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Fred Milano of Dion and the Belmonts dies at 72
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2012-01-03 20:12:00 AP - Fred Milano , who made rock and roll history on doo-wop hits with Dion and the Belmonts in the 1950s and continued to perform while starting a late-in-life career with the New York City Department of Correction, has died. He was 72.
Czech author Josef Skvorecky dies at 87
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2012-01-03 18:55:00 AP - Josef Skvorecky, a Czech exile and author who published works by Vaclav Havel and Milan Kundera that had been banned by communist authorities in their native country, has died. He was 87. More About: Author
William Carey, donated millions to education, dies
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2012-01-03 03:51:00 AP - William Polk Carey , an entrepreneur who founded a New York-based investment management firm bearing his name and donated millions of dollars to help found business schools at universities in Maryland and Arizona, has died at 81, his firm said Monday. More About: Education , Millions
Jewish friend of late Pope John Paul II dies
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2012-01-02 14:54:00 AP - Jerzy Kluger, a Polish-born Jew who was a lifetime friend and childhood playmate of the late Pope John Paul II, has died in a clinic near Rome. More About: Jewish , Friend
Former Macedonian president Kiro Gligorov dies
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2012-01-02 14:39:00 AP - Kiro Gligorov, the first democratically elected president of Macedonia who shepherded his nation through a bloodless secession from the former Yugoslavia and narrowly survived an assassination attempt, has died. He was 94. More About: President
Movie sword-fight master Bob Anderson dies at 89
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2012-01-02 14:09:00 AP - British fencing authorities say Bob Anderson , a former Olympic swordsman who staged fights for films including the "Star Wars" and "Lord of the Rings" series, has died. He was 89. More About: Movie , Fight , Master
Former Ga. congressman Ed Jenkins dies at 78
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2012-01-02 06:51:00 AP - Former U.S. Rep. Ed Jenkins, a Democrat who represented north Georgia in Congress from 1977 to 1993, died Sunday after a long illness. He was 78.
Carlos Soria, governor of Argentina's Rio Negro
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2012-01-01 18:32:00 AP - Carlos Soria, a career Argentine politician who for 21 days realized his dream of governing the western Argentine province of Rio Negro, died Sunday of gunshots to the head. Police were questioning his wife about the circumstances. More About: Governor
Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta dies at 80
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2011-12-31 03:29:00 AP - Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta has died at the age of 80.
Italian who fought for votes for emigres dies
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2011-12-31 01:02:00 AP - Mirko Tremaglia, a right-wing politician who won a decades-long battle for the right of Italian emigres to vote in Italian elections, died on Friday. He was 85.
Singer, actress Kaye Stevens dies in Florida
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2011-12-30 12:54:00 AP - Singer and actress Kaye Stevens, who performed with the Rat Pack and was a frequent guest on Johnny Carson's "The Tonight Show," has died at a central Florida hospital. She was 79. More About: Actress
Viennese Cafe Icon Hawelka dead at 100
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2011-12-29 22:11:00 AP - Andy Warhol stopped by for a cup of his coffee. So did princes, paupers, playwrights, poets and untold thousands for whom a visit to Vienna was unthinkable without a cup of steaming brew served by the bow-tied little man with the perpetual dancing smile. More About: Icon , Dead , Cafe
Beloved pop artist James Rizzi dies at 61
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2011-12-28 20:13:00 AP - James Rizzi applied his playful, cartoon-like art style to unusual projects worldwide, from Volkswagen Beetles and Japanese train ads to cow sculptures in New York and the front page of a German newspaper. More About: Artist
Jazz musician Sam Rivers dies from pneumonia at 88
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2011-12-28 19:20:00 AP - Sam Rivers , an internationally-known jazz musician who played with Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie, has died. He was 88. More About: Jazz , Musician
Pop artist James Rizzi dies at 61
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2011-12-28 16:04:00 AP - James Rizzi, a New York-born and based pop artist best known for his playful and childlike three-dimensional sculptures, has died. He was 61. More About: Artist
Pop artist James Rizzi dies at 61
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2011-12-28 12:34:00 AP - James Rizzi, a New York-born and based pop artist best known for his playful and childlike three-dimensional sculptures, has died. He was 61. More About: Artist
Cheetah the chimp from 1930s Tarzan flicks dies
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2011-12-28 07:35:00 AP - A Florida animal sanctuary says Cheetah the chimpanzee from the Tarzan movies of the early 1930s has died at age 80.
Acquitted pastor's ex-wife dies years after attack
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2011-12-28 01:42:00 AP - The discovery of the wife of one of Dallas' most prominent ministers choked with a cord and left convulsing and near death on their garage floor led to a sensational trial. Prosecutors charged Walker Railey with attempted murder, saying he wanted to marry his lover, who also had church connections. More About: Wife , Years
Abstract painter Helen Frankenthaler dies at 83
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2011-12-27 20:31:00 AP - Helen Frankenthaler, an abstract painter known for her bold, lyrical use of color who led a postwar art movement that would later be termed Color Field painting, died Tuesday at her home in Connecticut, her nephew said. She was 83. More About: Abstract
Ex-`Saturday Night Live' writer Joe Bodolai dies
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2011-12-27 19:22:00 AP - The Los Angeles coroner's office says former "Saturday Night Live " writer Joseph Bodolai has committed suicide in a Hollywood hotel room. More About: Writer
Surfline.com founder Sean Collins dies at 59
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2011-12-27 18:02:00 AP - There was a time when surfers spent much of their time behind-the-wheel on "surfin' safari" journeys in an aimless search for waves. More About: Founder , Collins
Channing's husband dies on eve of 92nd birthday
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2011-12-27 17:58:00 AP - Carol Channing's husband, a onetime classmate whom she married some 70 years later, has died on the eve of his 92nd birthday. More About: Birthday
Supreme Court gay privacy case victor dead at 68
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2011-12-27 02:46:00 AP - The Texas man whose case led to a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that granted privacy rights to gay men and lesbians has died at age 68. More About: Privacy , Dead , Case
Japanese designer of arty kichenware Yanagi dies
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2011-12-26 04:15:00 AP - Sori Yanagi, whose designs for stools and kitchen pots brought the simplicity and purity of Japanese decor into the everyday, has died. He was 96. More About: Designer
Years before, Darfur rebel served Sudan leaders
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2011-12-25 15:02:00 AP - Years before Darfur 's most powerful and charismatic rebel leader became enemy No. 1 of Sudan 's Arab-dominated government, Khalil Ibrahim was a member of the movement that brought it to power in a coup. More About: Rebel
Stermer, artist who redesigned Olympic medal, dies
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2011-12-25 00:45:00 AP - Dugald Stermer, who served as art director of the left-leaning magazine Ramparts and redesigned the Olympic medals for the 1984 Los Angeles games, has died. He was 74. More About: Medal , Artist
Dutch-born entertainer Heesters dies at age 108
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2011-12-24 18:51:00 AP - Dutch -born entertainer Johannes Heesters, who made his name performing in Adolf Hitler's Germany and was dogged later in his long career by controversy over his Nazi-era past, died Saturday, his agent said. He was 108.
Entertainer Heesters dies at age 108
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2011-12-24 18:34:00 AP - The agent for Dutch-born entertainer Johannes Heesters says the artist died on Christmas Eve. He was 108.
John Chamberlain, made art from scrap, dies in NYC
(AP)
2011-12-23 00:30:00 AP - An artist known for turning automotive scrap metal into sculpture has died in New York City. John Chamberlain was 84. More About: Scrap , Made
Ed Roman, renowned guitar builder, dies at 61
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More articles from this author:2011-12-23 00:23:00 AP - As a guitar-maker for the stars, Ed Roman found a platform for fierce opinions about his commercially manufactured competition, exhorting musicians to drop what he called "misdirected ignorant brand loyalty." More About: Guitar 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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