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In more Toys 'R' Us news, the company's founder, Charles P. Lazarus, passed away on March 22, 2018, at the age of 94.

Last Sunday I woke up to over a dozen missed calls from some of my closest friends. I knew immediately that something was horribly wrong. I immediately called one of them back and heard one of the most shocking sentences I've heard in my life: a cracking and tearful voice of one of my best friends saying 'Zach's dead.'

Almost a year after he died from colon cancer at the age of 67, Michael "Flathead" Blanchard of Denver, Colorado finally had his memorial service on Saturday.

Controversial doctor died after experiencing a pulmonary thrombosis.

Basketball player found dead at his apartment in Puerto Rico.

Yvette Vickers, an early "Playboy" Playmate who went on to star in some classic '50s B-movies like "Attack of the 50-Foot Woman", "Attack of the Giant Leeches" and "Reform School Girl", was found dead in her home last Wednesday. Read more about it on the next page.

Our hearts are broken today. We've lost one of the greatest voices in Lubbock radio history. Kool 98's Ron Grant passed away yesterday and all of us are simply heartbroken. Read more about our friend on the next page.

We have lost a true hero of West Texas music. Bill Griggs died Tuesday at the age of 69. Read more about Bill, in his own words, on the next page.