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http://encore.celebrityaccess.com?encoreId=263&articleId=36242 http://encore.celebrityaccess.com/index.php#when 26-08-2010-7:10:34 5295662642 CMA has tapped industry veteran Steve Moore to serve as their new Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. 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He was 60. http://encore.celebrityaccess.com?encoreId=263&articleId=36226 http://encore.celebrityaccess.com/index.php#when 26-08-2010-7:10:34 4916626093 Kenny Edwards, an original member of the Stone Poneys country-rock band and longtime collaborator with singer-songwriters Linda Ronstadt and Karla Bonoff, has died in California at age 64. http://encore.celebrityaccess.com?encoreId=263&articleId=36231 http://encore.celebrityaccess.com/index.php#when 26-08-2010-7:10:34 3825076479 George David Weiss, who helped write chart-topping pop hits including "Can't Help Falling in Love" and "What a Wonderful World," has died. He was 89. http://encore.celebrityaccess.com?encoreId=263&articleId=36251 http://encore.celebrityaccess.com/index.php#when 26-08-2010-7:10:34 7944227426 A robbery in Brooklyn Thursday night led to the death Yoseph Robinson, a man whose life led him on a journey from street criminal, to music executive, to a conversion to Orthodox Judaism. http://encore.celebrityaccess.com?encoreId=263&articleId=36252 http://encore.celebrityaccess.com/index.php#when 26-08-2010-7:10:34 4635459885 A spokesman for a cultural festival says German director and screenwriter Christoph Schlingensief, who was considered one of the most important figures in the country's contemporary theater, has died. http://encore.celebrityaccess.com?encoreId=263&articleId=36260 http://encore.celebrityaccess.com/index.php#when 26-08-2010-7:10:34 4488208571 A noted Texas music promoter Willie Bennett, died on Aug. 21st after a battle with pancreatic cancer. 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