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Billy Bass Nelson, Original Bassist for Funkadelic, Dies at 75

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 19:45:27 +0000

George Clinton, while working as a barber, recruited him. Mr. Nelson went on to name the group and, with his bandmates, to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

James Sallis, 81, Dies; Novelist Whose ‘Drive’ Became a Hit Movie

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 21:20:35 +0000

A storyteller of modern America’s underbelly with a literary, ruminative style, he inspired a Ryan Gosling movie and earned critical acclaim.

Robert Pratt, Federal Judge Who Derided Trump Pardons, Dies at 78

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 03:18:14 +0000

He was chastised for remarks ridiculing the pardons of two congressional campaign aides who had been convicted in a bribery plot.