 Letterman mines laughs from death threat
 Back from two weeks' vacation and making his first TV appearance since a threat against his life was posted on a jihadist website, the "Late Show" host played it for laughs during Monday's monologue.
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'Ain't No Mountain' songwriter Ashford dies
His longtime friend and former publicist Liz Rosenberg told The Associated Press that Ashford â€" who along with wife Valerie Simpson wrote some of Motown's biggest hits â€" died Monday. |
'Hound Dog' lyricist Jerry Leiber dies at 78
 Jerry Leiber, who with longtime partner Mike Stoller wrote "Hound Dog," "Jailhouse Rock," "Yakity Yak" and other hit songs that came to define early rock 'n' roll, has died. He was 78.
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