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  Plasmatics' Wendy O. Williams Commits Suicide | ARTICLE

  Ten years after her cult shock-punk band's last tour, Plasmatics' lead singer Wendy O. Williams has died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Williams' longtime companion and onetime manager found her body in the woods just outside of their Storrs, Conn., home...

  April 9, 1998 12:00 AM ET
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  Country legend Tammy Wynette Dies in Sleep | ARTICLE

  Country music quietly lost its "first lady" on Monday, April 6 when fifty-five-year-old legend Tammy Wynette passed away in her sleep. Wynette's longtime physician Dr. Wallis Marsh, said the cause of death was a blood clot to the lungs. Wynette, who...

  April 7, 1998 12:00 AM ET