[Link] The Rise and Fall of the Comedian Who Revolutionized Stand-Up

Read: 6/12/2021 slate.com

Mort Sahl, who died on Tuesday at 94, may be unknown to most people who are younger than half that age, but in his prime in the 1950s, he sparked a revolution in stand-up comedy that persists to this day.

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[Link] Rapper Young Dolph shot dead while buying cookies

Read: 18/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

Rapper Young Dolph, who was widely admired in the hip-hop community for his authenticity and fierce independence, has been shot dead at a cookie shop in the US city of Memphis, Tennessee.

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[Link] Richard ‘Lowtax’ Kyanka, Founder of Something Awful, Is Dead at 45

Read: 11/11/2021 www.vice.com

Richard “Lowtax” Kyanka—the creator of the era-defining Something Awful forums—died by suicide on November 9, Motherboard confirmed with the Lee’s Summit, Missouri police department.

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[Link] Mac Miller’s Drug Supplier Admits to Distributing Fentanyl-Laced Pills

Read: 27/10/2021 www.vice.com

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Stephen Andrew Walter—one of three men charged in connection with Miller’s death—agreed to a plea deal Monday, according to court documents filed in federal court in the Central District of California.

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[Link] Founding Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison dies aged 46

Read: 30/7/2021 www.abc.net.au

Joey Jordison, the founding drummer of heavy metal band Slipknot, has died aged 46. Slipknot's website and social media pages went dark after the news.

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