Of the 62 million people who died in 2024, here are a couple dozen who stick out, from the brain of a long-time arts writer.

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Madonna's "Justify My Love" music video was banned from airing on MTV because it celebrated bisexuality and voyeurism.

The singer-songwriter and social activist best known as one-third of the folk-music group Peter, Paul and Mary, has died at ...

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The world's oldest person is now 116-year-old Brazilian nun Inah Canabarro Lucas, who was born 16 days after Tomiko Itooka.