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Brittany Murphy Dies at 32

2009-12-20T20:19:05Z

Brittany Murphy died of cardiac arrest early Sunday morning, according to a report by TMZ. The actress was 32.

It is reported that a call went out to 911 from her Los Angeles home at 8 a.m. Attempts to revive her were not successful, and she was pronounced dead upon arrival at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20332090,00.html

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Actress Jennifer Jones dies at age 90

2009-12-18T01:15:40Z

Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Jennifer Jones, who won the best actress Oscar for a 1943 film, died Thursday at age 90, according to a family spokesman.

Jones starred in two dozen movies and was nominated for Academy Awards five times in her 35-year film career.

"She put herself completely in the hands of the director more than any other actress I have worked with," director John Houston once said of her. "Jennifer took what you gave her and made it distinctly her own."

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/12/17/jennifer.jones.obit/index.html

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Егор Гайдар -- Yegor Gaidar

2009-12-16T23:17:51Z

Surprised to hear this on the news today, he was only 53. One of the major forces for reform in post-Soviet Russia, when I lived in Moscow in the 90s, his name was everywhere.

Moscow, 16 December. INTERFAX.RU -- In Moscow, a man whose name was symbolic and synonymous with perestroika, change, and the 90s in general has died. Yegor Gaidar's name is linked to multiple key events in the country's history. He was one of the ideologues of economic reform during perestroika and held several high positions in the government during the early-to-mid 90s, including Prime Minister [...]

http://www.interfax.ru/txt.asp?id=115138

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Evangelist Oral Roberts dead at 91

2009-12-16T05:33:25Z

(CNN) -- Evangelist Oral Roberts, founder of the Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association and Oral Roberts University, died Tuesday from complications of pneumonia in Newport Beach, California, his spokeswoman said. He was 91.

Roberts' son, Richard, and daughter Roberta were at his side, spokeswoman Melany Ethridge said in a statement.

Roberts was hospitalized Monday following a fall on Saturday, in which he suffered broken bones, Ethridge said earlier, adding he was being treated for pneumonia.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/12/15/oral.roberts/index.html

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Ken Ober dies at 52; host of MTV's 'Remote Control' game show

2009-11-17T02:32:09Z

Ken Ober, a comedian and actor who as host of MTV's "Remote Control" in the 1980s guided the raucous question-and-answer trivia contests on the irreverent cable TV game show, was found dead Sunday at his home in Santa Monica. He was 52.

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-ken-ober17-2009nov17,0,6123710.story

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Former DANZIG Drummer CHUCK BISCUITS Loses Battle With Cancer

2009-10-29T20:51:04Z

Legendary punk rock drummer Chuck Biscuits died Saturday, Oct. 24, after a battle with throat cancer. Biscuits, who got his start with Vancouver's D.O.A. in 1978 at the age of 13 and played with Black Flag, Circle Jerks, Danzig and Social Distortion, was 44 years old.

"In response to the inquiries, thank you for all the support," an anonymous family member wrote in an e-mail sent to fans early Wednesday. "Chuck did not survive his battle with throat cancer. He passed surrounded by his family on 10/24/09."

http://www.spinner.com/2009/10/29/chuck-biscuits/

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Pie-splattered comedian Soupy Sales dies at 83

2009-10-29T09:47:57Z

DETROIT – 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.

Sales died Thursday night at Calvary Hospice in the Bronx, New York, said his former manager and longtime friend, Dave Usher. Sales had many health problems and entered the hospice last week, Usher said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091023/ap_on_en_tv/us_obit_sales

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mary travers, of peter, paul and mary

2009-09-17T14:42:46Z

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/17/arts/music/17travers.html?_r=1&WT.mc_id=fb_nyt577&WT.mc_ev=click

Mary Travers, whose ringing, earnest vocals with the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary made songs like “Blowin’ in the Wind,” “If I Had a Hammer” and “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” enduring anthems of the 1960s protest movement, died on Wednesday at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut. She was 72 and lived in Redding, Conn.

The cause was complications from chemotherapy associated with a bone-marrow transplant she had several years ago after developing leukemia, said Heather Lylis, a spokeswoman.

Ms. Travers brought a powerful voice and an unfeigned urgency to music that resonated with mainstream listeners. With her straight blond hair and willowy figure and two bearded guitar players by her side, she looked exactly like what she was, a Greenwich Villager directly from the clubs and the coffeehouses that nourished the folk-music revival.

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'Laugh-In' original Henry Gibson dies

2009-09-16T20:30:42Z

Henry Gibson, a wry comic character actor whose career included "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In," "Nashville" and "Boston Legal," died Monday at his home in Malibu after a brief battle with cancer. He was 73.

Gibson's breakthrough came in 1968 when he was cast as a member of the original ensemble of NBC's top-rated "Laugh-In," on which he performed for three seasons. Each week, a giant flower in his hand, he recited a signature poem, introducing them with the catch phrase that became his signature: "A Poem, by Henry Gibson."

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i5aff5594745c85c664c3a6ca12a0cae4

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'Dirty Dancing' star Patrick Swayze dies at 57

2009-09-15T12:27:25Z

LOS ANGELES – 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.

"Patrick Swayze passed away peacefully today with family at his side after facing the challenges of his illness for the last 20 months," said a statement released Monday evening by his publicist, Annett Wolf. No other details were given.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obit_swayze

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“Basketball Diaries” Author, Punk Icon Jim Carroll Dead at 60

2009-09-14T14:40:27Z

Poet and punk rocker Jim Carroll, whose life story was famously documented in his autobiography The Basketball Diaries, died following a heart attack on Friday, September 11th in New York City. Carroll was 60, the New York Times reports. The Basketball Diaries — which detailed Carroll’s struggles with drug use as a teenager in the 1960s — depicts his fall from prep school basketball star to heroin addict who turned to prostitution, all before Carroll was even 17 years old. Leonardo DiCaprio portrayed Carroll in the 1995 film version of the book. Besides Basketball, Carroll’s other notable works include 4 Ups and 1 Down and 1973’s Living at the Movies.

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/09/14/basketball-diaries-author-punk-icon-jim-carroll-dead-at-60/

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Society crime writer Dominick Dunne, dies at 83

2009-08-26T21:28:12Z

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Dominick Dunne, the former Hollywood producer and best-selling author known for his Vanity Fair essays on the courtroom travails of the rich and famous, died Wednesday in New York city after a long battle with cancer.

Dunne, who described himself as "a high-class Zelig," was 83.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/08/25/dominick.dunne.obit/index.html

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Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy dead at 77

2009-08-26T05:50:37Z

(CNN) -- Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy, the patriarch of the first family of Democratic politics, died Wednesday at his home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, after a lengthy battle with brain cancer. He was 77.

"We've lost the irreplaceable center of our family and joyous light in our lives, but the inspiration of his faith, optimism and perseverance will live on in our hearts forever," a family statement said. "We thank everyone who gave him care and support over this last year, and everyone who stood with him for so many years in his tireless march for progress toward justice."

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/26/obit.ted.kennedy/index.html

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rashied ali, 'free jazz' drummer

2009-08-13T23:56:40Z

Jazzwise reports that the great jazz drummer Rashied Ali died yesterday. No cause has yet been announced. Ali was 74.

http://www.jazzwisemagazine.com/component/content/article/51-2009/10928-revolutionary-drummer-rashied-ali-dies

Rashied Ali, born Robert Patterson in Philadelphia, became known for his innovations in free jazz drumming during the mid-60s, when he worked with John Coltrane. In 1967, Coltrane and Ali recorded the album Interstellar Space as a duo; it wasn't released until 1974, after Coltrane's death. Ali also played with such greats as Albert Ayler, Archie Shepp, Don Cherry, Pharoah Sanders and Carlos Santana.

Ali ran the New York jazz club Ali's Alley from 1973 to 1979, and ran the record label Survival Records. Ali toured and recorded regularly with his group the Rashied Ali Quintet up until the very end.

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les paul, guitar innovator, 94

2009-08-13T23:52:53Z

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/14/arts/music/14paul.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

By JON PARELES
Published: August 13, 2009

Les Paul, the virtuoso guitarist and inventor whose solid-body electric guitar and recording studio innovations changed the course of 20th-century popular music, died Thursday in White Plains, N.Y. . He was 94.

The cause was complications of pneumonia, the Gibson Guitar Corporation and his family announced. .

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John Hughes Dead: Director Dies Suddenly At 59

2009-08-06T21:38:38Z

John Hughes, prolific director of such culturally significant films such as The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Planes, Trains and Automobiles and Home Alone has died suddenly of a heart attack while taking a morning walk during a trip to Manhattan to visit family.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/06/john-hughes-dead-director_n_253306.html

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frank mccourt, pulitzer prize-winning author

2009-07-20T18:00:11Z

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/arts/2009/07/19/2009-07-19_mccourt_from_teacher_to_pulitzer.html

Frank McCourt, author of the 1996 Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir "Angela's Ashes," detailing a childhood of Irish squalor and eventual New York salvation, died Sunday. He had been gravely ill with meningitis after being treated for melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. McCourt was 78.

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Walter Cronkite dead at 92

2009-07-18T05:23:37Z

Walter Cronkite, once known as the "Most Trusted Man in America" and the reigning symbol of broadcast journalism itself, has died at age 92.

From 1962 to 1981, Cronkite was peerless in TV news - the nation's top-rated anchorman on the nation's top-rated network, CBS. For members of recent generations, he may seem a remote figure. But for older Americans and the huge Baby Boom generation, Cronkite occupied a central position in their collective memory, during a tumultuous time in American history that spanned Civil Rights, Vietnam and Watergate.

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/ny-etcronkmain0718,0,6223873.story

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arturo gatti, pugilist, aged 37

2009-07-12T14:41:27Z

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=4321150&campaign=rss&source=ESPNHeadlines

SAO PAULO -- Former boxing champion Arturo Gatti, one of the most exciting fighters of his generation, was found dead in a hotel room in the posh seaside resort of Porto de Galihnas early Saturday.

Police investigator Edilson Alves told The Associated Press that the body of the former junior welterweight champ was discovered in his hotel room at the tourist resort, where Gatti had arrived on Friday with his Brazilian wife Amanda and 1-year-old son.

Alves said police were investigating and it was unclear how the 37-year-old Canadian died. Foul play is suspected in the death, the CBC reported.

Gatti (40-9, 31 KOs), nicknamed "Thunder", was best known for his all-action style, which was epitomized in his classic trilogy with Micky Ward in 2002 and 2003.

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robert mcnamara, vietnam-era defense secretary

2009-07-06T13:59:31Z

Robert McNamara, Vietnam-era Defense Secretary, Has Died

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2009/07/report_robert_mcnamara_vietnam.html?sc=fb&cc=fp

Robert McNamara, who led the Pentagon through many of the turbulent years of the Vietnam War and was blamed by many critics for the way that war was fought, has passed away at the age of 93.

In later years, McNamara came to agree with those who said it was a misguided war.

"We of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations acted according to what we thought were the principles and traditions of our country. But we were wrong. We were terribly wrong," he told The Associated Press in 1995.

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steve mcnair, former NFL quarterback

2009-07-05T14:40:36Z

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4306275&campaign=rss&source=ESPNHeadlines

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Former NFL quarterback Steve McNair, who led the famous Tennessee Titans' drive that came a yard short of forcing overtime in the 2000 Super Bowl, was found dead Saturday with multiple gunshot wounds, including one to the head. Police said a pistol was discovered near the body of a woman also shot dead in a downtown condominium.

Nashville police spokesman Don Aaron identified the woman as Sahel Kazemi, whom he called a "friend" of McNair's. She had a single gunshot wound to the head.

he McNair family released this statement through McNair's agent Bus Cook: "The families of Steve McNair in Mississippi and Tennessee appreciate the concern, thoughts and prayers during this difficult time of our loss of a husband, father and son. The family requests everyone would allow them time to mourn. The McNair Family appreciates and continues to request your prayers at this time."

"We don't know the details, but it is a terrible tragedy and our hearts go out to the families involved," NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement.

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Oscar-winning actor Karl Malden dead at 97

2009-07-01T20:40:37Z

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Veteran actor Karl Malden, who won an Academy Award for his role in "A Streetcar Named Desire," has died at age 97, his manager said Wednesday.

Malden died in his sleep about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, said his manager, Bud Ross.

Malden appeared alongside Marlon Brando in two of director Elia Kazan's classic films of the 1950s -- "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "On the Waterfront." He won the best supporting actor Oscar for "Streetcar" in 1952 and was nominated for his role as a priest crusading against crooked union bosses in "On the Waterfront."

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/01/karl.malden.obit/index.html

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billy mays

2009-06-28T16:48:47Z

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/entertainment&id=6888153

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - June 28, 2009 -- Tampa police say Billy Mays, the television pitchman known for his boisterous hawking of products such as Orange Glo and OxiClean, has died. He was 50.

Authorities say Mays was pronounced dead Sunday morning after being found by his wife at home. There were no signs of a break-in, and investigators do not suspect foul play. The coroner's office expects to have an autopsy done by Monday afternoon.

Mays' wife, Deborah Mays, says the family doesn't expect to make any public statements and asked for privacy.

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Michael Jackson dies at 50

2009-06-25T23:04:09Z

(CNN) -- Entertainer Michael Jackson has died after being taken to a hospital on Thursday after suffering cardiac arrest, according to multiple reports including the Los Angeles Times and the Associated Press. CNN has not confirmed his death.

Jackson, 50, had been in a coma at the hospital, sources told CNN.

Brian Oxman, a Jackson family attorney, said he was told by brother Randy Jackson that Michael Jackson collapsed at his home in west Los Angeles, California, Thursday morning.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/25/michael.jackson/index.html

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Farrah Fawcett, sex symbol and actress, dies

2009-06-25T18:20:57Z

(CNN) -- Farrah Fawcett, the blonde-maned actress whose best-selling poster and "Charlie's Angels" stardom made her one of the most famous faces in the world, has died. She was 62.

Fawcett's death was confirmed by Paul Bloch, one of her representatives at Rogers and Cowan, an entertainment public relations firm.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/25/obit.fawcett/index.html

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ed mcmahon

2009-06-23T14:13:19Z

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tv/story/2009/06/23/obit-mcmahon-ed.html

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 | 8:45 AM ET Comments19Recommend39
CBC News
Famed Johnny Carson sidekick Ed McMahon, seen here in 2007, died early Tuesday. Famed Johnny Carson sidekick Ed McMahondied early Tuesday.

Ed McMahon, former sidekick to Johnny Carson on NBC Television's Tonight Show, has died at age 86 in Los Angeles.

McMahon died early Tuesday morning at the UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center, according to his publicist, Howard Bragman.

He didn't release a cause of death, saying only that McMahon had a "multitude of health problems the last few months."

The famed funnyman had been hospitalized with pneumonia and other ailments earlier this year, and had reportedly battled bone cancer.

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Koko Taylor, Grammy-Winning “Queen of the Blues,” Dead at 80

2009-06-04T15:44:59Z

Grammy Award winner Koko Taylor, dubbed the “Queen of the Blues,” died yesterday in her native Chicago following complications from her May 19th surgery for gastrointestinal bleeding, the singer’s official Website posted yesterday. Taylor was 80. Born Cora Walton in Shelby County, Tennessee, Taylor and her powerful, gritty voice began performing at blues club in the late 1950s. Taylor was most well-known for her 1965 hit “Wang Dang Doodle,” a song penned by legendary bluesman Willie Dixon, who helped her secure a contract with Chess Records.

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/06/04/koko-taylor-grammy-winning-queen-of-the-blues-dead-at-80/

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Actor David Carradine found dead

2009-06-04T14:53:49Z

(CNN) -- American actor David Carradine has been found dead in a Bangkok, Thailand, hotel, according to his personal manager, Chuck Binder.

Binder said Thursday that the death is being investigated but could provide no other details.

Carradine's death was "shocking and sad. He was full of life, always wanting to work ... a great person," Binder told People magazine.

Carradine, who became famous in the 1970s when he starred in the television series "Kung Fu," was 72.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/06/04/obit.david.carradine/index.html

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Wayman Tisdale, basketball star and musician

2009-05-16T00:41:23Z

(CNN) -- Wayman Tisdale, who became a successful jazz musician after retiring from pro basketball, died Friday morning after a two-year battle with cancer, his agent said.

Tisdale, 44, died in a Tulsa, Oklahoma, hospital, where his wife took him when he had trouble breathing early Friday, agent Scott Pang said.

Tisdale's death was "a complete shock" and came as he prepared to return to the recording studio next week to work on a project with jazz guitarist Norman Brown, Pang said.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/05/15/obit.wayman.tisdale/index.html

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Lynyrd Skynyrd Bassist Donald 'Ean' Evans Dead at 48

2009-05-08T13:22:46Z

Bassist Donald "Ean" Evans of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd has died of cancer at his home in Mississippi.

Lowndes County Coroner Greg Merchant says Evans died Wednesday. He was 48.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,519375,00.html

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Dom DeLuise dies at 75

2009-05-06T04:32:31Z

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Dom DeLuise, who spiced up such movies as "Blazing Saddles," "Silent Movie" and "The Cannonball Run" with his manic delivery and roly-poly persona, has died, his son's publicist told CNN.

Publicist Jay Schwartz did not disclose the cause of death, but DeLuise, 75, had been battling cancer for more than a year.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/05/obit.deluise/index.html

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jack kemp : quarterback, republican

2009-05-03T13:37:31Z

Jack Kemp, Football Player And Politician, Dead

Weekend Edition Sunday, May 3, 2009

Jack Kemp, the pro-quarterback turned Republican heavyweight, has died.

He first gained national attention in the early '60s, playing for the San Diego Chargers. But it was with the Buffalo Bills that he won two American Football Championships, in 1964 and 65.

His popularity on the football field helped catapult him into politics. Kemp won a Buffalo-area congressional seat in 1970.

He served in the House for nine terms, where he worked to cut federal taxes and to broaden the Republican Party. In 1988, Kemp ran for president.

He later dropped out of the race, but the man who was elected, George H.W. Bush, offered him a cabinet position as secretary of housing and urban development. There, he pushed for urban renewal and supported tenant ownership in public housing projects.

"I think it's immoral to preach democracy and capitalism in Eastern Europe and not allow it to work in East New York or East St. Louis or eastern L.A.," he said.

In 1996, Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole picked Kemp as his running mate — a choice celebrated by party conservatives.

They didn't win, but Kemp was a tireless campaigner throughout — often drawing on his football career when things seemed rough politically.

Kemp's office announced that he had cancer in January. He died Saturday night at his home in Bethesda, Maryland. He was 73.

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'Golden Girls' star Bea Arthur dies at 86

2009-04-25T21:27:16Z

http://omg.yahoo.com/news/golden-girls-star-bea-arthur-dies-at-86/21766?nc

LOS ANGELES - Beatrice Arthur, the tall, deep-voiced actress whose razor-sharp delivery of comedy lines made her a TV star in the hit shows "Maude" and "The Golden Girls" and who won a Tony Award for the musical "Mame," died Saturday. She was 86.

Arthur died peacefully at her Los Angeles home with her family at her side, family spokesman Dan Watt said. She had cancer, Watt said, declining to give further details.

"She was a brilliant and witty woman," said Watt, who was Arthur's personal assistant for six years. "Bea will always have a special place in my heart."

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freddie mac chief : in apparent suicide

2009-04-22T17:00:28Z

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8012527.stm

The acting chief financial officer of struggling US mortgage giant Freddie Mac has been found dead after apparently killing himself, police say.

Fairfax County Police said there was no foul play suspected in the death of David Kellermann, found in his home 20km (13 miles) west of Washington DC.

The 41-year-old had worked for the company for 16 years and became chief financial officer in September.

Freddie Mac was bailed out by the US government last year.

Police were investigating the death after being called to the house just before 0500 local time by Mr Kellermann's wife.

"We were called from inside the house to come investigate an apparent suicide," a Fairfax police spokeswoman told local media, according to AFP news agency.

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Porn star Marilyn Chambers dies at 56

2009-04-16T01:57:00Z

Adult film actress Marilyn Chambers, the onetime Ivory Snow model who gained greater fame as the star of the X-rated "Behind the Green Door," was found dead Sunday by her teenage daughter at her home in Southern California. She was 56.

Authorities have not released a cause of death.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/04/13/BAQ7171NB7.DTL

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Dan Seals dies at 61; half of the pop duo England Dan and John Ford Coley

2009-03-27T15:13:49Z

Dan Seals, who as part of the duo England Dan and John Ford Coley sang the hit “I’d Really Love to See You Tonight” and other 1970s soft-rock touchstones, has died. He was 61.

His death was caused by complications related to lymphoma, said Marty Martel, a talent agent who worked with Seals. The singer died at his daughter's home in Nashville, the Associated Press reported.

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-dan-seals27-2009mar27,0,41514.story

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john hope franklin

2009-03-26T15:44:40Z

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102374050&ft=1&f=1001
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102353825

Tell Me More, March 26, 2009 · Noted historian and pioneering Duke University Professor John Hope Franklin died yesterday at the age of 94. The legendary educator was widely respected for chronicling the African-American experience. The professor rose to become one of the most prominent and prolific scholars of his generation.

But Franklin not only chronicled the African American experience, he lived it. He was born in Oklahoma to a family who lost everything in the Tulsa race riots of 1921.

His seminal work, From Slavery to Freedom: A History of American Negroes, first published in 1947, placed the African-American experience squarely in the American narrative. During that same year Franklin began teaching at Howard University, where he worked on the Supreme Court case that outlawed public school segregation: Brown vs. Board of Education.

And in 1956, the teaching legend made history as the first African-American to chair the all-white history department at Brooklyn College.

Close friends and fellow scholars of Franklin — Duke University English Professor Karla Holloway, co-founder of the John Hope Franklin Center for Interdisciplinary and International Studies, and New York University professor and author David Levering Lewis — discuss why both the passion and the work of John Hope Franklin will live on

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folklorist, activist archie green

2009-03-25T12:15:27Z

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102322612&ft=1&f=1001

Morning Edition, March 25, 2009 · Archie Green was a blue-collar worker and labor union activist who became a teacher and helped start the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. The man who established "laborlore" as a field of study died Sunday at the age of 91.

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actress Natasha Richardson

2009-03-19T01:40:04Z

NEW YORK — Family and friends gathered Wednesday at a Manhattan hospital to say "goodbye" to actress Natasha Richardson, a star of one of Britain's most prominent acting families, who suffered a fatal head injury in a skiing accident in Quebec.

Richardson died after doctors took her off life support Wednesday, a family spokesman confirmed.

Richardson's actor husband, Liam Neeson, was at her bedside after accompanying her on the flight from Canada Tuesday, as was her mother, legendary actress Vanessa Redgrave.

more here...
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Family%20gathers%20goodbye%20actress/1402292/story.html

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Actor, activist Ron Silver dies at 62

2009-03-16T13:20:45Z

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Actor and political activist Ron Silver, who played a recurring role in TV's presidential drama "The West Wing," and who also let his political views play out in real life, died Sunday after a two-year battle with esophageal cancer, according to a colleague.

Robin L. Bronk, executive director of The Creative Coalition, said Silver, a New York native, died in his sleep with his family around him.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/15/ron.silver.obit/index.html

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paul harvey

2009-03-05T00:02:45Z

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101329706

Morning Edition, March 2, 2009 · The man with one of America's most familiar radio voices has died. Paul Harvey had been heard on national radio since 1951 and was known for his trademark delivery of "The Rest of the Story." He died Saturday at the age of 90.

Weekend Edition Sunday, March 1, 2009 · Radio newscaster Paul Harvey, one of America's most familiar voices, has died. The AM legend was 90 years old, and up until recently was still heard by millions of listeners on his ABC radio broadcasts.

His trademark greeting, "Stand by for news," was instantly recognizable. At the height of his fame, more than 22 million people would stand by, waiting for his mix of the serious and absurd.

Delivered in his unique Midwestern staccato, he was famous for the anecdotes he'd tell about the lives of famous people. "And now," he would announce, "the rest of the story." The gimmick was that he wouldn't reveal the person's name until the final words of the broadcast.

He would have loved telling this epic story — about a radio pioneer born and raised in the South.

"My father was a lawman in the early dirt-street days of Tulsa, Oklahoma," Harvey once recalled. "He was shot to death when I was 3. So, surely, at least some of my stubborn reverence for a policeman's uniform dates back to that night before Christmas many lonely years ago."

Perhaps it was the loneliness that made this young man fall in love with words and run off to join the radio. At 14, he began his career by sweeping the floors of an AM station in Tulsa.

Soon he was sweeping the streets for news. Reporting and announcing in Kansas, then St. Louis, and finally arriving in the city he would call home for the rest of his life — Chicago.

There he became more storyteller than newscaster.

As the radioman would later recall, he was living the glamorous life of an ABC anchor: getting up at 3:30 in the morning, eating a bowl of oatmeal and poring over news clippings.

"I try to select from tens of thousands of possibilities," he said. "Those stories that I think you need to know, and those stories that I think you want to know."

And he'd toss in few stories to reflect his belief in God and country.

He was a supporter of Sen. Joseph McCarthy and an early backer of the Vietnam War. His most famous broadcast may have been in 1970 when he announced his opposition to Nixon's expansion of the war. "Mr. President, I love you," Harvey said, "but you're wrong."

By the time the anchor was in his 80s, his voice started to betray him. In 2001, throat problems took him off the air temporarily, and his son started to fill in regularly for him.

Last year, his wife and longtime producer, Lynne, died. When the radioman returned to the air months afterward, he wasn't the same.

"The loneliest days of my loneliest winter are still very much with me," he said. "The years don't always add wisdom, but they add perspective."

His famous anecdotes always had a twist at the end, but this one finishes just as it began — with a man who loved words and knew how to deliver them.

If you've ever listened to AM radio, you already know the rest of the story, and you know his name.

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horton foote

2009-03-05T00:00:48Z

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101454662&ft=1&f=1001

NPR.org, March 4, 2009 · 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.

Foote was 92.

Foote died in his apartment in Hartford where he was preparing work on a production for next fall at the nonprofit theater, Marte said.

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blossom dearie, cult chanteuse, dies at 84

2009-02-10T14:58:29Z

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/09/arts/music/09dear.html

By STEPHEN HOLDEN
Published: February 8, 2009

Blossom Dearie, the jazz pixie with a little-girl voice and pageboy haircut who was a fixture in New York and London nightclubs for decades, died on Saturday at her apartment in Greenwich Village. She was 84.

She died in her sleep of natural causes, said her manager and representative, Donald Schaffer. Her last public appearances, in 2006, were at her regular Midtown Manhattan stomping ground, the now defunct Danny’s Skylight Room.

A singer, pianist and songwriter with an independent spirit who zealously guarded her privacy, Ms. Dearie pursued a singular career that blurred the line between jazz and cabaret. An interpretive minimalist with caviar taste in songs and musicians, she was a genre unto herself. Rarely raising her sly, kittenish voice, Ms. Dearie confided song lyrics in a playful style below whose surface layers of insinuation lurked. Her cheery style influenced many younger jazz and cabaret singers, most notably Stacey Kent and the singer and pianist Daryl Sherman.

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Actor James Whitmore dies

2009-02-07T18:16:49Z

(CNN) -- Craggy-faced film, television and stage actor James Whitmore has died at 87, the Los Angeles County, California, Sheriff's Department confirmed Saturday.

Details of his death and funeral arrangements were not available.

Whitmore notably portrayed Harry Truman, Will Rogers and Theodore Roosevelt in one-man stage shows and created memorable characters in many movies and TV shows, including "The Twilight Zone."

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/02/07/obit.whitmore/index.html

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Cramps Singer Lux Interior Dead At 62

2009-02-05T02:36:31Z

Lux Interior, lead singer of influential garage-punk act the Cramps, died Wednesday morning (February 4) due to an existing heart condition, according to a statement from the band's publicist. He was 62.

Born Erick Lee Purkhiser, Interior started the Cramps in 1972 with guitarist Poison Ivy (born Kristy Wallace, later his wife) — whom, as legend has it, he picked up as a hitchhiker in California. By 1975, they had moved to New York, where they became an integral part of the burgeoning punk scene surrounding CBGBs.

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1604336/20090204/story.jhtml

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millard fuller, co-founder of habitat for humanity

2009-02-04T13:12:22Z

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/03/millard-fuller-habitat-fo_n_163701.html

Millard Fuller, who founded the U.S. charity Habitat for Humanity, a pioneering organization that builds houses for low-income families around the world, died on Tuesday at age 74, his organization said.

Fuller set up Habitat in 1976 to help people too poor to qualify for conventional mortgages own their own homes. The charity relied on volunteers and donations to build simple but decent houses for people and only charged at cost.

Families living in Habitat homes did not pay interest on their mortgages and, partly as a result, Fuller is credited as a global leader of the affordable housing movement.

Habitat says it has housed 1.5 million people in 3,000 communities around the world. Fuller was fired by the organization in 2005, in part because of allegations of sexual misconduct toward a female employee.

He later founded the Fuller Center for Housing.

A Christian, Fuller developed the idea behind Habitat first in the U.S. state of Georgia, then while working as a missionary in Mbandaka, a city in western Congo.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter donated money and time to Habitat, organizing high-profile annual week-long projects to build homes for the organization around the world.

President Bill Clinton awarded Fuller the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1996, the highest civilian award in the United States.

He was "one of the most extraordinary people I have ever known," Carter said in a statement. Fuller died after a short illness, the Fuller Center said on its Web site.

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Lynyrd Skynyrd Keyboardist Billy Powell Dead at 56

2009-01-28T17:59:24Z

Billy Powell, the only keyboardist Lynyrd Skynyrd ever had, died last night at his home near Jacksonville, Florida. He was 56. No cause of death has been announced, and a post on the official Synyrd Website reads, “A Great Loss — Beloved Pianist for the Lynyrd Skynyrd Band, Billy Powell, passed away last night. We will post more info shortly. The family and band request your respect and understanding during this difficult time. Thank you.” The band is canceling upcoming shows and directing fans to its Website for tour updates.

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/01/28/lynyrd-skynyrd-keyboardist-billy-powell-dead-at-56/

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Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novelist John Updike Dead at 76

2009-01-27T18:44:44Z

NEW YORK — John Updike, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, prolific man of letters and erudite chronicler of sex, divorce and other adventures in the postwar prime of the American empire, died Tuesday at age 76.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,483685,00.html

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Former light-heavyweight boxing champion, Jose Torres

2009-01-25T00:27:32Z

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99746933&ft=1&f=13

Fresh Air from WHYY, January 23, 2009 · Former light-heavyweight boxing champion Jose Torres died from a heart attack on January 19 at the age of 72. The Puerto Rican boxer won an Olympic silver medal in 1956, and fought professionally from 1958 to 1969. He first won the light-heavyweight crown when he defeated Willie Pastrano in 1965.

After retiring from the ring, Torres wrote biographies of Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson, and he became the first Latino to head the New York State Athletic Commission. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1997.

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david "fathead" newman, aged 75

2009-01-22T16:41:50Z

Associated Press

January 21, 2009 at 11:40 PM EST

KINGSTON, N.Y. — Grammy-nominated jazz saxophonist and flutist David "Fathead" Newman has died in upstate New York.

His manager says Newman died Tuesday night of pancreatic cancer at a hospital in Kingston. He was 75.

Newman began his career while still in college touring with Charlie Parker mentor Henry "Buster" Smith. In 1954, he joined the Ray Charles Band as tenor soloist. He spent 12 years with the group.

Newman later played and recorded with a wide range of jazz and soul luminaries, such as Herbie Mann, Aretha Franklin and Aaron Neville. He also led a successful solo career.

The news came as a surprise to many jazz fans, as Newman had been highly productive in recent years, releasing a CD a year on the HighNote label, and there had been little publicity about his illness.

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=28766
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Newman_(jazz_musician)
http://www.davidfatheadnewman.com/

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Andrew Wyeth, Painter of the People

2009-01-20T11:31:32Z

Wikipedia:
Andrew Newell Wyeth (July 12, 1917 – January 16, 2009)[1] was a realist painter, and regionalist artist. He was one of the best-known of the 20th century and sometimes referred to as the "Painter of the People" due to his popularity with the American public. He was the son of the illustrator and artist N. C. Wyeth, and the brother of inventor Nathaniel Wyeth and artist Henriette Wyeth Hurd, and the father of artist Jamie Wyeth and Nicholas Wyeth.

Wyeth's favorite subject was the land and inhabitants around his hometown of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania and those near his summer home in Cushing, Maine. One of the most well-known images in 20th century American art is Christina's World (1948), in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Wyeth

Most people would recognize this painting:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina%27s_World

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Lost in Space star Bob May, who played The Robot, dies

2009-01-19T01:36:33Z

LOST in Space star Bob May, who played The Robot in the cult 60s TV show, has died of congestive heart failure at the age of 69.

May died overnight at hospital in California, his daughter Deoborah May told Associated Press.

The actor and stuntman worked on stage and screen for decades but was best known for The Robot, a role he claimed to have won by accident.

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24930850-5005961,00.html

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Ricardo Montalban dies at 88

2009-01-16T12:15:46Z

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, a city councilman said. He was 88.

Montalban's death was announced at a meeting of the city council by president Eric Garcetti, who represents the district where the actor lived. Garcetti did not give a cause of death.

http://tv.yahoo.com/fantasy-island/show/30387/news/urn:newsml:tv.ap.org:20090114:obit_montalban__ER:77030

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Patrick McGoohan, The Prisoner

2009-01-16T11:50:33Z

Wikipedia:
Patrick Joseph McGoohan (March 19, 1928 – January 13, 2009) was a two-time Emmy winning Irish American actor, raised in Ireland and the UK, with an extensive stage career, who rose to fame in the British film and TV industry by starring in the 1960s television series Danger Man (renamed Secret Agent when exported to the US), cult classic The Prisoner and Mel Gibson's Oscar winning epic Braveheart as Edward Longshanks. McGoohan wrote several episodes of The Prisoner himself, occasionally using the pseudonyms Joseph Serf and Paddy Fitz.

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helen suzman, 91

2009-01-06T16:16:33Z

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98958054&ft=1&f=13

January 2, 2009 · A pioneering political leader in the fight against apartheid, for 13 years Suzman was the sole representative in South Africa's all-white Parliament to reject race discrimination. She died Thursday at 91.

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jett travolta, 16

2009-01-03T06:02:07Z

http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/01/02/john-travoltas-son-jett-dead-at-16/

John Travolta’s Son, Jett, Dead At 16
Published by Josh Horowitz on Friday, January 2, 2009 at 10:14 pm.

Tragedy struck the Travolta family this holiday weekend when Jett Travolta, just 16 years old, was found unconscious in the family’s vacation home in the Bahamas, later to be pronounced dead. According to a report by the Associated Press the son of John Travolta and Kelly Preston suffered a seizure and hit his head rendering him unconscious in a bathroom at the home. A caretaker at the house found the teenager on Friday morning. After being taken to a local hospital he was pronounced dead.

Reportedly Jett Travolta had a developmental disability that his parents linked to Kawasaki disease, an inflammatory disorder of the artery walls that most commonly occurs in young children and can lead to heart disease.

According to People magazine Preston said that Jett became very sick when he was 2 years old and was diagnosed with the disease. She blamed household cleaners and fertilizers, and said that a detoxification program based on teachings from the Church of Scientology helped improve his health.

Recalling when his son was diagnosed, John Travolta told Larry King in 2001, “I was obsessive about cleaning — his space being clean, so we constantly had the carpets cleaned. And I think, between him, the fumes and walking around, maybe picking up pieces or something, he got what is rarely a thing to deal with, but it’s Kawasaki syndrome.”

Jett was the older of two children of John Travolta and Kelly Preston. Their daughter, Ella Bleu, is eight years old.

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Harold Pinter

2009-01-03T01:30:42Z

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/12/25/obit.pinter/index.html

Harold Pinter won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2005, and wrote the classic play The Birthday Party among many others. He was one of world's greatest playwrights and inspirations for my interest in theater.

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eartha kitt

2008-12-26T00:41:45Z

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98713115&ft=1&f=1001

All Things Considered, December 25, 2008

Singer and actress Eartha Kitt has died of colon cancer. She was 81. Kitt, who was ostracized as a child in South Carolina because of her mixed-race heritage, got her start in show business as a dancer and vocalist, and earned early international notice as a featured singer in a Paris nightclub.

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Renowned Russian ballerina Olga Lepeshinskaya has died at the age of 92

2008-12-21T00:31:48Z

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/7793675.stm

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W. Mark Felt, 'Deep Throat' of Watergate, dead at 95

2008-12-19T18:20:21Z

(CNN) -- W. Mark Felt, who leaked information to reporters under the moniker, "Deep Throat," about the Watergate break-in, died Thursday at the age of 95, sources told CNN.

Rob Jones, Felt's grandson, said his grandfather died at his home in Santa Rosa, California. According to published reports, Felt died of congestive heart failure.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/19/mark.felt.obit/index.html

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Wife of "The Great Bird of the Galaxy" has passed away at 76.

2008-12-18T23:23:06Z

http://www.roddenberry.com/

Majel Barrett Roddenberry passed away this morning, December 18, 2008, at 12:27 AM in her Bel Air home. She died peacefully, in her sleep, and was surrounded by family and loved ones.

"My mother truly acknowledged and appreciated the fact that Star Trek fans played a vital role in keeping the Roddenberry dream alive for the past 42 years. It was her love for the fans, and their love in return, that kept her going for so long after my father passed away."
- Eugene "Rod" Roddenberry, Jr.

Condolences can be sent via email to share@roddenberry.com or by mail to:
Roddenberry Productions
4400 Coldwater Canyon Avenue, Suite 100
Studio City, CA 91604

The family thanks you very much for your thoughts and sentiments. In lieu of flowers or gifts, the family requests that a donation in Majel's name be made to one of the two following organizations, who share Majel's love for animals and dedication to animal rescue.

Precious Paws
18034 Ventura Blvd., #430
Encino, CA 91316
www.preciouspaws.org
(818) 304-5595

C.A.R.E.
P.O. Box 56631
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
www.care4pets.org
(818) 685-9980

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http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b74086_star_trek_universe_loses_majel_barrett.html

In a more enlightened age, Majel Barrett Roddenberry might have rated a Federation command. As it was, she helped rule the Star Trek universe.

Roddenberry, the widow of Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, died today at her Bel-Air, Calif., home, Roddenberry.com said. The reported cause of death was leukemia.

Billed through much of her acting career as Majel Barrett, Roddenberry played Dr. McCoy's loyal, Spock-admiring assistant, Nurse Chapel, on the original 1966-69 Trek series. She also provided the voice of the USS Enterprise's computer—a role she continued with through the franchise's various offshoots, including J.J. Abrams' upcoming big-screen reboot, Star Trek.

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robert prosky

2008-12-13T20:32:28Z

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98185477&ft=1&f=13
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0698764/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Prosky

'Hill Street Blues' Actor Robert Prosky, 1930-2008

Fresh Air from WHYY, December 12, 2008 · Character actor Robert Prosky was perhaps best known for his role as the big-hearted desk sergeant Stan Jablonski on Hill Street Blues. He died Monday at the age of 77 after complications from a heart procedure.

Among many other credits, his other film and theater roles include Judge Henry Harper in Miracle on 34th Street and a desperate real estate salesman in the Broadway premiere of David Mamet's play Glengarry Glen Ross.

Arthur Miller himself said his portrayal of Willy Loman was an unforgettable thing.

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Good bye sweet Bettie Page

2008-12-12T05:51:53Z

http://www.bettiepage.com/obit/index.html

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117997269.html?categoryId=25&cs=1

I was not trying to be shocking, or to be a pioneer. I wasn't trying to change society, or to be ahead of my time. I didn't think of myself as liberated, and I don't believe that I did anything important. I was just myself. I didn't know any other way to be, or any other way to live."- Bettie Page 1923-2008

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-page12-2008dec12,0,5310709.story

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odetta : december 31, 1930-december 2, 2008

2008-12-07T13:30:09Z

Odetta Holmes, known as Odetta, was an African-American singer, actress, guitarist, songwriter, and a human rights activist, often referred to as "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement". Her musical repertoire consists largely of American folk music, blues, jazz, and spirituals. An important figure in the American folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s, she was influential musically and ideologically to many of the key figures of the folk-revival of that time, including Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, and Janis Joplin.

In November 2008, Odetta's health began to decline and she began receiving treatment at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York. She had hoped to perform at Barack Obama's inauguration on January 20, 2009[14][15]

On December 2, 2008, Odetta died from heart disease in New York City.

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Sunny von Bulow dies after 28 years in coma

2008-12-07T00:33:53Z

NEW YORK (CNN) -- After spending nearly 28 years in an irreversible coma, heiress and socialite Martha "Sunny" von Bulow died Saturday in a New York nursing home, according to a family statement. She was 76.

Von Bulow was subject of one of the nation's most sensational criminal cases during the 1980s.

Her husband, Claus, was accused of trying to kill her with an overdose of insulin, which prosecutors alleged sent her into the coma.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/06/von.bulow.obit/index.html

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Miriam Makeba dies after collapsing on stage

2008-11-10T16:50:46Z

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) -- Miriam Makeba, the South African singer who wooed the world with her sultry voice but was banned from her own country for more than 30 years under apartheid, died after collapsing on stage in Italy. She was 76.

n her dazzling career, Makeba performed with musical legends from around the world -- jazz maestros Nina Simone and Dizzy Gillespie, Harry Belafonte, Paul Simon -- and sang for world leaders such as John F. Kennedy and Nelson Mandela.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/11/10/obit.makeba.ap/index.html

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'Worst dressed' critic Mr. Blackwell dies

2008-10-20T15:38:21Z

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- 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.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/10/20/blackwell.death.ap/index.html

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iDewFnKiSPsKPMzbYqKFT_6tiYdQD93U8KK80

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27274646/

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paul newman

2008-09-27T23:28:27Z

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95129189&ft=1&f=1001

Weekend Edition Saturday, September 27, 2008 · Screen legend, philanthropist and race car enthusiast Paul Newman has died. A spokeswoman for the 83-year-old actor said Saturday that Newman died of cancer Friday. He leaves behind five decades of film work and a legacy of charitable giving.

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Peter Camejo - died Sat 9/13/2008

2008-09-19T16:39:28Z

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080914/ap_on_el_ge/obit_camejo_3

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/15/us/15camejo.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1221842050-pD7mNw9cjN9g3VlBa4Ql+A&oref=slogin

Peter Camejo, Green Party Figure, Is Dead at 68

Published: September 14, 2008

SACRAMENTO (AP) — Peter M. Camejo, a Green Party leader who ran three times for governor of California and was Ralph Nader’s running mate in the 2004 presidential race, died Saturday. He was 68.

Mr. Camejo, who had lymphoma, died at his home in Folsom, a suburb east of Sacramento.

“Peter was a friend, colleague and politically courageous champion of the downtrodden and mistreated of the entire Western Hemisphere,” Mr. Nader said in a written statement.

Mr. Camejo ran for governor in 2002, 2003 and 2006, supporting abortion rights, the legalization of marijuana, universal health care and a moratorium on the death penalty. Before joining the Green Party, he was the Socialist Workers Party nominee for president in 1976.

A first-generation Venezuelan-American born in New York City, Mr. Camejo became an activist at an early age, speaking out against the Vietnam War and for the rights of migrant workers. He marched in Selma, Ala., with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Mr. Camejo is survived by his wife, Morella; a daughter, Alexandra; a son, Victor; three brothers; and three grandchildren.

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Motown legend Whitfield dies at 67

2008-09-18T01:09:18Z

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Norman Whitfield, who co-wrote a string of Motown classics including "War" and "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," has died. He was 67.

A spokeswoman at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center says Whitfield died there Tuesday. He suffered from complications of diabetes and had recently emerged from a coma, The Detroit Free Press reported.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/17/obit.whitfield.ap/index.html

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Pink Floyd keyboardist Wright dies

2008-09-16T04:48:36Z

LONDON, England (AP) -- Richard Wright, a founding member of the rock group Pink Floyd, died Monday. He was 65.

Pink Floyd's spokesman Doug Wright, who is not related to the artist, said Wright died after a battle with cancer at his home in Britain. He says the band member's family did not want to give more details about his death.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/15/obit.wright.ap/index.html

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Singer-actor Jerry Reed dies at the age of 71

2008-09-03T09:31:21Z

NEW YORK (Associated Press) - 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.

His longtime booking agent, Carrie Moore-Reed, no relation to the star, said Reed died early Monday.

http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/apwire/9848d1938a5c787bc85f1652b4def032.htm

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'In a world' voiceover master dies at 68

2008-09-02T22:00:07Z

(CNN) -- Don LaFontaine, the voiceover king whose "In a world ..." phrase on movie trailers was much copied -- and much parodied -- has died, according to media reports. He was 68.

LaFontaine died Monday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, according to ETOnline, "Entertainment Tonight's" Web site. He died from complications from pneumothorax, a collapsed lung that causes air to build in the pleural cavity, his agent, Vanessa Gilbert, told "ET."

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Ohio Rep. Tubbs Jones dies after aneurysm

2008-08-21T00:37:25Z

(CNN) -- Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the first black woman to represent Ohio in the U.S. House of Representatives, died Wednesday after suffering brain hemorrhaging caused by an aneurysm, medical officials said.

Tubbs Jones, a 58-year-old Democrat in her fifth term representing parts of Cleveland and its suburbs, suffered the aneurysm Tuesday evening while driving in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, her staff said.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/20/congresswoman.aneurysm/index.html

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Dave Matthews Band saxophonist dies

2008-08-20T13:23:53Z

(CNN) -- LeRoi Moore, saxophonist and founding member of the Dave Matthews Band, died Tuesday from complications stemming from injuries he sustained in an ATV accident, the band's publicist said.

Moore, 47, died "unexpectedly" at a hospital, publicist Ambrosia Healy said in a statement.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/19/davematthews.band.death/index.html

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Soul legend Isaac Hayes dies

2008-08-12T17:06:37Z

(CNN) -- Soul singer and arranger Isaac Hayes, who won Grammy awards and an Oscar for the theme from the 1971 action film "Shaft," has died, sheriff's officials in Memphis, Tennessee, reported Sunday.

Relatives found Hayes, 65, unconscious in his home next to a still-running treadmill, said Steve Shular, a spokesman for the Shelby County Sheriff's Department.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/10/hayes.obit/index.html

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actor/comedian, bernie mac

2008-08-09T13:28:31Z

http://www.suntimes.com/news/1099622,xmac080908.article

Comedian Bernie Mac died at Northwestern Memorial hospital early Saturday morning, according to Sun-Times Columnist, Stella Foster. He was 50.

Though the cause of death has not been confirmed, Mac had been hospitalized recently for pneumonia. Foster said that she received calls early Saturday morning from a close friend of the Mac family, confirming the reports of Mac's death.

On Friday, a spokeswoman for the actor, whose real name is, Bernard McCullough, said that he had been responding well to treatment for the illness.

Publicist Danica Smith said Thursday in a statement that Mac's condition is ''stable.'' Smith first announced on August 1st that Mac was hospitalized in Chicago.

Smith has said the pneumonia isn't related to an inflammatory lung disease Mac also has. That condition has been in remission since 2005.

Foster noted that last weekend, several web sites reported wrongly that the comedian died.

Mac made waves last month with off-color jokes during a fundraiser for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

The comedian starred in the critically acclaimed Fox television series ''The Bernie Mac Show.'' His film credits include roles in the ''Ocean's Eleven'' franchise.

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Russian dissident, novelist Solzhenitsyn dead

2008-08-04T00:33:40Z

(CNN) -- The Russian novelist and historian Alexander Solzhenitsyn, whose works detailed the Soviet labor camp system, has died at 89, Russian news agencies reported Monday.

Awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1970 for "The First Circle," Solzhenitsyn was considered a moral voice for Russia. He did not attend the Nobel ceremony for fear that he would not be allowed back into the Soviet Union.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/03/solzhenitsyn.dead/index.html

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Harriet Burns, Imagineer and Disney Legend

2008-07-28T06:08:00Z

Harriet Burns, the first woman hired by WED (later Disney Imagineering) in a creative role, passed away Friday July 25th.

http://www.laughingplace.com/Latest.asp?I1=ID&I2=3259

http://legends.disney.go.com/legends/detail?key=Harriet+Burns

"...she was hired to paint sets and props for the new Mickey Mouse Club television show. Harriet soon began coordinating the show's color styling and even designed and built the famous "Mouse Clubhouse."

She later joined Walt Disney Imagineering (formerly called WED, "Walter Elias Disney," Enterprises) where she helped create Sleeping Beauty Castle, New Orleans Square, the Haunted Mansion, and more. She also helped construct Storybook Land, which features model-size villages inspired by Disney animated movies, such as "Pinocchio" and designed all of the "singing birds" in the Enchanted Tiki Room, the first Audio-Animatronics® attraction at Disneyland."

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'Last Lecture' professor dies at 47

2008-07-25T17:01:27Z

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (AP) -- Randy Pausch, a Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist whose "last lecture" about facing terminal cancer became an Internet sensation and a best-selling book, died Friday. He was 47.

Pausch died at his home in Virginia, university spokeswoman Anne Watzman said. Pausch and his family moved there last fall to be closer to his wife's relatives.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/books/07/25/obit.pausch.ap/index.html

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"Golden Girl" Estelle Getty has died at age 84.

2008-07-25T16:36:27Z

"Estelle Getty of 'Golden Girls' dies at 84
By BOB THOMAS – 20 hours ago

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Estelle Getty, the diminutive actress who spent 40 years struggling for success before landing a role of a lifetime in 1985 as the sarcastic octogenarian Sophia on TV's "The Golden Girls," has died. She was 84.

Getty, who suffered from advanced dementia, died at about 5:30 a.m. Tuesday at her Hollywood Boulevard home, said her son, Carl Gettleman of Santa Monica.

"She was loved throughout the world in six continents, and if they loved sitcoms in Antarctica she would have been loved on seven continents," her son said. "She was one of the most talented comedic actresses who ever lived."

"The Golden Girls," featuring four female retirees sharing a house in Miami, grew out of NBC programming chief Brandon Tartikoff's belief that television was ignoring its older viewers.

Three of its stars had already appeared in previous series: Bea Arthur in "Maude," Betty White in "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and Rue McClanahan in "Mama's Family." The last character to be cast was Sophia Petrillo, the feisty 80-something mother of Arthur's character.

"Our mother-daughter relationship was one of the greatest comic duos ever, and I will miss her," Arthur said in a statement. ... "
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It's a shame she didn't get a lot more work than she did. She was great fun to watch.

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tony snow

2008-07-12T19:11:15Z

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/washington/AP-Obit-Snow.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=tony+snow&st=nyt&oref=slogin

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Tony Snow, a conservative writer and commentator who cheerfully sparred with reporters in the White House briefing room during a stint as President Bush's press secretary, died Saturday of colon cancer. He was 53.

''America has lost a devoted public servant and a man of character,'' President Bush said in a statement from Camp David, where he was spending the weekend. ''It was a joy to watch Tony at the podium each day. He brought wit, grace, and a great love of country to his work.''

Snow died at 2 a.m. at Georgetown University Hospital, according to former employer Fox News.

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michael e. debakey

2008-07-12T19:09:53Z

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/13/health/13debakey.html

Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, whose innovative heart and blood vessel operations made him one of the most influential doctors in the United States, died Friday night in Houston, where he lived. He was 99.

His death, at the Methodist Hospital was announced by the hospital and Baylor College of Medicine, where Dr. DeBakey was chancellor emeritus.

“Many consider Michael E. DeBakey to be the greatest surgeon ever,” The Journal of the American Medical Association said in 2005.

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former NC senator jesse helms, dead at 86

2008-07-04T14:48:45Z

http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=6245448

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Bozo the Clown

2008-07-04T09:34:14Z

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Larry Harmon, who turned the character Bozo the Clown into a show business staple that delighted children for more than a half-century, died Thursday of congestive heart failure. He was 83.

His publicist, Jerry Digney, told The Associated Press he died at his home.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/07/03/obit.bozo.ap/index.html

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kermit love, creator of big bird costume

2008-06-28T18:12:52Z

Creator of Big Bird Costume Remembered

All Things Considered, June 25, 2008 · Kermit Love, the costume designer who helped puppeteer Jim Henson create Big Bird and other Sesame Street characters, has died. Carroll Spinney, the puppeteer who plays Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street, remembers him.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91891815&ft=1&f=1001

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'Mary Hartman,' 'Grease' star Goodman dies at 93

2008-06-23T21:25:14Z

NEW YORK (AP) -- 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.

Goodman died Sunday at Englewood (New Jersey) Hospital and Medical Center, said Joan Adams, a close family friend. The actress had been ill for some time and had lived in the Actors Fund Home in Englewood since October, Adams said.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/23/obit.dodygoodman.ap/index.html

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George Carlin was only 71 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :'C

2008-06-23T15:00:45Z

George Carlin, irreverent comedian, dies at 71
By Mel Watkins Published: June 23, 2008

George Carlin, the Grammy-Award winning standup comedian and actor who was hailed for his irreverent social commentary, poignant observations of the absurdities of everyday life and language, and groundbreaking routines like "Seven Words You Can Never Use on Television," died in Los Angeles on Sunday, according to his publicist, Jeff Abraham. He was 71.

The cause of death was heart failure, according to Abraham.

Carlin began his standup comedy act in the late 1950s and made his first television solo guest appearance on "The Merv Griffin Show" in 1965. At that time, he was primarily known for his clever wordplay and reminiscences of his Irish working-class upbringing in New York.

But from the outset their were indications of an anti-establishment edge to his comedy. Initially, it surfaced in the witty patter of a host of offbeat characters like the wacky sportscaster Biff Barf and the hippy-dippy weatherman Al Sleet. "The weather was dominated by a large Canadian low, which is not to be confused with a Mexican high. Tonight's forecast . . . dark, continued mostly dark tonight turning to widely scattered light in the morning."

Carlin released his first comedy album, "Take-Offs and Put-Ons," to rave reviews in 1967. He also dabbled in acting, winning a recurring part as Marlo Thomas' theatrical agent in the sitcom "That Girl" (1966-67) and a supporting role in the movie "With Six You Get Egg-Roll," released in 1968.

By the end of the decade, he was one of America's best known comedians. He made more than 80 major TV appearances during that time, including the Ed Sullivan Show and Johnny Carson's Tonight Show; he was also regularly featured at major nightclubs in New York and Las Vegas.

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I'm still in shock... :'C

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Cyd Charisse dead at 86. (Or 87... )

2008-06-18T09:15:03Z

(IMDb shows her being born in 1921, other sources say 1922. )
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CYD CHARISSE: 1922-2008
Actress danced into heart of Hollywood

Mary Rourke, Los Angeles Times
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
(06-18) 04:00 PDT Los Angeles - --

Cyd Charisse, who brought sizzle and sophistication to dance in classic movie musicals such as "Singin' in the Rain" and "Silk Stockings," died Tuesday. She was 86.

Ms. Charisse died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after suffering an apparent heart attack Monday, publicist Gene Schwam said.

Ms. Charisse captured moviegoers' attention in a quick succession of films, starting with "Singin' in the Rain" in 1952, in which she partnered with dancer and actor Gene Kelly in a steamy ballet.

She was strong, lithe and "drop-dead gorgeous to look at," said Larry Billman, a dance/film historian and author of her breakthrough performance. She teamed with Kelly again in "Brigadoon" in 1954 and "It's Always Fair Weather" the next year.

Ms. Charisse also danced with Fred Astaire, the premier dancer of his age, in major production numbers in the '50s. In "The Band Wagon" (1953), they danced to the music of "Dancing in the Dark" on a set that looked like New York City's Central Park. Four years later, Ms. Charisse and Astaire were partners in "Silk Stockings." Astaire said that Ms. Charisse was "beautiful dynamite" on screen. Ms. Charisse's other starmaker roles of the 1950s included "Deep in My Heart" (1954), in which she danced a sexy duet with James Mitchell.

Unlike many top female dancers in the era of movie musicals, Ms. Charisse was trained as a ballerina in the Russian tradition.
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Another class act gone. :'C

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Tim Russert

2008-06-14T13:38:44Z

Host of Meet The Press died today at 58.

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/13/russert-dies-of-apparent-heart-attack/

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032608

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tag/tim-russert/

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Guitarist Bo Diddley dead at 79

2008-06-08T17:08:34Z

(CNN) -- Bo Diddley, the musical pioneer whose songs, such as "Who Do You Love?" and "Bo Diddley," melded rhythm and blues and rock 'n' roll through a distinctive thumping beat, has died. He was 79.

Diddley died Monday, surrounded by family and loved ones at his home in Archer, Florida, a family spokeswoman said.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/02/diddley.obit/index.html

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Italian director Dino Risi dies

2008-06-07T18:58:49Z

Italian director Dino Risi, who was nominated for two Oscars for the 1974 film Profumo di Donna (Scent of a Woman), has died in Rome aged 91.

Mr Risi, who was known as one of the masters of Italian comedy, had been suffering ill-health for some time.

He made more than 50 productions, many focusing on his country's society in the boom years after World War II.

Italy had lost "a noble and vital father of its cinema and its culture", said Rome's mayor, Gianni Alemanno.

"His legacy is pages of minute work by someone who loved the world and his country," he added.

"We have lost one of the masters of the most beautiful and intense seasons of the Italian comedy, which gave the world so much."

Medical background

Born in Milan in 1916, Mr Risi became an orphan at the age of 12 and was looked after by relatives and friends of his family.

He studied medicine - his father had been the doctor at La Scala opera house in the Italian city - before working as an assistant director to cinema figures such as Mario Soldati and Alberto Lattuada.

Among Mr Risi's most famous works were Il Sorpasso (The Easy Life) and Poveri ma Belli (Poor Girl, Pretty Girl).

Profumo di Donna (Scent of a Woman) told of an army captain blinded during the war who used his sense of smell to identify types of women.

The original film was shortlisted for the Oscars for best foreign-language movie and best adapted screenplay, while a remake earned Al Pacino an Academy Award for acting in 1993.

Mr Risi received a Golden Lion lifetime achievement award at the Venice Film Festival six years ago and continued working into his eighties.

However he once described his sadness that many of his friends and colleagues in the industry had passed away.

"There should be a law that everyone dies at 80," he said.

He told an interviewer several years ago that he was "curious about death".

"I expect some surprises. Life, after all, is not all it's made out to be," Mr Risi said.

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jim mckay : wide world of sports, olympics announcer

2008-06-07T16:20:27Z

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=3430672&campaign=rss&source=ESPNHeadlines

ESPN.com news services
Updated: June 7, 2008, 11:47 AM ET

Jim McKay, 86, a longtime television sports journalist, has died of natural causes in Maryland, according to a statement from the McKay family.

McKay is best known for hosting "ABC's Wide World of Sports" and 12 Olympic Games.

McKay won numerous awards for journalism, including the George Polk Memorial Award and two Emmys -- one for his sports coverage, the other for his news reporting -- for his work at the 1972 Munich Olympics, which were tragically affected by the Black September terrorists' attack on the Israeli athletes in the Olympic Village.

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Mel Ferrer dead at 90. (6/2/08)

2008-06-04T17:11:58Z

Audrey Hepburn's ex, director Mel Ferrer, dies
By BOB THOMAS – 6 hours ago

LOS ANGELES (AP) — 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.

Ferrer died Monday at a Santa Barbara convalescent home, his son Mark Ferrer told The Associated Press on Tuesday. He had been in failing health for the past six months and had recently moved to the home from his nearby ranch in Carpinteria, his son said.

Ferrer's most impressive film role came in 1953 in "Lili." He played a crippled carnival puppeteer with whom a French orphan (played by Leslie Caron) falls in love.

He also won critical acclaim as Luis Bello in Robert Rossen's 1951 depiction of the public and private life of a bullfighter in "The Brave Bulls," based on a Tom Lea book, and starred opposite Hepburn in 1956's "War and Peace." ...
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I think I will remember him best from Lili.

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yves st. laurent

2008-06-02T00:25:31Z

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7430487.stm

Yves Saint Laurent, considered by many as the greatest fashion designer of the 20th Century, has died in Paris at the age of 71.

Saint Laurent changed the face of the fashion industry when he became chief designer of the House of Dior at 21. He designed clothes that reflected women's changing role in society: more confident personally, sexually and in the work-place. He retired from haute couture in 2002 and had been ill for some time.

Saint Laurent died on Sunday evening in the French capital, the Pierre-Berge-Saint Laurent Foundation announced.

Pierre Berge, the designer's former business and personal partner, said he had died at his home after a long illness. He did not give details.

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Comic actor Harvey Korman dies at 81

2008-05-30T00:11:19Z

LOS ANGELES, California -- Comic actor Harvey Korman has died at 81, according to the UCLA Medical Center.

Korman died at the center four months after suffering complications from the rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/29/korman.obit/index.html

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'Andy Griffith' composer dies at 88

2008-05-28T02:18:19Z

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- 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, died Monday. He was 88.

Hagen, who is heard whistling the folksy tune for "The Andy Griffith Show," died at his home in Rancho Mirage, his wife, Laura, said Tuesday. He had been in ill health for several months.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/27/earle.hagen.ap/index.html

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Director Sydney Pollack dies of cancer

2008-05-27T01:45:01Z

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Academy Award-winning director Sydney Pollack has died. He was 73.

Pollack's agent, Leslee Dart, said Pollack died of cancer Monday afternoon at his home in Pacific Palisades.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/26/pollack.obit.ap/index.html

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dick martin, TV comedy pioneer

2008-05-26T16:39:32Z

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90824302&ft=1&f=1001

Morning Edition, May 26, 2008 · Dick Martin, co-host of Rowan and Martin's Laugh In, a TV comedy staple of the 1960s, died Saturday. Zany, frenetic, and daring in its references to sex and drugs, Laugh-In challenged the more tame TV sitcoms of the era with a fast-paced sketches, monologues and catch phrases, like "sock it to me."

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John Phillip Law, 70, Film Actor, Is Dead

2008-05-18T06:58:32Z

John Phillip Law, the strikingly handsome movie actor who captured attention as an angel in the futuristic “Barbarella” and a lovesick Russian seaman in “The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming,” died Tuesday at his home here. He was 70.

I remember my mother had a huge crush on this actor!

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/16/movies/16law.html?ref=movies

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