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Barbra Streisand receives the SAG Life Achievement Award during the 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 24, 2024. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
Barbra Streisand receives the SAG Life Achievement Award during the 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 24, 2024. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

Barbra Streisand bestowed with SAG lifetime award

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Actress, singer, movie director and producer Barbra Streisand was honored on Saturday with the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Life Achievement Award in recognition of her prolific career and humanitarian work.

Rudolph Isley

Founding Isley Brothers band member, Rudolph Isley, has died

(Reuters) – Rudolph Isley, singer, songwriter and founding member of the influential rhythm and blues band the Isley Brothers, whose hits included “Shout”, “Fight the Power”, and “That Lady”, died on Wednesday at age 84 at his home in Chicago, the family said in a statement.

Tony Bennett

Legendary American singer Tony Bennett dies at age 96 – AP

 (Reuters) – Tony Bennett, the smooth American singer who had an enduring hit with “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” and remained perpetually cool enough to win over younger generations of fans well into the 21st century, has died at the age of 96, the Associated Press reported Friday.

Anita Pointer

Anita Pointer of the Pointer Sisters dead at 74

(Reuters) – Anita Pointer, one of the Grammy-winning Pointer Sisters whose string of pop, country and R&B hits in the 1970s and ’80s included “I’m So Excited,” “Jump (For My Love)” and “Fire,” died of cancer yesterday at age 74, her publicist said.

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