Obituaries

D’Wayne Wiggins, who founded soul trio Tony! Toni! Toné! with Raphael Saadiq and Timothy Christian Riley, died after a private battle with bladder cancer. He was 64.

Actor Pamela Bach-Hasselhoff, who appeared in several TV series and was the ex-wife of ‘Baywatch’ star David Hasselhoff, died of suicide this week. She was 62.

Roy Ayers, the jazz-soul vibraphonist and bandleader behind ‘Everybody Loves the Sunshine,’ whose music became the backbone for younger artists, dies at age 84.

A spokesperson for Rep. Sylvester Turner (D-Texas) said he died just two months after taking office and hours after attending President Trump’s address to Congress.

George Lowe, best known as the voice of Space Ghost on Adult Swim’s cult-favorite show ‘Space Ghost Coast to Coast,’ died Sunday at age 67.

Carl Dean, Dolly Parton’s husband of nearly 60 years, has died. He was 82.

The singer found success as part of the 1990s neo-soul movement that also included D’Angelo and Erykah Badu.

“In the history books, it would always say, ‘They were trashy. They were flashy. They were drug addicts. They were drag queens,’” Johansen said. “I realized that, you know, it really is art.”