishmen." Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here

Safety Orlando Thomas, who led the NFL in interceptions during his rookie season in 1995 with nine, died Sunday night of ALS. He was 42. Thomas had been battling ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; also known as Lou Gehrig's disease) in Crowley, Louisiana. "Nobody's ever fought a battle like Orlando fought, with so much dignity, I never saw anything like it," Bartelstein said Monday morning. "It's just incredible. He never had a sense of self pity, never felt sorry for himself, he was always worried about everyone else. He was just the most incredible person I've ever been around." When Thomas played for the Vikings from 1995 through 2001, he weighed 225 pounds. When Thomas died, he was down almost 70 pounds, Bartelstein said. Some of Thomas' former Vikings teammates took to Twitter to remember him, including wide receivers Randy Moss and Jake Reed. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here

Co-host with his brother Ray of National Public Radio's "Car Talk" shows. NPR says Magliozzi died Monday, Nov. 3, 2014 of complications from Alzheimer's disease. He was 77. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here

English clarinet player Acker Bilk, who beat the Beatles and other British rockers to the top of the U.S. music charts with the instrumental "Stranger on the Shore," has died at the age of 85.Manager Pamela Sutton said Bilk died Sunday at a hospital in Bath, southwestern England. The cause of death was not announced, born Bernard Stanley Bilk in 1929 in the southwestern English county of Somerset. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here

The worldly gentleman designer who shaped the wardrobe of socialites and Hollywood stars for more than four decades, has died. He was 82. De la Renta died at home Monday evening in Connecticut surrounded by family and friends. The late '60s and early '70s were a defining moment in U.S. fashion as New York-based designers finally carved a look of their own that was finally taken seriously by Europeans. De la Renta and his peers, including the late Bill Blass, Roy Halston and Geoffrey Beene, defined American style – and their influence is still spotted today. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here

Holder, a Tony Award-winning director, actor, painter and choreographer who during an eclectic show business career led the groundbreaking show "The Wiz" to Broadway, pitched 7-Up soda on TV and played a scary villain in the James Bond film "Live and Let Die," died of complications of pneumonia at Mount Sinai St. Luke' s Hospital in New York. He was 84 Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here

James Rebhorn, the veteran character actor who most recently played Claire Danes' character's father on "Homeland," has died. He was 65. He died at home on Friday, March 21. Before playing Frank Mathison on the highly successful TV drama, Rebhorn starred on the big and small screen in "Scent of a Woman," "Independence Day," "White Collar," Enlightened" and "Law & Order." He was also a stage actor, according to The Hollywood Reporter. A mainstay of the Roundabout Theatre Company, he most recently starred as a father stricken with Alzheimer's in "Too Much, Too Much, Too Many." Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here

Nadine Gordimer, the Nobel Prize-winning South African author and anti-apartheid activist, died Sunday, her family said Monday. She was 90. Gordimer died peacefully in her sleep, according to a statement from her family. She was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1991. Her literary works, including "A Guest of Honour" (1970), the Booker Prize-winning "The Conservationist" (1974) and "July's People" (1981) were cited by the Nobel committee as "giving profound insights into the historical process (and) help(ing) to shape this process." Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here

Traficant, who spent time in prison on corruption and racketeering charges, has died after being critically injured in a tractor accident at his northeast Ohio home. He was 73. Dave Betras, the Mahoning County Democratic Party chairman, says Traficant died Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014 in the hospital. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here

Eli Wallach, whose long acting career included performances in "The Magnificent Seven," "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly," "The Godfather Part III" and "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps," has died. He was 98. Wallach was long one of Hollywood's favorite character actors, giving his parts -- often villains, mobsters or shopkeepers -- an added touch of menace with his gravelly voice. In "The Magnificent Seven" and "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" -- two key '60s Westerns -- he played bandits. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here

Tennessee Titans kicker Rob Bironas died Saturday night, Sept. 20, 2014 after a car accident near his Nashville home, according to police. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here

Noll, the Hall of Fame coach who won a record four Super Bowl titles with the Pittsburgh Steelers, died Friday, June 13, 2014, at his home. He was 82. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner said Noll died of natural causes. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here

For 66 years, Zimmer was a most popular presence at ballparks all over, a huge chaw often filling his cheek. Everyone in the game seemed to know him, and love him. Zimmer started out as a minor league infielder in 1949, hitting powerful shots that earned him the nickname "Popeye." He went on to enjoy one of the longest-lasting careers in baseball history. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here

Brockie, front man for the heavy metal band GWAR, has been found dead in his Richmond, Va., home at age 50. Richmond police spokeswoman Dionne Waugh says officers were called to home shortly before 7 p.m. Sunday, March 23, 2014, for a report of a dead person. When officers arrived, Brockie, who went by the stage name Oderus Urungus, was found dead inside the home. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here

World-renowned flamenco guitarist died, he was 66. He died in Mexico, where he lived.The cause of death was not immediately made known. De Lucia, whose real name was Francisco Sanchez Gomez, was recognized as one of the world's leading guitarists, dazzling audiences with his lightning-speed flamenco rhythms and finger work. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here

Caesar forever changed the course of television with his groundbreaking 1950s Saturday night variety shows, Your Show of Shows and Caesar's Hour. He was known for his physicality, improvisation, mimicry and whimsical double-talk. His observational humor exposed the truths of everyday life, producing writers and performers who set the comic agenda for decades. Inarguably he was the greatest single monologist and skit comedian we ever had. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here

Casale of the band Devo best known for the 1980s hit “Whip It,” died Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, from conditions that led to heart failure, his brother and band member, Gerald Casale says in a statement his younger brother’s death was “sudden” and “a total shock.” Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here

San Diego Padres baseball broadcaster Jerry Coleman played nine seasons with the New York Yankees, and made the switch from player to broadcaster. He received the Ford C. Frick award, presented annually for major contributions to baseball broadcasting, during National Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremonies Sunday. Check This Out, Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain from Amazon For Only $7.25, Order Now They’re Going Fast: just click here