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The MTV Unplugged series was a 90s pop culture staple. Jim Burns co-created the series and was the show's executive producer during its original run. Burns died on Tuesday at 65.

Tom Petty wrote a lot of hits during his more than 40 years making music. Petty is one of the many notable people who died in 2017. As much as he was known for big classic rock anthems, he was also capable of just tremendous grace and beauty in his songwriting, as seen in the song "Wildflowers."

Heather Menzies-Urich was 15 when she was cast to play Louisa von Trapp, one of the seven singing von Trapp children. She had been recently diagnosed with cancer, according to her son Ryan Urich.

Nearly all of the fatalities were caused by a single gunshot wound, though six died from multiple wounds. The deaths were all ruled homicides.

Kendrick Lamar's album DAMN. has topped dozens of best of lists for 2017. NPR's hip hop critic Rodney Carmichael says that Lamar is telling the story of our time in prophetic terms.

Rap's new sweetheart finishes 2017 with the follow-up single to her chart-topping hit "Bodak Yellow."

Charles Dutoit has been accused by four women of sexual assault in incidents that allegedly occurred between 1985 and 2010.

Penske Media, owner of the trade publication Variety, has made a "strategic investment" in Wenner Media, giving it a controlling interest in the Rolling Stone parent.

The campaign, Stop2018, has four simple requests it wants to see enacted in the coming year in order to make the country's music industry more equitable for women.