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Prolific British actor Leslie Phillips, who did the voice of the Sorting Hat in the Harry Potter movies, died yesterday. He was 98.

Aaron Carter, the younger brother of Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys and a singer when he was a kid, was found dead at his house. He was 34,

Julie Powell, who wrote Julie and Julia, died last Wednesday of cardiac arrest. She was 49.

Michael Kopsa, who was in The Outer Limits, Stargate SG-1, and The X-Files, died Sunday of a brain tumor. He was 66. Kopsa also did voices for anime.

Jules Bass, co-founder of Rankin-Bass, which produced such classic specials as Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, and The Hobbit, died today. He was 87.

Both of Carly Simon's sisters -- composer and folk singer Lucy Simon and opera singer Joanna Simon died this week of cancer.

Ron Masak, the "King of Commercials", died yesterday. He was 86. Masak was also the sheriff on Murder, She Wrote.

Michael Callan, who played Riff in the original version of West Side Story and also starred in Cat Ballou, died Monday. He was 86

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Actress Eileen Ryan, the mother of Sean and Michael Penn, died yesterday. She was almost 95.

Lenny Lipton, who co-wrote "Puff the Magic Dragon", died Wednesday. He was 82.

Country singer Jody Miller died yesterday. She was 80.

Comedienne Judy Tenuta died today of ovarian cancer. She was 72.

Sacheen Littlefeather, who accepted Marlon Brando's Academy Award, died today of breast cancer. She was 75. The Academy was just discussing making up for their bad treatment of her.

Rapper Coolio (real name Artis Ivey Jr.) died today of cardiac arrest. He was 59.

Actress Kitten Natividad, one of Russ Meyer's "Ultra-Vixens", died last Saturday. She was 74.

Actress Irene Papas died today. She was 96.

New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard died today. He was 91.

Musician Ramsey Lewis, best known for "The In Crowd", died today. He was 87

Writer and political activist Barbara Ehrenreich died Thursday of a stroke. She was 81.