FROM THE FARM: Gov. Otis Bowen and wife Beth were Hoosier famed names

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OFFBEAT: Country music king George Jones dead at age 81

Country music icon George Jones died Friday at 81 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, according to his publicist Kirt Webster. He was hospitalized with fever and irregular blood pressure, forcing him to postpone two shows.

OFFBEAT: East Chicago couple remembers friend Patti Page

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OFFBEAT: Last Andrews Sister, Patty, dead at 94

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Twins Marian (left) and Vivian Brown

This Sept. 22, 2008, photo shows identical twins Marian, left, and Vivian Brown at a restaurant in San Francisco sporting their trademark matching high-end outfits, identical hairdos and cheerful smiles. The 85-year-old Vivian died in her sleep on Jan. 9 at an assisted care facility.

OFFBEAT: Col. Sanders 'resurrected' for new KFC cookie commercials

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OFFBEAT: Music icon Patti Page first famed death of 2013

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OFFBEAT: Psychic Irene Hughes bright as stars she consulted

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Psychic Irene Hughes dead at age 92

Irene Hughes, who went from being a Chicago Heights housewife to one of the world's most acclaimed psychics, died early Friday morning. She was 92.

Psychic Irene Hughes dead at age 92

Psychic Irene Hughes, shown at home in 2004, has amazed the masses with her accurate predictions. Hughes died at 92 on Friday morning.

OFFBEAT: Illness prompted Essany's TV talk show hiatus

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Readers ask about final chapter for 'Jeffersons' actor Hemsley

Isabel Sanford and Sherman Hemsley, who performed on the television sitcom "The Jeffersons," pose for a photograph in May 1998 in New York. Hemsley died in July at age 74. Sanford died in 2004 at age 86.