On This Day, Nov. 13, 2016: Leon Russell died at age 74

On This Day, Nov. 13, 2016 ...Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Leon Russell died in his sleep at age 74.His songs, including “Superstar,” “A Song for You,” “Delta Lady” and “This Masquerade,” were big hits for other artists, and...

Baseball legend Pete Rose dies at the age of 83

(NEW YORK) -- Pete Rose, Major League Baseball’s hit king who then became a pariah for gambling on the game, has died at the age of 83, the medical examiner in Clark County, Nevada, confirmed to ABC News on Monday.Rose was found at his...

On This Day, Sept. 18, 1970: Jimi Hendrix died at age 27

On This Day, Sept. 18, 1970 ... Rocker Jimi Hendrix died after being found unconscious at London’s Samarkand Hotel. A coroner later ruled he died after asphyxiating on his own vomit after taking barbiturates. Hendrix was only 27 years old when he...