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Jamaica's 'godfather of talk radio' dies at 80
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2012-02-11 16:42:00 AP - Wilmot Perkins, a veteran Jamaican journalist considered the island's "godfather of talk radio," has died. He was 80.
Longtime AP correspondent Carl Hartman dies
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2012-02-11 03:54:00 AP - Carl Hartman had big ideas before he joined The Associated Press in 1944 and became a foreign correspondent.
'Big Valley' star Peter Breck dead at age 82
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2012-02-11 03:42:00 AP - The actor who played a son of ranch owner Barbara Stanwyck on the 1960s Western "The Big Valley," has died. Peter Breck was 82. More About: Star
Detroit-area author Zaslow killed in car accident
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2012-02-11 03:26:00 AP - Best-selling author Jeffrey Zaslow was killed Friday when he lost control of his car on a snowy road after promoting his latest book in northern Michigan. He was 53.
TV and film actor Philip Bruns dead at 80
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2012-02-11 02:05:00 AP - The actor who played the father on the 1970s comedy series "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman," has died. Philip Bruns was 80.
Painter William Theophilus Brown dies at age 92
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2012-02-10 07:48:00 AP - William Theophilus Brown , a painter who enjoyed success for more than half-a-century and was closely associated with the San Francisco Bay area's "figurative" movement, has died. He was 92.
Creator of Lemonheads candy dies at age 93
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2012-02-09 20:25:00 AP - Candy company executive Nello Ferrara lived a sweet life. More About: Creator
Creator of Lemonheads candy dies at age 93
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2012-02-09 02:40:00 AP - Candy company executive Nello Ferrara lived a sweet life. More About: Creator
Last known WWI veteran Florence Green dies at 110
(AP)
2012-02-08 01:55:00 AP - Florence Green never saw the front line. Her war was spent serving food, not dodging bullets.
Publisher John Sargent Sr. dies in NYC at age 87
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2012-02-07 23:36:00 AP - John Turner Sargent Sr., a publisher, editor and socialite who as CEO of Doubleday worked with authors from Dwight Eisenhower to Stephen King and helped recruit his friend Jacqueline Kennedy as an editor, died Sunday at age 87.
Spanish painter and sculptor Tapies dead at 88
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2012-02-07 17:11:00 AP - Antoni Tapies' works were sprawling, abstract oeuvres that sometimes featured discarded everyday materials and graffiti-like scrawls. He liked the letter X to be in them, and the number 4, for the four elements of nature. More About: Spanish
Undersea documentarian Mike deGruy dies in crash
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2012-02-05 23:29:00 AP - Mike deGruy, an award-winning cinematographer who spent three decades making documentary films about the ocean, was killed in a helicopter crash in eastern Australia. He was 60. More About: Crash
Hungarian far-right politician and writer dies
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2012-02-04 15:33:00 AP - Istvan Csurka, a Hungarian anti-Soviet dissident playwright and later far-right nationalist politician who was criticized at home and abroad for his anti-semitic articles, died Saturday at age 77. More About: Politician , Writer
Popular character actor Ben Gazzara dies in NY
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2012-02-04 04:52:00 AP - Ben Gazzara, whose powerful dramatic performances brought an intensity to a variety of roles and made him a memorable presence in films, on television and on Broadway in the original "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," has died at age 81. More About: Popular , Character
Director, writer, producer Zalman King dead at 70
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2012-02-04 02:22:00 AP - Actor and filmmaker Zalman King , who became known for his erotic work after writing and producing his breakthrough film "9 1/2 Weeks," has died. He was 70. More About: Dead , Writer
AP Vietnam correspondent George Esper dies at 79
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2012-02-04 01:43:00 AP - George Esper, the tenacious Associated Press correspondent who refused to leave his post in the last days of the Vietnam War, remaining behind to cover the fall of Saigon, has died. He was 79.
Patricia Disney dies in Los Angeles at age 77
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2012-02-04 01:34:00 AP - Patricia Disney , who was once married to Walt Disney's late nephew Roy E. Disney and was vice chairwoman of Roy's investment company, died Friday after a long struggle with Alzheimer's disease. More About: Los Angeles
AP Vietnam correspondent George Esper dies at 79
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2012-02-03 22:55:00 AP - George Esper, the tenacious Associated Press correspondent who refused to leave his post in the last days of the Vietnam War, remaining behind to cover the fall of Saigon, has died. He was 79.
Navajo Code Talker dies in Arizona
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2012-02-03 00:25:00 AP - Another Navajo Code Talker has died. More About: Arizona
R&B singer David Peaston dies at age 54
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2012-02-02 22:25:00 AP - Singer David Peaston, who had a string of R&B hits in the late 1980s and early 1990s, has died, his family said Thursday.
'Soul Train' host Don Cornelius dead of suicide
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2012-02-02 02:35:00 AP - "Soul Train " host Don Cornelius was the arbiter of cool, a brilliant TV showman who used his purring, baritone voice to seduce mainstream America into embracing black music and artists. More About: Suicide , Dead
Artist Mike Kelley found dead in Los Angeles home
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2012-02-02 01:29:00 AP - Mike Kelley, the daring and influential contemporary installation artist who counted the band Sonic Youth and artist Paul McCarthy among his collaborators, has died, police said Wednesday. He was 57. More About: Los Angeles , Artist , Home , Dead
Don Cornelius took 'Soul Train' on pioneering trip
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2012-02-01 23:55:00 AP - In an era when Beyonce and Jay-Z are music royalty, when Barack Obama is the nation's chief executive, and when black stars in the cast of a TV show are commonplace, it may be hard to grasp the magnitude of what Don Cornelius created once he got his "Soul Train " rolling. More About: Trip
Nancy Corzine, mother of ex-NJ governor, dies
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2012-02-01 22:47:00 AP - Nancy Corzine, the mother of former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine, has died. The retired schoolteacher was 95. More About: Governor , Mother
Artist Mike Kelley found dead in Los Angeles home
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2012-02-01 22:41:00 AP - Contemporary artist Mike Kelley, who was described by colleagues as an "irresistible force," has died, police said Wednesday. He was 57. More About: Los Angeles , Artist , Home , Dead
Poland's 1996 Nobel poet Szymborska dies at 88
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2012-02-01 22:13:00 AP - Poland's 1996 Nobel Prize-winning poet Wislawa Szymborska, whose simple words and playful verse plucked threads of irony and empathy out of life, has died. She was 88.
Don Cornelius took 'Soul Train' on pioneering trip
(AP)
2012-02-01 21:28:00 AP - In an era when Beyonce and Jay-Z are music royalty, when Barack Obama is the nation's chief executive, and when black stars in the cast of a TV show are commonplace, it may be hard to grasp the magnitude of what Don Cornelius created once he got his "Soul Train " rolling. More About: Trip
Singer Leslie Carter dies at 25 in upstate NY
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2012-02-01 21:02:00 AP - Singer Leslie Carter, the sister of Aaron Carter and former Backstreet Boy Nick Carter, has died in upstate New York. She was 25. More About: Upstate
Fans react to the death of Don Cornelius
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2012-02-01 20:52:00 AP - Celebrities react to the death of "Soul Train" creator Don Cornelius Wednesday: More About: Fans , Death
2nd black graduate of Univ. of Mississippi dies
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More articles from this author:2012-02-01 16:36:00 AP - Cleveland Donald Jr., the second black graduate of the University of Mississippi , has died at age 65. More About: Graduate , Black 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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