Tag: Grammy

Brazilian Singer and Latin Grammy Winner Dies in Plane Crash

SAO PAULO—Marília Mendonça, one of Brazil’s most popular singers and a Latin Grammy winner, died Friday in an airplane crash on her way to a concert. She was 26. Mendonça’s press office confirmed her death in a statement, and said four other passengers on the flight also perished. Their plane crashed between Mendonça’s hometown Goiania…


Samuel E. Wright, Who Voiced Sebastian the Crab in ‘The Little Mermaid,’ Dies at 74

By Noah Feit From The State (Columbia, S.C.) Samuel E. Wright, a Camden, South Carolina, native turned actor on stage and screen, has died. The 74-year-old from the Midlands, who might be best know for his role as Sebastian the Crab in the 1989 Disney hit “The Little Mermaid,” died on Sunday in Montgomery, New York….


Dolly Parton Receives Her 50th Grammy Nomination: ‘It’s Always Special’

It’s been 51 years since Dolly Parton earned her first Grammy nomination, and this year the national treasure who has won nine Grammys throughout her career is competing for her 50th honor. Parton’s first Grammy nomination was at the 1970 show for “Just Someone I Used to Know,” a duet with Porter Wagoner. Nine years later, she…


Iconic Singer/Songwriter and Actor Ed Bruce Dead at 81

Country singer-songwriter and actor Ed Bruce has died in Tennessee, his publicist confirmed. He was 81.