Laura Lynch Dies: Dixie Chicks Founding Member Killed In Car Crash, Was 64
Lynch cofounded The Dixie Chicks alongside Robin Lynn Macy, Martie Erwin and Emily Erwin back in 1990.
She recorded three albums with the band before leaving in 1993.
Lynch played upright bass for the wildly popular country group and provided lead vocals on the group’s third album, Shouldn’t a Told You That.
But Lynch was tired from the touring life and left the group. After her departure, the Dixie Chicks scored international success with the release of their album, Wide Open Spaces, in 1998.
Tom Smothers Dies: Comedy Legend And One-Half Of The Smothers Brothers Was 86
The elder brother was a regular on The Steve Allen Show in 1961. He appeared the following year on The Danny Thomas Show.
In 1965, the duo landed The Smothers Brothers Show, a CBS sitcom that ran from 1965 to 1966. Tom felt that the show did not play to the brothers’ strengths and wanted creative control over their next venture.
He got it with their next CBS project, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, in 1967. While it was in the vein of the traditional variety show, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour changed TV.8
Maurice Hines Dies: Tap Dancing Star Of Stage, TV, Film Was 80
Maurice Hines, who tap danced his way to a Tony nomination during a long stage career and was a frequent TV guest, has died at the age of 80, according to reports from friends and family.
Hines began working in show business at age five. He made his Broadway debut in The Girl in the Pink Tights in 1954, and went on to appear in Eubie!, Sophisticated Ladies, Bring Back Birdie, and Uptown…It’s Hot!, the latter winning him a Tony nomination. He later was Nathan Detroit in a 2001 tour of Guys and Dolls, working with Debbie Allen, Leslie Uggams, and Richard Roundtree.