Gladys Knight

Soul legend Gladys Knight has reportedly helped a driver get away with a warning from police after serenading the arresting officer with a song, when a car she was travelling in was pulled over for speeding.

Mike Roberts, a spokesperson for police in Pleasant Grove, Utah, says that the 71 year old singer was a passenger in the car which was pulled over for speeding approximately 40 miles south of Salt Lake City on Wednesday night (March 2nd).

Officer Paul Rogerson, who spotted the offence and flagged the car down to the side of the road, was checking the female driver’s licence when the woman said that she was with Gladys Knight and that they were travelling to a choir performance by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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Randy Jackson's wife has reportedly filed for divorce. Erika Jackson has filed the paperwork to end their 18 year relationship citing irreconcilable differences.  

Randy Jackson and his wife Erika are reportedly divorcing.

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George Duke, the American jazz musician, died in L.A. on Monday (August 5th). His cause of death has been confirmed by his family, as reported by the Washington Post, as chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. He was 67 years old.

George Duke at the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition and Tribute Concert to Herbie Hancock, held at The Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. 

His death was confirmed by Scherrie Payne, former Supremes singer, in a statement made on Wednesday (August 7th). Payne said: "I just received the devastating and sad news that the great musician, George Duke, passed away this evening."

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