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R.I.P. Jay Lake, Irreplaceable Science Fiction And Fantasy Author
The first time I met Jay Lake, he was greeting people at a convention party in a Hawaiian shirt and joking, "That's right. I'm Cancer Guy." Lake was willing to joke about his identity as cancer survivor, while also inspiring others. But his identity as a writer and editor of groundbreaking SF was even more important.
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Sasha Shulgin, "Godfather of Ecstasy," Dead at 88
Alexander "Sasha" Shulgin, pioneer, pharmacologist, author, and medicinal chemist, passed away this evening at the age of 88. He is best known for introducing MDMA, the purest form of ecstasy, to psychologists in the 70s.
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Rik Mayall, star of The Young Ones, dies aged 56
British comedian and actor Rik Mayall has died aged 56. He played obnoxious, poetry-writing anarchist Rick in The Young Ones with his friend Adrian Edmondson. The pair later starred in the sitcom Bottom. A pioneer of the 1980s alternative comedy scene, Mayall also appeared in Blackadder and The New Statesman.
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Chuck Noll, most successful American football coach, dies
The most successful American football coach of all time, Chuck Noll, has died at the age of 82. Noll led the Pittsburgh Steelers to four Superbowl victories between 1975 and 1980. Local media reported that he died of natural causes at his home in Sewickley, Pennsylvania.
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Casey Kasem Dead at 82
Casey Kasem has died. ABC News confirmed that the radio personality died today in a California hospital. He was 82.
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RIP Tony Gwynn: Baseball's Best Hitter in the Last 60 Years
Since 1950, no player in Major League Baseball had a higher career batting average.
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Songwriter Gerry Goffin dies in LA
Songwriter Gerry Goffin, who penned chart-topping songs with his then-wife Carole King, has died at the age of 75 in Los Angeles.
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Stephanie L. Kwolek, Inventor of Kevlar, Is Dead at 90
Stephanie L. Kwolek, a DuPont chemist who invented the technology behind Kevlar, a virtually bulletproof fiber that has saved thousands of lives, died on Wednesday in Wilmington, Del. She was 90.
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Eli Wallach, Multifaceted Actor, Dies at 98
Eli Wallach, who was one of his generation’s most prominent and prolific character actors in film, onstage and on television for more than 60 years, died on Tuesday. He was 98. His death was confirmed by his daughter Katherine.
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Louis Zamperini, triumphant 'Unbroken' warrior, dies at 97
Louis Zamperini, the Olympic runner and World War II officer who survived a horrific plane crash, a seven-week journey across the Pacific in a raft, near starvation and unspeakable torture in Japanese POW camps, has died.
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Tommy Ramone, Last Surviving Member of Influential Punk Band, Dies at 62
Drummer and producer Tommy Ramone, the last surviving original member of the influential New York punk quartet the Ramones, died Friday at his home in the Ridgewood area of Queens, New York.
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Famed actor James Garner dies at 86
James Garner, the understated, wisecracking everyman actor who enjoyed multi-generational success on both the small and big screen, has died. He was 86.
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Curt Gentry dies: best-selling writer of Manson, Hoover books
Curt Gentry, a San Francisco author who wrote or co-wrote 13 books including best-sellers "Helter Skelter" about the Charles Manson case and a harshly critical biography of FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover, died July 10 in a San Francisco hospital.
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Actress Skye McCole Bartusiak From 'The Patriot' Found Dead At 21
21-year-old Skye McCole Bartusiak died on Saturday (July 19) in her Houston home. She was found in her bed in the garage apartment next to her parent’s home by her boyfriend. Skye has suffered from epileptic seizures since she was a baby, and though cause of death is still unknown, it’s likely she died from an attack.
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Lucie Roussel, La Prairie mayor, dies after 15 wasp stings
Lucie F. Roussel, longtime mayor of La Prairie, Que., died Sunday afternoon after being stung 15 times by wasps while near her cottage in Stratford, in eastern Quebec. Roussel unwittingly stepped on a wasps nest while out walking, and was stung multiple times on her legs. She was declared dead at the hospital in nearby Thetford Mines.
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MH17 crash: The 298 who perished
All 298 people on board a Malaysia Airlines plane lost their lives after the jet crashed into a field in eastern Ukraine, close to the border with Russia. Flight MH17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was travelling over the conflict-hit region on 17 July when it plummeted to the ground.
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Ebola virus: Top Sierra Leone doctor, Sheik Umar Khan, dies of disease aged 39
The top doctor treating patients infected with the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone has died from the disease, officials have confirmed.
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Texas Chainsaw Massacre Star Marilyn Burns Dead at 65
Hollywood has lost a true "Scream Queen." E! News can confirm actress Marilyn Burns passed away Tuesday. She was 65. "She was found unresponsive by a family member this morning in her Houston, TX area home," her rep said in a statement to E! News. "Her family asks for privacy at this time. Further details will be released later."
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The men who saved JFK's life
One of two Solomon Islanders who saved the life of John F Kennedy during the war in the Pacific died on Saturday at the age of 93.
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'Game of Thrones' Actor J.J. Murphy Dies Four Days into Filming Season 5
“Game of Thrones” actor J.J. Murphy has died four days after shooting his first scenes for season five of the HBO series. He was 86. The Northern Ireland native collapsed and died on Friday, Aug. 8, according to the Belfast Telegraph. Murphy was cast as Ser Denys Mallister, the oldest member of the Night’s Watch and commander of the Shadow Tower, and was reportedly due to film further scenes in the coming weeks.
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