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Obituaries in the news
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2008-08-11 03:16:00 AP - Isaac Hayes More About: News , In the News , Obituaries , The News
More than 'Shaft': Hayes was goldmine of influence
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2008-08-11 02:56:00 AP - 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. More About: Influence
Hayes, 'Shaft' singer and disco presage, dies
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2008-08-10 23:55:00 AP - Isaac Hayes, the baldheaded, baritone-voiced soul crooner who laid the groundwork for disco and whose "Theme From Shaft" won both Academy and Grammy awards, died Sunday afternoon after he collapsed near a treadmill, authorities said. He was 65. More About: Singer , Disco , Dies
Pentagon Papers figure Anthony Russo dies at 71
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2008-08-10 12:26:00 AP - Anthony J. Russo, a researcher who helped leak the Vietnam-era Pentagon Papers to the media and prompted wider public questioning of the war, has died, police said. More About: Figure , Dies
Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish dead at 67
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2008-08-10 04:23:00 AP - Mahmoud Darwish, a Palestinian cultural icon whose poetry eloquently told of his people's experiences of exile, occupation and infighting, died Saturday in Houston. He was 67. More About: Dead , Poet
Obituaries in the news
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2008-08-10 03:55:00 AP - Peter Coe More About: News , In the News , Obituaries , The News
Actor, comedian and exasperated dad Mac dies at 50
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2008-08-10 03:10:00 AP - Bernie Mac blended style, authority and a touch of self-aware bluster to make audiences laugh as well as connect with him. For Mac, who died Saturday at age 50, it was a winning mix, delivering him from a poor childhood to stardom as a standup comedian, in films including the casino heist caper "Ocean's Eleven" and his acclaimed sitcom "The Bernie Mac Show." More About: Comedian , Actor , Dies
A sample from the late comedian Bernie Mac
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2008-08-09 23:42:00 AP - A few (publishable) wisecracks from Bernie Mac , the popular (and sometimes salty) actor and comedian who died Saturday at age 50: More About: Comedian , Late , Sample
Hollywood power broker Bernie Brillstein dead
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2008-08-08 19:49:00 AP - Bernie Brillstein, a Hollywood talent agent, manager, producer and studio head who over half a century guided the careers of "Saturday Night Live" comedians and helped package a slew of TV and movie hits, has died. He was 77. More About: Power , Dead , Broker
British playwright Simon Gray dead at 71
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2008-08-07 20:15:00 AP - British writer Simon Gray , author of literate, bittersweet plays and acerbic diaries, has died at 71, his publisher said Thursday. More About: Dead , Playwright
'60s songwriter Erik Darling dies at 74
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2008-08-07 19:47:00 AP - Erik Darling , the reedy-voiced guitarist and banjo player who deftly stepped in when Pete Seeger left the pioneering folk music group The Weavers, has died after battling lymphoma. He was 74. More About: Songwriter , Dies
Great Escape veteran Eric Dowling dies at 92
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2008-08-07 18:26:00 AP - Eric Dowling, nicknamed "Digger" for helping excavate tunnels used in the breakout from a World War II German prison camp that became known as the "Great Escape ," has died. He was 92. More About: Veteran , Dies
Obituaries in the news
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2008-08-07 03:26:00 AP - Geoff Ballard More About: News , In the News , Obituaries , The News
Chile: One of the last Kaweskars dies
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2008-08-06 04:24:00 AP - Alberto Achacaz Walakial, one of the last surviving members of the nomadic Kaweskar tribe that once plied the waters off Chile 's Patagonian coast, has died of blood poisoning, local media reported on Tuesday. More About: Dies
Co-founder of Dallas Opera dies at 92 in Italy
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2008-08-05 06:56:00 AP - The co-founder of the Dallas Opera has died at a hospital in Viterbo, Italy . Nicola Rescigno was 92. More About: Founder , Dies
Obituaries in the news
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2008-08-05 03:03:00 AP - Skip Caray More About: News , In the News , Obituaries , The News
Jamaican artist Christopher Gonzalez dies
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2008-08-04 20:46:00 AP - Christopher Gonzalez, whose expressionistic sculptures and paintings earned him a reputation as a pioneer in Jamaican art, has died, according to a longtime family friend. He was 65. More About: Artist , Dies
Solzhenitsyn, chronicler of Soviet gulag, dies
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2008-08-04 06:56:00 AP - 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. More About: Soviet , Dies
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2008-08-04 04:05:00 AP - Perez Celis More About: News , In the News , Obituaries , The News
Russian author Alexander Solzhenitsyn dies at 89
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2008-08-04 01:23:00 AP - 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. More About: Author , Dies
Renowned Argentine artist Perez Celis dies at 69
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2008-08-03 03:08:00 AP - Perez Celis, a prestigious Argentine muralist, painter and sculptor, died Saturday. He was 69. More About: Artist , Dies
Obituaries in the news
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2008-08-03 02:24:00 AP - John F. Seiberling More About: News , In the News , Obituaries , The News
Former Ohio Congressman John Seiberling dies at 89
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2008-08-02 22:29:00 AP - Former Rep. John F. Seiberling, who served on the committee that led impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon and laid the groundwork for Ohio 's only national park, died Saturday. He was 89. More About: Congressman , Dies
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2008-08-02 03:35:00 AP - David Niehaus More About: News , In the News , Obituaries , The News
Former India batsman Mankad dies in sleep
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2008-08-01 08:54:00 Reuters - Former India batsman Ashok Mankad died in his sleep aged 61 on Friday morning, the Indian cricket board said. More About: Reuters , Sleep , Dies
Obituaries in the news
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2008-07-31 02:40:00 AP - Anne Armstrong More About: News , In the News , Obituaries , The News
Former Time managing editor Fuerbringer dies at 97
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2008-07-31 01:37:00 AP - Otto Fuerbringer, who was Time magazine's managing editor during the turbulent 1960s when it famously asked: "Is God Dead?" on the cover and switched to opposing the Vietnam War, has died. He was 97. More About: Editor , Dies
Former surgeon general, Head Start director dies
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2008-07-30 23:31:00 AP - Dr. Julius Richmond, the U.S. surgeon general in the Carter administration who issued a massive report labeling cigarette smoking "slow-motion suicide," has died. He was 91. More About: General , Start , Head , Director , Dies
Correction: Robert T. Herres obituary
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2008-07-30 21:46:00 AP - In obituaries July 26 and July 27 for former high-ranking Air Force official Robert T. Herres, The Associated Press erroneously reported Herres' role at Strategic Air Command. He was director of command control at Strategic Air Command, not the head of the command. More About: Obituary
GOP stalwart, ex-ambassador Anne Armstrong dies
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More articles from this author:2008-07-30 18:16:00 AP - Anne Armstrong , a longtime powerful Republican who served as U.S. ambassador to Great Britain in the Ford administration, died Wednesday, her office said. She was 80. More About: Ambassador , Dies 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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