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Legendary actress and singer Doris Day dead at 97
Doris Day, the honey-voiced singer and actress whose film dramas, musicals and innocent sex comedies made her a top star in the 1950s and ’60s and among the most popular screen actresses in history, has died. She was 97.
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Peter Mayhew, Chewbacca in 'Star Wars,' dies at 74
Peter Mayhew, the original Chewbacca, has died, according to his agent. Mayhew, 74, died on April 30 with his family by his side in his North Texas home. He is survived by his wife, Angie, and three children.
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Bibi Andersson, 'The Seventh Seal' and 'Persona' Actress, Dies at 83
Swedish actress Bibi Andersson, known for her roles in "The Seventh Seal" and "Persona" and in many Ingmar Bergman films, died on Sunday at 83.
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Scott Walker, experimental pop hero, dies aged 76
Scott Walker, one of the most innovative and enduring songwriters of the 20th century, has died aged 76. The news was announced by his label, 4AD. “For half a century, the genius of the man born Noel Scott Engel has enriched the lives of thousands,” a statement read. The cause of death has not been announced.
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Anita Silvers, an Authority on Disability Rights, Dies at 78
Anita Silvers, a philosophy professor who was a leading voice in the interpretation of the Americans With Disabilities Act, arguing that disability rights should be viewed the same as other civil rights and not as an accommodation or as a social safety net issue, died on March 14 in San Francisco. She was 78. San Francisco State University, where Dr. Silvers taught for half a century, said the cause was pneumonia.
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World-Renowned Oceanographer Walter Munk Dies at 101
Renowned oceanographer and founder of the University of California, San Diego, Walter Munk has died at the age of 101, the university announced Friday. Munk made ground-breaking discoveries in oceanography and gave Allied forces a strategic advantage in WWII, according to an obituary posted by Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO).
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'Young & the Restless' Star Kristoff St. John Dead at 52
Kristoff St. John, star of the long-running soap opera 'Young and the Restless,' was found dead Sunday ... TMZ has learned. Law enforcement sources tell us one of Kristoff's friends went to check on him at the actor's home in San Fernando Valley, and found his body. Police and paramedics were alerted and responded to the house. We're told Kristoff was pronounced dead on the scene.
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Singer Charles Aznavour dies at 94
French singer and songwriter Charles Aznavour has died at 94 after a career lasting more than 80 years, a spokesman has confirmed. The star died at one of his homes in the south east of France. The performer, born to Armenian immigrants, sold more than 180 million records and featured in over 60 films.
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Postman Pat creator John Cunliffe dies
John Cunliffe, the author and creator of the much-loved children’s TV shows Postman Pat, and Rosie and Jim, has died, aged 85. Cunliffe’s family placed a death notice in their local newspaper, the Ilkley Gazette, announcing that he died on 20 September and was buried after a private funeral on Wednesday.
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Nobel Prize winner and Hong Kong native Charles Kao dies, 84
Hong Kong on Sunday mourned the passing of the city’s Nobel Prize winner in physics, Professor Charles Kao Kuen, whose seminal work on fibre optics laid the groundwork for the development of modern communications. He had battled Alzheimer’s for over a decade before death claimed him at 84. Tributes flowed with chief executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor among the first to offer her public condolences.
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Ellie Mannette dies at 91 - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Pan pioneer Elliot “Ellie” Mannette, 91, passed away this morning at 10.50 am at a hospital in West Virginia, USA. He was surrounded by people who loved him up until the very end. His family thanked everyone for all their thoughts and prayers, stating that Mannette was truly touched to see how much he was loved around the world.
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TMZ: 'Old Man' from 'Pawn Stars' dead at 77
Richard Harrison -- famously known as "Old Man" on "Pawn Stars" -- has died, according to his son, Rick Harrison. ''The Old Man' Harrison passed away this morning surrounded by those he loved," Rick said Monday morning.
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NPR Newscaster Carl Kasell Dies At 84, After A Lifelong Career On-Air
Every weekday for more than three decades, his baritone steadied our mornings. Even in moments of chaos and crisis, Carl Kasell brought unflappable authority to the news. But behind that hid a lively sense of humor, revealed to listeners late in his career, when he became the beloved judge and official scorekeeper for Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! NPR's news quiz show.
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'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' director Milos Forman dies at 86
Director Milos Forman, known for his work on Oscar-winning films "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and "Amadeus," has died, his agent said.
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Comedy Store owner Mitzi Shore dies at 87
In the 1970s, David Letterman baby-sat her children and Jay Leno slept on the back stairs of her Sunset Strip club, where Jim Carrey later tended the door. Mitzi Shore was "the den mother of some berserk Cub Scout pack," as Letterman once said — one that brimmed with a breathtaking array of now-famous comics who broke through because she tapped them to perform.
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Billy Graham, whose 'matchless voice changed the lives of millions,' dies at 99
Evangelist Billy Graham -- a confidant to presidents, a guiding light to generations of American evangelicals and a globe-trotting preacher who converted millions to Christianity -- died Wednesday at the age of 99, his spokesman confirmed to CNN.
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Award-winning actor dies penniless. He sold trophy to feed his kids
Bosnian Roma actor Nazif Mujic, who won a Silver Bear acting award at the Berlin Film Festival in 2013, has died aged 48, following a harrowing descent into extreme poverty despite his film success.
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Theory of Everything composer Jóhann Jóhannsson dies at 48
The Theory of Everything composer Jóhann Jóhannsson has died aged 48, his management has confirmed. The Icelandic musician and producer, who won a Golden Globe for his score to the 2014 Stephen Hawking biopic starring Eddie Redmayne, was found dead in Berlin on Friday. His representatives, Redbird Music Management, announced the news on Facebook, writing: “It is with profound sadness that we confirm the passing of our dear friend Johann.
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Grateful Dead Lyricist John Perry Barlow Dead at 70
John Perry Barlow, the writer who penned lyrics to several Grateful Dead songs, has died. Barlow—who was also a retired Wyoming cattle ranger and a cyberlibertarian political activist—passed away quietly in his sleep, according to a statement from Electronic Frontier Foundation, the non-profit digital rights group he co-founded. He was 70 years old. Barrow’s death follows a near-fatal 2015 heart attack, in which he flatlined for eight minutes.
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Rocket fuel inventor dies aged 107
The developer of a space fuel based on liquid hydrogen which made moon flights possible, Barys Kit, has died at the age of 107. The Belarusian-American rocket scientist was one of the world’s oldest men.
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