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Ford was 76 years old, had been ill for quite some timeFrankie Ford, a rock ‘n’ roll and rhythm and blues singer whose 1959 hit “Sea Cruise” brought him international fame when he was 19, is dead at the age of 76. Ford died Monday of natural causes, according to the Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, coroner’s office. “He was a great guy. He had the best voice in rock and roll,” said Mike Shepherd, a friend of Ford’s and head of the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame, which inducted Ford in 2010.

Suri Cruise, the baby of actors Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, has made her debut to the world on the cover of Vanity Fair magazine. It was perhaps the world's most anticipated baby photo and for the past four months, Suri had been hidden from media and photographers. Cruise, 44, and his fiance Holmes, 27, have kept their baby extremely private since her birth on April 18, sparking rumours she was never born. Cruise proposed to Holmes at the Eiffel Tower last year and announced the engagement at a press conference. In the photos, Suri sports a full head of...