R.I.P. Jerry Van Dyke

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Actor, comedian Jerry Van Dyke, the brother of Dick Van Dyke, has died at the age of 86, according to tmz.com:

Jerry's wife, Shirley, tells us ... he died Friday afternoon at their Arkansas ranch with her by his side. She says they were involved in a car accident over 2 years ago ... and Jerry's health had deteriorated since.

We're told Dick visited them at the ranch over the Christmas holiday.

In addition to his acting and comedy career, Jerry Van Dyke recorded duets for his regular appearance on The Judy Garland Show.

Below are more deaths for the month of January - for the full death list: Musicians who died in 2018.

January (13)

[05 Jan 2018] Jerry Van Dyke (American actor and singer), 86

[05 Jan 2018] Yon Koeswoyo (Indonesian singer), 77

[04 Jan 2018] John Braun (American radio DJ for WBZI), 68

[04 Jan 2018] Rayya Elias (Syrian-born American author and musician), 57, pancreatic cancer

[03 Jan 2018] Lara Kruger (South African disc jockey for Motsweding FM), 30

[03 Jan 2018] Medeniyet Shahberdiyeva (Soviet opera singer and music educator), 87

[03 Jan 2018] Colin Brumby (Australian composer and conductor), 84

[02 Jan 2018] Rick Hall (American record producer, songwriter and recording studio owner of FAME Studios, "Father of Muscle Shoals Music"), 85

[02 Jan 2018] Radha Viswanathan (Indian vocalist), 83, pneumonia

[02 Jan 2018] Tony Calder ( English music promoter and executive for The Beatles, The Rolling Stones), 74

[01 Jan 2018] Vidwan Mahadevappa (Indian violinist, professor at the Fine Arts College of University of Mysore), 87

[01 Jan 2018] Teddy Edelmann (Danish singer), 76

[01 Jan 2018] Robert Mann (American violinist and composer, founding member of the Juilliard String Quartet), 97

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