Grammy-winning singer B.J. Thomas, whose hits included “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head” and “Hooked on a Feeling,” has died of lung cancer at 78.
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Body of missing actor Charles Levin, 70, may have been found in Oregon
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