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Roberto Clemente died in a 1972 plane crash while trying to deliver supplies to Nicaragua quake victims. Vera Clemente because an MLB goodwill ambassador.
Created iconic portraits of Elton John, Brigitte Bardot and Winston Churchill
Harrison Dillard, the former Buffalo Soldier and only Olympic runner to win gold medals in both the sprints and high hurdles, has died. He was 96.
Doehner was the only person left of the 62 passengers and crew members who survived the 1937 aviation accident.
Jorge Vergara, who owned Mexican soccer club Chivas of Guadalajara and was owner of failed MLS club Chivas USA, died at 64 of cardiac failure, his son said.
Gloria Vanderbilt: 1934-2019
Gloria Vanderbilt experienced both loss and triumph on a grand scale.
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Gloria Vanderbilt experienced both loss and triumph on a grand scale.
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Fashion designer Gloria Vanderbilt died Monday morning at age 95 of stomach cancer.
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Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, the independent-minded jurist whose bright bow ties and courteous manner symbolized an old-fashioned style of integrity, died Tuesday after suffering a stroke a day earlier. He was 99.
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Bill Buckner played 22 major league seasons, including eight with the Dodgers and two with the California Angels.
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Raymond Poulidor repeatedly came up just short of the Tour’s yellow jersey but won the hearts of his French countrymen. -
Jerry Hirshberg, the founding director of Nissan Design International in La Jolla, died Sunday at the age of 80.
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As a photographer he shot defining images of Southern California; as an editor he looked for images that told stories about the world.
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Noel Ignatiev, a historian who wrote “How the Irish Became White” and co-edited the journal Race Traitor, dies at 78.
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The soft-spoken former NBC entertainment executive Rick Ludwin wasn’t a household name. But he gave a big boost to a little gem that became “Seinfeld.”
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Charles Rogers, a former star wide receiver at Michigan State who was selected No. 2 overall in the 2003 NFL Draft by the Detroit Lions, has died at 38.
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Gregory A. Adams, an executive vice president at Kaiser Permanente, was named interim chairman and CEO by the board.
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He shot the black-and-white cover for the 1963 album “With the Beatles,” picturing the Fab Four’s faces in part-shadow and several others.
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Gebre helped end nearly all cases of female genital mutilation in areas where her organization worked.
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In a world of keyboards and touch screens, Krinke’s Fountain Pen Shop was a throwback to more elegant times.
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Wrote “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman” and other classics
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When JoAnn Dean Killingsworth picked up a gig at the grand opening of an Orange County theme park, she had no idea where Anaheim was or what Disneyland would become.
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Disney child actor Kevin Corcoran, who played the irrepressible Moochie in the “Spin and Marty” serials on “The Mickey Mouse Club” and went on to play roles in films such as “Old Yeller,” died Tuesday at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank.
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Red Skelton, the rubber-faced harlequin and pantomimist whose antics delighted stage, radio, film and television audiences with such characters as Clem Kadiddlehopper, Freddie the Freeloader and the Mean Widdle Kid, died Wednesday.
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Actor Dan Haggerty of “Grizzly Adams” fame died early Friday of cancer, said his longtime friend and manager Terry Bomar.
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Tim Conway, the comedian’s comedian best known for his work on “The Carol Burnett Show,” died Tuesday morning in Los Angeles, his rep, Howard Bragman, confirmed to the Los Angeles Times.
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Cory Wells, a founding member of the vocal trio behind Three Dog Night, which had nearly two dozen top hits in the late 1960s and 1970s, including “One,” “Easy to Be Hard” and “Joy to the World,” has died.
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Gebre helped end nearly all cases of female genital mutilation in areas where her organization worked.
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