Comic Soupy Sales Dies
Soupy Sales, the rubber-faced comedian whose anything-for-a-chuckle career was built on 20,000 pies to the face and 5,000 live TV appearances across a half-century of laughs, has died. He was 83. READ MORE >>
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"Dr. No" Actor Joseph Wiseman Dies
Joseph Wiseman, an actor who played the sinister scientist and title character Dr. No in the first James Bond feature film, has died. He was 91. READ MORE >>
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"Green Acres" Composer Vic Mizzy Dies
Vic Mizzy, a songwriter who composed the catchy themes for the 1960s sit-coms ``The Addams Family'' and ``Green Acres,'' has died. He was 93. READ MORE >>, a songwriter who composed the catchy themes for the 1960s sit-coms ``The Addams Family'' and ``Green Acres,'' has died. He was 93. READ MORE >>
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"Godfather" Singer Al Martino Dies
Singer Al Martino, who played the Frank Sinatra-type role of Johnny Fontane in ``The Godfather'' and recorded hits including ``Spanish Eyes'' and the Italian ballad ``Volare'' in a 50-year musical career, died Tuesday. He was 82. READ MORE >>
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Peter, Paul, and Mary Loses Mary to Leukemia
Mary Travers, one-third of the popular 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary who were perhaps best known for their hit ``Puff (The Magic Dragon),'' died in a Connecticut hospital after battling leukemia for several years. She was 72. READ MORE >>
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Actor Patrick Swayze Has Died of Cancer
Patrick Swayze, the hunky actor who danced his way into viewers' hearts with ``Dirty Dancing'' and then broke them with ``Ghost,'' died Monday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 57. READ MORE>>
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"Norma Rae" Inspiration Dies at 68
Crystal Lee Sutton, whose fight to unionize Southern textile plants with low pay and poor conditions was dramatized in the film ``Norma Rae,'' has died. She was 68. READ MORE>>
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`M*A*S*H' Writer Larry Gelbart Dies
Larry Gelbart, the comedy writer famed for his work on ``M-A-S-H'' and ``Tootsie,'' has died. READ MORE>>
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Wycliffe "Steely" Johnson Dies at 47
Jamaican reggae producer Wycliffe ``Steely'' Johnson is remembered for his innovative work on some of the biggest dancehall hits of the 1980s and 1990s, and as a keyboardist for Bob Marley. READ MORE>>
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Conductor Erich Kunzel Dies at 74
Erich Kunzel, the award-winning conductor who headed the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra since it was founded three decades ago and who won international fame through sales of more than 10 million recordings, has died at age 74. READ MORE >>
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Celebrity DJ AM Found Dead in SoHo Apt.
DJ AM, the celebrity club disc jockey known for dating starlets, collecting hundreds of sneakers and surviving a horrific plane crash -- was found dead of an apparent overdose in his SoHo apartment today, police said. READ MORE>>
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Dominick Dunne Dies at 83
Author Dominick Dunne, who told stories of shocking crimes among the rich and famous through his magazine articles and best-selling novels such as ``The Two Mrs. Grenvilles,'' died Wednesday at his home in Manhattan. He was 83. READ MORE >>
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Sen. Ted Kennedy Dies
Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has died after a yearlong battle with a brain tumor. READ MORE >>
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Kaplan Test Prep Founder Dies
The founder of the Stanley H. Kaplan Educational Centers Ltd., the nation's first test preparation company, has died. He was 90. READ MORE >>
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"60 Minutes" Creator Don Hewitt Dies
Don Hewitt, creator of the CBS News television program "60 Minutes," has died. He was 86. READ MORE >>
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Robert Novak Dies
Longtime political columnist Robert Novak has died. He was 78. READ MORE >>
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Actor Ed Reimers Dies
Ed Reimers, the actor who told television viewers ``you're in good hands with Allstate'' for decades, died Sunday in upstate New York, a relative said. He was 96. READ MORE >>
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Musical Pioneer Les Paul Dies
Les Paul, the guitarist and inventor who changed the course of music with the electric guitar and multitrack recording and had a string of hits, many with wife Mary Ford, died on Thursday. He was 94. READ MORE >>
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Eunice Kennedy Shriver Dies
President John F. Kennedy's sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver, a champion for the rights of the mentally disabled and founder of the Special Olympics, has died. She was 88. READ MORE >>
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Writer-Director John Hughes Dies
Writer-director John Hughes, Hollywood's youth impresario of the 1980s and '90s who captured the teen and preteen market with such favorites as ``The Breakfast Club,'' ``Ferris Bueller's Day Off'' and ``Home Alone, died Thursday, a spokeswoman said. He was 59. READ MORE >>
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Screenwriter Budd Schulberg Dies
Budd Schulberg, the son of a studio boss who wrote a novel that defined the Hollywood hustle and later proved himself a player with the Oscar-winning screenplay for the Marlon Brando classic ``On the Waterfront,'' died Wednesday at age 95. READ MORE >>
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Writer Sidney Zion Dies
The writer who turned a family tragedy into a campaign to reform medical residencies has died. READ MORE >>
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"Reverend Ike" - Rev. Frederick J. Eikerenkoetter II - Dies
The minister known as Reverend Ike, who preached the gospel of material prosperity to millions nationwide, died Tuesday. He was 74. READ MORE >>
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Taco Bell Chihuahua Dies
Gidget the Chihuahua, the bug-eyed, big-eared star of 1990s Taco Bell commercials who was a diva on and off the screen, has died. She was 15. READ MORE >>
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Author Frank McCourt Dies
Frank McCourt, the beloved raconteur and former public school teacher who enjoyed post-retirement fame as the author of ``Angela's Ashes,'' the Pulitzer Prize-winning ``epic of woe'' about his impoverished Irish childhood, died Sunday of cancer. READ MORE >>
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Walter Cronkite Dies at 92
Walter Cronkite died with his family by his side Friday night at his Manhattan home after a long illness, CBS vice president Linda Mason said. Marlene Adler, Cronkite's chief of staff, said Cronkite died of cerebrovascular disease. He was 92. READ MORE >>
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Oscar Mayer Dies
Oscar G. Mayer, retired chairman of the Wisconsin-based meat processing company that bears his name, has died at the age of 95. READ MORE >>
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Robert S. McNamara Dies
McNamara served as secretary of defense during the Vietnam war under presidents Kennedy and Johnson. READ MORE >>
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Actor Karl Malden Dies at Age 97
The family of Karl Malden says the actor who won an Oscar for his role in ``A Streetcar Named Desire'' has died at age 97. READ MORE>>
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Impressionist Fred Travalena Dies
Impressionist Fred Travalena, a headliner in Vegas showrooms and a regular on late-night talk shows with his takes on presidents, crooners and screen stars, has died in Los Angeles. He was 66. READ MORE >>
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Actress Gale Storm Dies at 87
Gale Storm, whose wholesome appearance and perky personality made her one of early television's biggest stars on ``My Little Margie'' and ``The Gale Storm Show,'' has died at age 87. READ MORE >>
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TV Pitchman Billy Mays Found Dead
Billy Mays, the burly, bearded television pitchman whose boisterous hawking of products such as Orange Glo and OxiClean made him a pop-culture icon, has died. He was 50. READ MORE >>
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Music Superstar Michael Jackson Dies at 50
Michael Jackson, the ``King of Pop'' who once moonwalked above the music world, died Thursday as he prepared for a comeback bid to vanquish nightmare years of sexual scandal and financial calamity. He was 50. READ MORE >>
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Actress Farrah Fawcett Dies at 62
Farrah Fawcett, whose stunning looks and blinding smile made her a pop icon of the 1970s, has died. She was 62. READ MORE>>
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South Pole Doctor Jerri Nielsen Dies
Dr. Jerri Nielsen FitzGerald, whose struggle against breast cancer during a winter at the South Pole captivated the world, has died. She was 57. READ MORE >>
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Entertainer Ed McMahon Dies
Ed McMahon, best known as Johnny Carson's sidekick on "The Tonight Show," had died. He was 86. READ MORE >>
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Musician Bob Bogle Dies
A friend and musical collaborator says Bob Bogle, co-founder of The Ventures rock band, has died at age 75. READ MORE >>
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Musician Kenny Rankin Dies
Kenny Rankin, a brilliant pop vocalist and highly regarded musician-songwriter whose stylings ranged from jazz to pop to the world music influences he picked up as a child in New York, has died of complications related to lung cancer, his record company announced Monday. He was 69. READ MORE >>
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Fmr Nets, Islanders Owner Roy Boe Dies
Roy Boe, who owned both the Julius Erving-led New York Nets of the ABA and the fledgling New York Islanders of the NHL in the 1970s, has died. He was 79. READ MORE >>
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Actor David Carradine Dies
Actor David Carradine had died. He was 72. READ MORE >>
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"Queen of the Blues" Koko Taylor Dies
Koko Taylor, a sharecropper's daughter whose regal bearing and powerful voice earned her the sobriquet ``Queen of the Blues,'' has died after complications from surgery. She was 80. READ MORE >>
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Randy Allwine, Voice of Mickey Mouse, Dies
Wayne Allwine, the actor who voiced Mickey Mouse for more than 30 years, has died. READ MORE >>
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Actor Dom DeLuise Dies
Actor Dom DeLuise, who appeared in such films as "Fail-Safe," "The Cannonball Run," and "Blazing Saddles," has died. READ MORE >>
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Jack Kemp Dies at 73
Jack Kemp, the former pro quarterback who turned fame on the gridiron into a career in national politics and a crusade for lower taxes, has died of cancer at age 73. READ MORE >>
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Jimmy Breslin's Daughter Dies in New York
The daughter of writer Jimmy Breslin has died after collapsing at a New York City restaurant four days earlier. READ MORE >>
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Freddie Mac Chief Commits Suicide
David Kellerman, the acting head of Freddie Mac, has committed suicide. READ MORE >>
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Porn Star Marilyn Chambers Found Dead
Marilyn Chambers, the pretty Ivory Snow girl who helped bring hard-core adult films into the mainstream consciousness when she starred in the explicit 1972 movie ``Behind the Green Door,'' has died at 56. READ MORE >>
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NJ Assemblyman Eric Munoz Dies
New Jersey Assemblyman Eric Munoz has died after being hospitalized for treatment of a heart ailment. He was 61. READ MORE >>
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Composer Maurice Jarre Dies
Composer Maurice Jarre, who won three Academy Awards for his film music, has died. READ MORE >>
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Actress Natasha Richardson Dies
A spokesman for the family of Natasha Richardson says the actress has died. READ MORE >>
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Actor Ron Silver Dies in NYC at Age 62 of Cancer
Actor Ron Silver has died in New York City after a two-year battle with esophageal cancer. READ MORE >>
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NYC Arts Champion Schuyler Chapin Dies
Schuyler Chapin, an arts champion who served as general manager of the Metropolitan Opera and as New York City's cultural affairs commissioner, has died. He was 86. READ MORE >>
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Playwright and Screenwriter Horton Foote Dies
Playwright and screenwriter Horton Foote, who movingly portrayed the broken dreams of common people in ``The Trip to Bountiful,'' ``Tender Mercies'' and his Oscar-winning screen adaptation of ``To Kill a Mockingbird,'' died Wednesday in Connecticut, Paul Marte, a spokesman for Hartford Stage, said. He was 92. READ MORE >>
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Broadcasting Pioneer Paul Harvey Dies at Age of 90
ABC Radio Networks says broadcasting pioneer Paul Harvey has died at the age of 90.
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9/11 Memorial Designer J. Max Bond Dies
The architect who designed the Sept. 11 memorial museum in Manhattan and the site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s tomb has died. READ MORE >>
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Publisher, Alfred A. Knopf Passes Away at 90
Noted New York City-based publisher Alfred A. Knopf Jr. has died at age 90. READ MORE>>
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Soap Opera Actor Phil Carey Dies
Phil Carey, best known for his role as business tycoon Asa Buchanan in the ABC Daytime soap opera ``One Life to Live,'' has died at 83. READ MORE >>
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John Updike Has Died
John Updike's publisher says the author has died. MORE DETAILS>>
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Painter Andrew Wyeth Dies
American painter Andrew Wyeth has died at the age of 91 at his home outside Philadelphia. READ MORE >>
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Actor Ricardo Montalban Dies
Ricardo Montalban, the Mexican-born actor who became a star in splashy MGM musicals and later as the wish-fulfilling Mr. Roarke in TV's ``Fantasy Island,'' died Wednesday morning at his home, his family said. He was 88. READ MORE >>
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Middlesex County Freeholder David Crabiel Dies
The 78-year-old died Monday after he was taken to a hospital from his Milltown home. READ MORE >>
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Post Theater, Dance Critic Clive Barnes Dies
Clive Barnes, longtime theater and dance critic for the New York Post, has died. Barnes died Wednesday of cancer at Mount Sinai Hospital, the Post announced. He was 81. READ MORE >>
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"Mama Africa" - Singer and Activist Miriam Makeba - Dies
Miriam Makeba, the South African singer who wooed the world with her sultry voice but was banned from her own country for 30 years under apartheid, died after a concert in Italy. She was 76. READ MORE >>
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Cultural Critic John Leonard Dies
Literary and caultural critic John Leonard, an early champion of Toni Morrison, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and many other authors, and so consumed and informed by books that Kurt Vonnegut once praised him as ``the smartest man who ever lived,'' has died at age 69, his stepdaughter said Thursday. READ MORE >>
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Writer Michael Crichton Dies
Michael Crichton, the million-selling author who made scientific research terrifying and irresistible in such thrillers as ``Jurassic Park,'' ``Timeline'' and ``The Andromeda Strain,'' has died of cancer, his family said. READ MORE >>
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Mr. Blackwell Dies
Mr. Blackwell, the acerbic designer whose annual worst-dressed list skewered the fashion felonies of celebrities from Zsa Zsa Gabor to Britney Spears, has died. He was 86. READ MORE >>
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"Odd Couple," "Batman" Composer Neal Hefti Dies
Neal Hefti, a Big Band trumpeter, arranger and composer of themes for the movie ``The Odd Couple'' and the ``Batman'' television series, has died. He was 85. READ MORE >>
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Original Mr. Clean Houe Peters, Jr. Dies
House Peters Jr., a TV actor who became the original Mr. Clean in Proctor & Gamble's commercials for household cleaners, died Wednesday. He was 92. READ MORE >>
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Paul Newman Dies at 83
Paul Newman, the Academy-Award winning superstar who personified cool as an activist, race car driver, popcorn impresario and the anti-hero of such films as ``Hud,'' ``Cool Hand Luke'' and ``The Color of Money,'' has died. He was 83. READ MORE >>
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Pink Floyd's Richard Wright Dies, 65
A Pink Floyd spokesman says founding member Richard Wright has died. He was 65. READ MORE>>
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Singer-Actor Jerry Reed Dies
Jerry Reed, a singer who became a good ol' boy actor in car chase movies like ``Smokey and the Bandit,'' has died of complications from emphysema at 71. READ MORE >>
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Voiceover Artist Don LaFontaine Dies
Don LaFontaine, who voiced thousands of television and movie advertisements, has died. READ MORE >>
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Gotti Mom Dies
Philomena Gotti, the mother of the late Gambino crime boss John Gotti, has died at age 96. READ MORE >>
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NFL Players Union Head Gene Upshaw Dies
Gene Upshaw, the Hall of Fame guard who as union head helped get NFL players free agency and the riches that came with it, has died. He was 63. READ MORE >>
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Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones Dies
Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the first black woman to represent Ohio in Congress and a strong critic of the Iraq war, died Wednesday after a brain hemorrhage, a hospital spokeswoman said. READ MORE >>
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DMB Saxaphonist LeRoi Moore Dies
LeRoi Moore, the versatile saxophonist whose signature staccato fused jazz and funk overtones onto the eclectic sound of the Dave Matthews Band, died Tuesday of complications from injuries he suffered in an all-terrain vehicle accident, the band said. He was 46. READ MORE >>
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Zambian President Dies
The French president's office says Zambia's President Levy Mwanawasa has died. He was 59. READ MORE >>
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World's Tallest Woman, Sandy Allen, Dies
A woman who grew to be 7 feet, 7 inches tall and was recognized as the world's tallest female died early Wednesday, a friend said. She was 53. READ MORE >>
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"Shaft" Composer/Performer Isaac Hayes Dies
With its riveting orchestration, definitive guitar play and signature sensual baritone vocals, Isaac Hayes' theme song for the 1971 movie ``Shaft'' not only became one of pop music's iconic songs, but also the defining work of Hayes' career. READ MORE >>
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Actor, Comedian Bernie Mac Dead at 50
Bernie Mac, the Emmy and Golden Globe nominated actor and comedian who worked his way to Hollywood success from an impoverished upbringing on Chicago's South Side, died Saturday at age 50. He died, "from complications due to pneumonia in a Chicago area hospital,'' his publicist, Danica Smith, said in a statement from Los Angeles. READ MORE >>
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Atlanta Braves Broadcaster Skip Caray Dies
Skip Caray, a voice of the Atlanta Braves for 33 years and part of a family line of baseball broadcasters that included Hall of Famer Harry Caray, died in his sleep at home on Sunday, the team said. He was 68. READ MORE >>
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Soviet Gulag Chronicler, Dies
Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the Nobel Prize-winning Russian author whose books chronicled the horrors of dictator Josef Stalin's slave labor camps, has died of heart failure, his son said Monday. He was 89. READ MORE >>
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"Last Lecture" Professor Randy Pausch Dies
Professor Randy Pausch, whose ``last lecture'' about his terminal cancer became a bestselling book, has died. READ MORE >>
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"Golden Girl" Estelle Getty Dies, 84
CBS News has confirmed TV "Golden Girl" Estelle Getty has died after a long battle against a type of dementia called Lewy Body. READ MORE>>
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Longtime Bozo the Clown, Larry Harmon, Dead at 83
Larry Harmon, who appeared as Bozo the Clown for decades and licensed the name to other Bozos around the world, had died at age 83. READ MORE>>
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NY Magazine Founder Clay Felker Dies at 82
Clay Felker, who revolutionized the magazine genre as founding editor of New York, infusing the publication with a smart, sassy mix of gossip and news that was replicated relentlessly across the country, died Tuesday. He was 82. READ MORE>>
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Model Dies in Fall from NYC Building
A cover model for European Vogue has fallen to her death from her Manhattan apartment building in an apparent suicide. READ MORE >>
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New York Aquarium Walrus Dies
The New York Aquarium is mourning the loss of a Pacific walrus named Ayveq. READ MORE >>
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Funny Woman Dody Goodman Dies
Dody Goodman, the delightfully daffy comedian known for her television appearances on Jack Paar's late-night talk show and as the mother on the soap-opera parody ``Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman,'' has died at 93. READ MORE >>
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Comedian George Carlin Dies
George Carlin, the New York-born dean of counterculture comedians whose biting insights on life and language were immortalized in his ``Seven Words You Can Never Say On TV'' routine, died of heart failure Sunday. He was 71. READ MORE >>
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Leggy Actress Cyd Charisse Dies
Cyd Charisse, the long-legged beauty who danced with the Ballet Russe as a teenager and starred in MGM musicals with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, died Tuesday. She was 86. READ MORE >>
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Oscar-Winning SFX Man Stan Winston Dies
Stan Winston, the Oscar-winning special-effects maestro responsible for bringing the dinosaurs of ``Jurassic Park'' and other iconic movie creatures to life, has died. He was 62. READ MORE >>
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Journalist Tim Russert Dies
Tim Russert, who pointedly but politely questioned hundreds of the powerful and influential as moderator of NBC's ``Meet the Press,'' died Friday of an apparent heart attack. The network's Washington bureau chief was 58. READ MORE >>
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'Eight Men Out' Author Eliot Asniof Dies
Eliot Asinof, an author who invited readers behind the scenes of the sports world with books including ``Eight Men Out,'' died Tuesday at the age of 88. READ MORE >>
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Sportscaster Jim McKay Dies
Jim McKay, the veteran and eloquent sportscaster thrust into the role of telling Americans about the tragedy at the 1972 Munich Olympics, has died. He was 87. READ MORE >>
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Actor-Director Mel Ferrer Dies
Mel Ferrer, the tall, darkly handsome star of such classic films as ``Lili,'' ``War and Peace'' and ``The Sun Also Rises,'' as well as producer and director of movies starring his then-wife, Audrey Hepburn, has died at age 90. READ MORE >>
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Famed 60s Poster Artist Alton Kelley Dies
Artist Alton Kelley, who created the psychedelic style of posters and other art associated with the 1960s San Francisco rock scene, has died. He was 67. READ MORE>>
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'Second City' Founder Paul Sills Dies
Paul Sills, one of the founders of the improvisational comedy group ``The Second City,'' which has turned out some of America's best-known comedians, died Monday. He was 80. READ MORE >>
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Musician Bo Diddley Dies
He was 79. A spokeswoman says Diddley died of heart failure today. He had suffered a heart attack in August 2007, three months after suffering a stroke while touring in Iowa. READ MORE >>
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Fashion Designer Yves Saint Laurent Dies at 71
Yves Saint Laurent, one of the most influential and enduring designers of the 20th century, will be remembered for empowering women through his fashion, a longtime friend and associate said. READ MORE >>
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'Star Trek' TV Director Joseph Pevney Dies
Joseph Pevney, who directed some of the best-loved episodes of the original ``Star Trek'' television series, has died. He was 96. READ MORE >>
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Harvey Korman Dies
Harvey Korman, the tall, versatile comedian who won four Emmys for his outrageously funny contributions to ``The Carol Burnett Show'' and played a conniving politician to hilarious effect in ``Blazing Saddles,'' died Thursday. He was 81. READ MORE >>
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'Star Trek' Theme Composer Alexander Courage Dies
Known by many as Sandy, Alexander Courage died on May 15 and was reported to have been in declining health since 2005. READ MORE >>
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'Andy Griffith' Composer Earle Hagen Dies
Earle H. Hagen, who co-wrote the jazz classic ``Harlem Nocturne'' and composed memorable themes for ``The Andy Griffith Show,'' ``I Spy,'' ``The Mod Squad'' and other TV shows, has died. He was 88. READ MORE >>
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Former Mets Pitcher Geremi Gonzalez Killed by Lightning Strike
Former major league pitcher Geremi Gonzalez, who won 11 games for the Chicago Cubs in 1997, was killed by a lightning strike in his native Venezuela on Sunday. He was 33. READ MORE >>
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Jazz and Blues Musician Jimmy McGriff Dies
A Philadelphia native who lived in New Jersey, McGriff was known for the 1960s recordings of ``I've Got a Woman'' and ``All About My Girl'' was 72. READ MORE >>
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Oscar Winner Sydney Pollack Dies
Sydney Pollack, the Academy Award-winning director who collaborated with a long list of elite actors on films such as ``Out of Africa,'' ``Tootsie,'' ``The Way We Were'' and ``Absence of Malice,'' has died. He was 73. READ MORE >>
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Comedian Dick Martin Dies
Dick Martin, the zany half of the comedy team whose ``Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In'' took television by storm in the 1960s, making stars of Goldie Hawn and Lily Tomlin and creating such national catch-phrases as ``Sock it to me!'' has died. He was 86. READ MORE >>
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Country Singer Eddy Arnold Dies
Belmont University Professor Don Cusic says Arnold died at a care facility near Nashville Thursday morning. Arnold was just days short of his 90th birthday. READ MORE >>
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Baskin-Robbins Co-Founder Irvine Robbins Dies
Irvine Robbins, who as co-founder of Baskin-Robbins brought Rocky Road, Pralines 'n Cream and other exotic ice cream concoctions to every corner of America, has died at age 90. READ MORE >>
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Exodus Commander Yossi Harel Dies
Yossi Harel, the ship commander whose attempt to bring Holocaust survivors to Palestine aboard the Exodus 1947 built support for Israel's founding, died on Saturday. He was 90. READ MORE >>
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Soul Singer Al Wilson Dies
Al Wilson, the soul singer and songwriter who had a number of 1970s hits including ``Show and Tell,'' has died. He was 68. READ MORE >>
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Songwriter Paul Davis Dies
Paul Davis, a singer and songwriter whose soft rock hit ``I Go Crazy'' stayed at the top of the charts for weeks after its release in 1977, died Tuesday. He was 60. READ MORE >>
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E Street Band's Danny Federici Dies
Danny Federici, the longtime keyboard player for Bruce Springsteen whose stylish work helped define the E Street Band's sound on hits from ``Hungry Heart'' through ``The Rising,'' died Thursday. He was 58. READ MORE >>
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Pulitzer Prize-Winning Reporter Robert Greene Dies
Investigative journalist Robert W. Greene, who led reporters from across the country in an effort to uncover corruption in Arizona and who twice helped Newsday win the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, died Thursday at age 78. READ MORE >>
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Actor Stanley Kamel Dies
Stanley Kamel, who played Adrian Monk's long-suffering psychiatrist on the TV detective show ``Monk,'' died Tuesday. He was 65. READ MORE >>
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Charlton Heston Dies at 84
Charlton Heston, who won the 1959 best actor Oscar as the chariot-racing ``Ben-Hur'' and portrayed Moses, Michelangelo, El Cid and other heroic figures in movie epics of the '50s and '60s, has died. He was 84. READ MORE >>
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Bertha the Shark is Dead
The New York Aquarium is mourning the loss of a 43-year-old sand tiger shark named Bertha. READ MORE >>
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Journalist, Dith Pran Passes Away at 65
Dith Pran, the Cambodian-born journalist whose harrowing tale of enslavement and eventual escape from that country's murderous Khmer Rouge revolutionaries in 1979 became the subject of the award-winning film ``The Killing Fields,'' died Sunday. He was 65. READ MORE >>
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Oscar-Winning Writer Abby Mann Dies
Abby Mann, writer of socially conscious scripts for movies and television and winner of the 1961 Academy Award for adapted screenplay for ``Judgment at Nuremberg,'' has died at 80. READ MORE >>
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Actor Richard Widmark Dies at 93
Richard Widmark, who made a sensational film debut as the giggling killer in ``Kiss of Death'' and became a leading man in ``Broken Lance,'' ``Two Rode Together'' and 40 other films, died at his home in Roxbury after a long illness. He was 93. READ MORE >>
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Oscar-Winning Actor Paul Scofield Dies
Scofield was one of Britain'smost respected stage and screen actors and won an Academy Award for the 1966 film ``A Man for All Seasons.'' READ MORE >>
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'Hogan's Heroes' Actor Ivan Dixon Dies
He directed hundreds of episodes of shows including ``The Waltons,'' ``The Rockford Files,'' ``Magnum, P.I.'' and ``In the Heat of the Night.'' But Ivan Dixon will be remembered most for his role as Staff Sergeant James Kinchloe on the 60's TV series ``Hogan Heroes.'' READ MORE >>
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2001: A Space Odyssey Writer Dies
An aide says science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke has died. READ MORE>>
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Film Director Anthony Minghella Dies
Oscar-winning director Anthony Minghella, who turned such literary works as ``The English Patient,'' ``The Talented Mr. Ripley'' and ``Cold Mountain'' into acclaimed movies, died Tuesday of a hemorrhage following surgery. He was 54. READ MORE >>
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Oscar-Winning Composer Leonard Rosenman Dies
Film and television composer Leonard Rosenman, a New York native who won two Oscars and two Emmys during his 50-year Hollywood career, died Tuesday at age 83. READ MORE >>
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Former Model's Body Found in French River
Paris judicial police say the body of former top model Katoucha Niane has been found in the River Seine. READ MORE >>
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Man Who Coined 'Ithaca is Gorges' Phrase Dies
Howard Cogan, who came up with the catchphrase ``Ithaca is Gorges'' in the 1970s and gave businesses free use of the popular slogan to help them market the city, died Saturday. READ MORE >>
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Rep. Tom Lantos Dies
Spokeswoman Lynne Weil said Monday morning that the 80-year-old Lantos, the only survivor of the Holocaust to serve in Congress, died at Bethesda Naval Medical Center. READ MORE >>
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Actor Roy Scheider Dies at 75
Longtime Long Island resident Roy Scheider, a two-time Oscar nominee best known for his role as a police chief in the blockbuster movie ``Jaws,'' has died. He was 75. READ MORE >>
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Former ABC News Correspondent John McWethy Dies in Ski Accident
John McWethy, a retired ABC News correspondent who had to flee the Pentagon after the 2001 attacks but continued reporting live, died Wednesday after a skiing accident. He was 61. READ MORE >>
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Beatles' Guide to Meditation Dies at 91
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, a guru to the Beatles who introduced the West to transcendental meditation, died Tuesday at his home in the Dutch town of Vlodrop, a spokesman said. He was thought to be 91 years old. READ MORE >>
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Harry S. Truman's Daughter Margaret Dies
Margaret Truman Daniel, the only child of former President Harry Truman, has died. She was 83. READ MORE >>
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Mormons Mourn Loss of Leader Gordon Hinckley
Utah's leaders and believers mourned the death of Gordon B. Hinckley, the humble head of the Mormon church who added millions of new members and labored long to burnish the faith's image as a world religion. READ MORE >>
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Actress Suzanne Pleshette Dies
Suzanne Pleshette, the husky-voiced star best known for her role as Bob Newhart's sardonic wife on television's long-running ``The Bob Newhart Show,'' has died at age 70. READ MORE >>
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Chess Legend Bobby Fischer Dies
Bobby Fischer, the reclusive American chess master who became a Cold War icon when he dethroned the Soviet Union's Boris Spassky as world champion in 1972, has died. He was 64. READ MORE >>
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Actor Brad Renfro Dies at 25
Actor Brad Renfro, whose career began promisingly with a childhood role in ``The Client'' but rapidly faded as he struggled with drugs and alcohol, was found dead Tuesday in his home. He was 25.
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Former Brooklyn Dodger Johnny Podres Dies
Johnny Podres, who pitched the Brooklyn Dodgers to their only World Series title in 1955, died Sunday at the age of 75.
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Sir Edmund Hillary Dies at 88
Sir Edmund Hillary, the unassuming beekeeper who conquered Mount Everest to win renown as one of the 20th century's greatest adventurers, died Friday. He was 88. READ MORE >>
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Johnny Grant, Honorary Mayor of Hollywood, Dies at 84
Grant died of natural causes, said Officer Jason Lee. Grant was found dead on a bed in the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, Lee said.
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CIA Agent-Turned-Defector Philip Agee Dies at 72
Agee quit the CIA in 1969 after 12 years working mostly in Latin America at a time when leftist movements were gaining prominence and sympathizers. His 1975 book ``Inside the Company: CIA Diary,'' cited alleged CIA misdeeds against leftists in the region that included a 22-page list of purported agency operatives.
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Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto Killed at Campaign Rally
The death of the 54-year-old charismatic former prime minister threw the campaign for the Jan. 8 parliamentary elections into chaos and created fears of mass protests and violence across the nuclear-armed nation, an important U.S. ally in the war onterrorism.
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Dan Fogelberg Dies of Cancer at 56
Dan Fogelberg, the singer and songwriter whose hits ``Leader of the Band'' and ``Same Old Lang Syne'' helped define the soft-rock era, died Sunday at his home in Maine after battling prostate cancer. He was 56.
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Rock 'n Roll Legend, Ike Turner Dies at 76
Ike Turner, whose role as one of rock's critical architects was overshadowed by his ogrelike image as the man who brutally abused former wife Tina Turner, died Wednesday at his home in suburban San Diego. He was 76.
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Former General Motors Chief Roger Smith Dies
Roger B. Smith, who led General Motors Corp. in the 1980s and was the subject of Michael Moore's searing documentary ``Roger and Me,'' has died, the automaker said Friday. He was 82.
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Former Congressman Henry Hyde Dies
Former Illinois congressman Henry Hyde has died, the office of House Republican Leader John Boehner has confirmed.
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Baritone Frank Guarrera Dies
The 83-year-old baritone died Friday at his home in suburban Philadelphia. His daughter, Valerie Bisquert, told The New York Times the cause was complications from diabetes.
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24-Year-Old Redskin Sean Taylor Dies
Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor has died, a day after he was shot in the leg, said family friend Richard Sharpstein.
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'Quiet Riot' Lead Singer Kevin Dubrow Found Dead
Kevin Dubrow, lead singer for the 1980s heavy metal band Quiet Riot that scored a hit with ``Cum on Feel the Noize,'' was found dead in a Las Vegas home. He was 52.
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Former CT Governor William Atchison O'Neill dies
William Atchison O'Neill, a two-term Democratic governor who frustrated allies and opponents alike with a willingness to buck public opinion, died Saturday afternoon at his home, Gov. M. Jodi Rell said. He was 77.
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'Mr. Whipple' Dick Wilson Dies
Dick Wilson, the actor and pitchman who played the uptight grocer begging customers ``Please, don't squeeze the Charmin,'' died Monday. He was 91.
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'Rosemary's Baby' Author Ira Levin Dies in Manhattan
Best-selling writer Ira Levin, whose genre-hopping novels such as the horror classic ``Rosemary's Baby'' and the Nazi thriller ``The Boys from Brazil'' provided meaty movie roles for Mia Farrow and Laurence Olivier, has died of a heart attack, his agent said Tuesday.
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Film Director Delbert Mann Dies
Delbert Mann, who transformed Paddy Chayefsky's classic teleplays ``Marty'' and ``The Bachelor Party'' into big-screen triumphs and helped bring TV techniques to the film world, died Sunday. He was 87.
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Actress Laraine Day Dies
She was 87 and died at her daughter's home in Utah over the weekend of old age. Day had moved there after her husband died earlier this year.
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Norman Mailer Dies
Norman Mailer, the macho prince of American letters who for decades reigned as the country's literary conscience and provocateur with such books as ``The Naked and the Dead'' and ``The Executioner's Song'' died Saturday, his literary executor said. He was 84.
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Titanic Survivor Barbara West Dainton Dies
Barbara West Dainton, believed to be one of the last two survivors from the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, has died in England at age 96.
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Enola Gay Pilot Paul Tibbets Dies
Paul Tibbets, the pilot and commander of the B-29 that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, died Thursday, a spokesman said. He was 92.
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Former Ramones Manager, 'Broker to the Stars' Linda Stein Found Murdered
She made her name as a pioneer in New York's punk music scene, co-managing the legendary Ramones in their heyday. Even in her later career as a real estate broker, her clients were rock and roll royalty, including Sting and Billy Joel. Linda Stein died in her own Fifth Avenue apartment, the victim of a beating that left police with no motive or suspects. An autopsy found that Stein, 62, died from blows to the head and neck, said medical examiner spokeswoman Ellen Borakove Wednesday.
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Singer and Actor Robert Goulet Dies at 73
The big-voiced baritone, whose Broadway debut in ``Camelot'' launched an award-winning stage and recording career, died Tuesday at a Los Angeles hospital, where he had been awaiting the transplant after being diagnosed last month with a rare form ofpulmonary fibrosis.
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Former CT Governor Thomas Meskill Dies
His wife confirms that Meskill, a former congressman and federal appellate judge, died early today at the age of 79.
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Joey Bishop, Last Surviving Member of the 'Rat Pack,' Dies
Although not as widely appreciated, it was Bishop with his deadpan delivery, dead-on timing and bottomless pit of jokes, who was "the hub of the big wheel," according to Rat Pack leader Sinatra himself.
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Actress Deborah Kerr Dies
British actress Deborah Kerr, who shared one of cinema's most famous kisses with Burt Lancaster in ``From Here to Eternity,'' has died, her agent said Thursday. She was 86.
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Singer Teresa Brewer Dies
Singer Teresa Brewer, who topped the charts in the 1950s with such hits as ``Till I Waltz Again with You'' and performed with jazz legends Count Basie and Duke Ellington, died Wednesday. She was 76.
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Taxi Crash Leaves WABC-TV Helicopter Pilot Paul Smith DeadPedestrian Dead
The incident occured at the northeast corner of 3rd Avenue and East 40th Street.
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Original 'Moneypenny' Lois Maxwell Dies
Lois Maxwell, who starred as Miss Moneypenny in 14 James Bond movies, has died, the British Broadcasting Corp. reported Sunday. She was 80.
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News 12 Connecticut Sports Director Bill Gonillo Found Dead
The 44-year old had been sports director at News 12 for the past 12 years.
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Mime Marcel Marceau Dies
Marcel Marceau, the master of mime who transformed silence into poetry with lithe gestures and pliant facial expressions that spoke to generations of young and old, has died. He was 84.
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Oscar-Winning Actress Jane Wyman Dies
She won an Oscar for her role as a deaf rape victim in the film "Johnny Belinda" and was Ronald Reagan's first wife. Jane Wyman died early Monday at her Palm Springs home, son Michael Reagan said. Wyman's age was listed as 93 in several reference books, however other sources, including the official family Web site, say she was 90.
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Italian Tenor Luciano Pavarotti Dies
He was a singer whose exquisite voice made him a legend in life. Pavarotti was 71 and died Thursday morning at his home in Modena, Italy.
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Champion Golfer Gay Brewer Dies
Gay Brewer, the 1967 Masters champion who won 11 times on the PGA Tour, died Friday at his home after a fight with lung cancer. He was 75.
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CBGB Founder Dies
Hilly Kristal, whose dank Bowery rock club CBGB served as the birthplace of the punk rock movement and a launching pad for bands like the Ramones, Blondie and the Talking Heads, has died after a battle with lung cancer, his son said Wednesday. He was 75.
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New York Woman Dies After Cross-Country Move Via Taxi
Betty Matas, who was 75, died Monday from pneumonia and a heart attack.
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CT Lawmaker Belden Dies
Republican lawmaker Richard Belden, the longest continuously serving member of the Connecticut House of Representatives, died Monday at age 73, the House Republicans said.
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Leona Helmsley Dies
Leona Helmsley, the hotelier who went to prison as a tax cheat and was reviled as the
"queen of mean," has died. Word comes from her publicist Nancy Haberman. Helmsley was 87.
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Jazz Percussionist Max Roach Dies at 83
Max Roach got his first musical break at age 16, filling in when Duke Ellington's drummer fell ill in 1940. Those three nights spawned a career that would make the self-taught Roach the first jazz musician ever honored with a MacArthur Fellowship, or "genius grant."
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Phil Rizzuto Dies at 89
Phil Rizzuto, the Hall of Fame shortstop during the Yankees' dynasty years and beloved by a generation of fans for exclaiming ``Holy cow!'' as a broadcaster, died Tuesday. He was 89.
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Brooke Astor Dies
Brooke Astor, the civic leader, philanthropist and fixture of New York high society who gave away nearly $200 million to support the city's great cultural institutions and a host of humbler projects, died Monday at 105.
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Merv Griffin Dies at 82
Merv Griffin, the big band-era crooner turned impresario who parlayed his "Jeopardy" and "Wheel of Fortune" game shows into a multimillion-dollar empire, died Sunday. He was 82. Griffin died of prostate cancer, according to a statement from his family.
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Singer/Songwriter Lee Hazelwood Dies
Lee Hazlewood, a singer and songwriter best known for writing and producing "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" for Nancy Sinatra, has died. He was 78.
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Musician Art Davis Dies
Art Davis, the renowned double bassist who played with John Coltrane and other jazz greats, has died. He was 73.
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Makeup Artist William Tuttle Dies
Movie makeup artist William J. Tuttle, who created the shaggy Morlocks of ``The Time Machine,'' the monster's mug for ``Young Frankenstein'' and turned Tony Randall into a circus full of legends for ``7 Faces of Dr. Lao,'' has died.
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Legendary Former NFL Coach Bill Walsh Dies at 75
Bill Walsh could be as serious as they come and he could be down right hilarious. He could be creative and he could be precise. For those whose lives he touched, the Hall of Fame football coach will be remembered as a teacher who cared deeply about his players and many others whose path he crossed - a man who found new ways to win.
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Painter of DNA Double-Helix Dies at 86
Painter Odile Crick's illustration appeared in a seminal paper by her husband, Francis Crick, and his colleague in an April 1953 issue of the journal Nature. They are credited with the first explanation of DNA and its structure.
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Tom Snyder Dies at 71
Television personaltiy Tom Snyder had died, according to Entertainment Tonight.
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Former Yankee Player and Mets Coach Bill Robinson Found Dead at 64
He failed to show up for a meeting and was then found dead in his Las Vegas hotel room.
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Director Ingmar Bergman Dies at 89
Through more than 50 films, Bergman's vision encompassed all the extremes of his beloved Sweden: the claustrophobic gloom of unending winter nights, the gentle merriment of glowing summer evenings and the bleak magnificence of the island where he spent his last years.
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Psychologist Albert Ellis Dies at 93
He came to psychology almost by happenstance, after friends began turning to him for guidance. But Albert Ellis would become one of the most provocative figures in modern psychology, regarded by some of his peers as more influential than Sigmund Freud.
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Songwriter Ron Miller Dies
Miller, whose tunes included pop classics ``Touch Me in the Morning'' and ``For Once in My Life,'' has died, his daughter said. Miller died Monday of cardiac arrest at Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center after a long battle with emphysema and cancer, Lisa Dawn Miller said.
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Tammy Faye Messner Dies At 65
Live one day at a time, without fear, Tammy Faye Messner said earlier this month as she battled cancer, weighing just 65 pounds. Messner, who as Tammy Faye Bakker helped her husband, Jim, build a multimillion-dollar evangelism empire that collapsed in disgrace, has died, her manager said Saturday. She was 65.
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Lady Bird Johnson Dies
Lady Bird Johnson, the former first lady who championed conservation and worked tenaciously for the political career of her husband, Lyndon B. Johnson, died Wednesday, a family spokeswoman said. She was 94.
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Lyricist Hy Zaret Passes
Lyricist Hy Zaret, who wrote the haunting words to ``Unchained Melody,'' one of the most frequently recorded songs of the 20th century, has died at age 99.
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Opera Star Beverly Sills Passes
Some called her Bubbles. To others, she was "the diva next door." But to the world, Beverly Sills, the Brooklyn-born soprano who died on Monday at 78, was America's first true prima donna - a child star who could sing laundry soap commercials and grew up to play queens in European operas.
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Holocaust Survivor Advocate Abraham Klausner Passes
Klausner, who had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, died Thursday at his Santa Fe home, said his wife, Judith. He was the first Jewish chaplain in the U.S. Army to enter the Dachau concentration camp after it was liberated in 1945.
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Movie Critic Joel Siegel Passes
Joel Siegel, a longtime movie critic for ``Good Morning America'' who was famous for his weekly, often humorous reviews, died Friday, ABC officials said. He was 63.
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Fashion Designer Liz Claiborne Passes
Claiborne died Tuesday at the New York Presbyterian Hospital after suffering from cancer for a number of years, said Gwen Satterfield, personal assistant to Claiborne. She was 78.
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Indiana Football Coach Terry Hoeppner Passes
Indiana football coach Terry Hoeppner died Tuesday of complications from a brain tumor, a university spokesman said. He was 59.
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Former UN Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim Passes
Former U.N. Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim, who was elected Austrian president despite an international scandal about his secretive World War II military service for the Nazis, died Thursday, Austrian media reported. He was 88.
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Banking and Wine Giant Baron Guy de Rothschild Passes
Baron Guy de Rothschild, who managed his family's French banking empire and saw it taken over first during the Nazi occupation and then by a Socialist government 40 years later, has died. He was 98.
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'Mr. Wizard' Passes
Don Herbert, who as television's ``Mr. Wizard'' introduced generations of young viewers to the joys of science, died Tuesday. He was 89.
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Senior Senator from Wyoming Dies After Battle with Leukemia
Craig Thomas, a three-term conservative Republican who stayed clear of the Washington limelight and political catfights, died Monday. He was 74.
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Former Yankee Clete Boyer Passes
Clete Boyer, the third baseman for the champion New York Yankees teams of the 1960s who made an art form of diving stops and throws from his knees, died Monday. He was 70.
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Former NY Senate Leader Warren Anderson Passes
Warren Anderson, the courtly Republican majority leader of New York's state Senate from 1973-88, has died, the managing partner of his Binghamton-based law firm said Friday. Anderson was 91.
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Chinese Vice Premier Passes
Vice Premier Huang Ju, a key ally of former Chinese President Jiang Zemin who climbed the ranks of Shanghai politics to join the Communist Party's inner sanctum of power, has died, the official Xinhua News Agency said. He was 68.
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MLK, Jr's Daughter Yolanda King Passes
King died late Tuesday in Santa Monica, CA, at age 51.
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Wally Schirra Passes
NASA says former Mercury 7 astronaut Wally Schirra has died at 84.
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Actor Tom Poston Passes
Tom Poston, the tall, pasty-faced comic who found fame and fortune playing a clueless everyman on such hit television shows as ``Newhart'' and ``Mork and Mindy,'' has died. He was 85.
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Former Giants Receiver Johnny Perkins Passes
He caught 163 passes in a seven-year NFL career spent entirely with the New York Giants. He was 54.
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Famed Musician Mstislav Rostropovich Passes
The conductor and cellist had been hospitalized in February for an undisclosed illness and looked frail at his 80th birthday celebration late last month.
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Jack Valenti Passes
The 85-year-old Valenti, who died Thursday of complications from a stroke in March, led the movie industry out of the prudishness of old Hollywood and into an age of freer expression with the creation of the film rating system that has endured nearly 40 years.
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Author David Halberstam Killed in Crash
The 73-year-old author was killed in a car crash Monday while working on a book about the legendary 1958 NFL championship game between the Baltimore Colts and the New York Giants.
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Boris Yeltsin Passes
Former President Boris Yeltsin, who engineered the final collapse of the Soviet Union and pushed Russia to embrace democracy and a market economy, has died, a Kremlin official said Monday. He was 76.
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Kitty Carlisle Hart Passes
Kitty Carlisle Hart, whose long career spanned Broadway, opera, television and film, including the classic Marx Brothers movie ``A Night at the Opera,'' died after a battle with pneumonia, her son said Wednesday. She was 96.
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Barry Nelson - First On-Screen 'James Bond' - Passes
Barry Nelson, an MGM contract player during the 1940s who later had a prolific theater career and was the first actor to play James Bond on screen, has died. He was 89.
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Author Kurt Vonnegut Passes
Kurt Vonnegut, the satirical novelist who captured the absurdity of war and questioned the advances of science in darkly humorous works such as "Slaughterhouse-Five" and "Cat's Cradle," died Wednesday. He was 84.
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'A Christmas Story' Director Robert Clark Dies in Car Crash
Bob Clark, whose film ``A Christmas Story'' became a seasonal fixture for its bittersweet cataloguing of holiday dreams and disappointments, was killed with his son in a car crash. He was 67.
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Former Sportscaster Jerry Girard Passes
Family and friends say the 74-year-old Gerard - who lived in Bronxville - died Sunday of cancer at Westchester Medical Center.
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'Late Show' Regular Calvert DeForest Passes
Calvert DeForest, the white-haired, bespectacled nebbish who gained cult status as the oddball Larry ``Bud'' Melman on David Letterman's late night television shows, has died after a long illness.
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New York State Assemblyman Zebrowski Passes
State Assemblyman Kenneth Zebrowski has died. Zebrowski - who was 61 - died at Nyack Hospital yesterday after a battle with Hepatitis C that caused a combination of liver and kidney failure.
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Rockland County's First Black Legislator Passes
Hezekiah Easter - who was 85 - died at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx of liver cancer.
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Comedian Richard Jeni Dead in Suspected Suicide
Richard Jeni, a Brooklyn-born standup comedian who played to sold-out crowds and was a regular on the ``Tonight Show,'' died from a gunshot wound in an apparent suicide, police said Sunday. Police found Jeni alive but gravely injured in a home here after responding to a call Saturday morning from Jeni's girlfriend reporting the comic had shot himself.
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Winemaker Ernest Gallo Passes
Ernest Gallo, who parlayed $5,900 and a wine recipe from a public library into the world's largest winemaking empire, died Tuesday at his home in Modesto. He was 97.
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Award-Winning Historian Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Passes
The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and Kennedy insider who helped define mainstream liberalism during the Cold War and remained an eminent public thinker into the 21st century was 89.
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Founding Conductor of Brooklyn Philharmonic, Wife Die in House Fire
Siegfried and Irene Landau, a former dancer, had retired to the house in the village of Brushton, 154 miles north of Albany. Both were in their 90s, said Adam Teeter, spokesman for the orchestra.
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Former Veterans Commissioner Eugene Migliaro Passes
Eugene Migliaro, a former state veterans commissioner, Wolcott mayor and state lawmaker has died. He was 81.
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Anna Nicole Smith Passes
Anna Nicole Smith, the curvaceous blonde whose life played out as an extraordinary tabloid tale - Playboy centerfold, jeans model, bride of an octogenarian oil tycoon, reality-show subject, tragic mother - died Thursday after collapsing at a hotel. She was 39.
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Singer Frankie Laine Passes
Frankie Laine, the big-voiced singer whose string of hits made him one of the most popular entertainers of the1950s, died Tuesday. He was 93.
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Connecticut Woman Dies at 114
Emma Tillman who became the world's oldest known person on January 14th has died at an East Hartford nursing home. She was 114.
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Artist Dan Christensen Passes
Dan Christensen, a painter who stretched the styles of the New York School by using a spray gun to apply loops of colors onto canvas, has died. He was 64.
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Art Buchwald Passes
Columnist Art Buchwald, whose wry political and social satire made him a pillar of the nation's capital for more than four decades and earned him a Pulitzer Prize, has died, his son said.
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'Bold and the Beautiful' Actress Darlene Conley Passes
Darlene Conley, a veteran stage and television actress who entertained daytime audiences for nearly two decades as the feisty fashion mogul Sally Spectra on ``The Bold and the Beautiful,'' has died. She was 72.
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Composer Harvey Cohen Dies at 55
Harvey Cohen, an Emmy Award-winning composer and orchestrator who created music for films and TV shows including ``Dallas'' and ``Sex and the City,'' has died.
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Animator Iwao Takamoto Dies at 81
Iwao Takamoto, the animator who created the beloved Scooby-Doo and directed the cartoon classic ``Charlotte's Web,'' has died.
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Sardi's Owner Vincent Sardi, Jr. Dies at 91
Vincent Sardi Jr., owner of Sardi's restaurant, the legendary Broadway watering hole where for decades the New York theater celebrated its opening nights, died Thursday at age 91.
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Oldest Red Sox Fan Dies
Kathryn Gemme, a lifelong Red Sox fan who followed the team since the days of Babe Ruth, has died. She was 112.
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Former President Gerald Ford Dies at 93
Former President Gerald R. Ford, who declared ``Our long national nightmare is over'' as he replaced Richard Nixon but may have doomed his own chances of election by pardoning his disgraced predecessor, has died.
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Leader of 1960s Newspaper Strike Dies
Bertram A. Powers, a former head of New York's newspaper printers' union who led a paralyzing 16-week strike in the early 1960s and later negotiated a contract that gained his members lifetime job guarantees, has died. He was 84.
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Former CBS Chief Frank Stanton Passes
Frank Stanton, a broadcasting pioneer and CBS president for 26 years who helped build its TV operation into the ``Tiffany network,'' has died at the age of 98.
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Singer James Brown Passes
James Brown, the dynamic, pompadoured ``Godfather of Soul,'' whose rasping vocals and revolutionary rhythms made him a founder of rap, funk and disco as well, died early Monday, his agent said. He was 73.
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'Jeffersons' and 'All in the Family' Star Mike Evans Passes
The actor who played Lionel Jefferson on ``The Jeffersons'' and ``All in the Family'' has died.
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Joeseph Barbera Dead at 95
Joe Barbera, half of the Hanna-Barbera animation team that produced such beloved cartoon characters as Tom and Jerry, Yogi Bear and the Flintstones, died Monday, a Warner Bros. spokesman said.
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Atlantic Records Founder Ahmet Ertegun Passes
As the privileged son of a Turkish diplomat, a young Ahmet Ertegun frequented jazz clubs and amassed a collection of some 25,000 blues and jazz records.
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Actor Peter Boyle Passes
A publicist confirms Boyle died at Presbyterian Hospital in New York after a long battle with multiple myeloma and heart disease.
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Former Chilean Dictator Pinochet Dies
Gen. Augusto Pinochet, who terrorized his opponents for 17 years after taking power in a bloody coup, died Sunday, putting an end to a decade of intensifying efforts to bring him to trial for human rights abuses blamed on his regime. He was 91.
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Former U.N. Ambassador Kirkpatrick Passes
Former U.N. Ambassador Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, a one-time Democrat who switched to the Republican Party and warmly embraced Reagan era conservatism, has died. She was 80.
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Director Robert Altman Passes
Robert Altman, the caustic and irreverent satirist behind "M-A-S-H," "Nashville" and "The Player" who made a career out of bucking Hollywood management and story conventions, died at a Los Angeles Hospital, his Sandcastle 5 Productions Company said Tuesday. He was 81.
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Composer Basil Poledouris Passes
Basil Poledouris, who composed the Emmy-winning score for the 1989 television miniseries ``Lonesome Dove,'' died Wednesday. He was 61.
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Ed Bradley Passes
Ed Bradley, the award-winning "60 Minutes" correspondent who grew up in the tough streets of Philadelphia, was wounded while covering the Vietnam War and later became CBS's first black White House correspondent, died Thursday. He was 65.
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Ed Bradley Passes
CBS News "60 Minutes" correspondent Ed Bradley had died. He was 65.
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Former East German Spymaster Markus Wolf Dies
Markus Wolf, who outwitted the West as communist East Germany's long-serving spymaster, has died. He was 83.
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'Sophie's Choice' Author William Styron Passes
They were the children of Hemingway and Faulkner and survivors of World War II: young, muscular writers who lived hard, worshipped the craft and believed that through the Great American Novel, they could capture the world. Norman Mailer, James Jones, Irwin Shaw...and William Styron.
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Songwriter Marijohn Wilkin Passes
Songwriter Marijohn Wilkin, who helped pen such classics as ``The Long Black Veil'' and ``One Day at a Time,'' has died. She was 86.
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Basketball Great Red Auerbach Dies at 89
His genius was building a basketball dynasty in Boston, his gift was straight talk, his signature was the pungent cigar he lit up and savored after every victory. The Hall of Famer who guided the Celtics to 16 championships - first as a coach and later as general manager - died Saturday.
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Freelance Journalist Killed in Mexican Unrest
Freelance journalist Bradley Roland Will knew the risks when he decided to stay in the volatile Mexican city of Oaxaca.
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'Jaws' Tuba Player Tommy Johnson Passes
Tommy Johnson, a tuba player whose ominous notes put teeth into the shark theme for the movie "Jaws," died Oct. 16. He was 71.
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Musician Sandy West Passes
Sandy West, whose ferocious drumming fueled the influential all-female `70s rock band the Runaways, which she co-founded with Joan Jett, has died of lung cancer. She was 47.
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Actress Jane Wyatt Dies at 96
Jane Wyatt, the lovely, serene actress who for six years on "Father Knows Best" was one of TV's favorite moms, has died. Wyatt also played Spock's mother in the original "Star Trek" television series and the movie "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home."
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Former CBS Newsman Christopher Glenn Passes
Christopher Glenn, a longtime CBS news correspondent who anchored coverage of the space shuttle Challenger explosion and was the voice of the children's program ``In the News'' in 1970s and 80s, has died. He was 68.
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Man Behind Holocaust Museum Passes
Sigmund Strochlitz, a Holocaust survivor and member of the council that established the National Holocaust Memorial and Museum, has died. He was 89.
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Former Westchester D.A. Vergari Passes
Carl Vergari died yesterday in West Palm Beach, Florida. He was 84.
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Comedy Writer Jerry Belson Dead at 68
You may not know the name, but you'll probably recognize some of his shows, including ``The Dick Van Dyke Show'' and ``The Odd Couple.''
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Yanks Mourn Loss of Pitcher Killed in Plane Crash
Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle never made his love of flying a secret. He was an avid pilot who viewed flying as an escape from the stress of professional baseball and a way to see the world in a different light.
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'Tokyo Rose' Dies in Chicago
Iva Toguri D'Aquino, who was convicted and later pardoned of being World War II propagandist ``Tokyo Rose,'' died Tuesday of natural causes, said her nephew, William Toguri. She was 90.
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Mike Douglass Passes
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