Obituaries
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One of Turkey's best-known novelists, Yasar Kemal, diesFeb 27, 2015 10:00 pm - ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Yasar Kemal, one of Turkey's best-known novelists whose focus on social injustices brought him into conflict with authority, died in Istanbul on Sa...
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Anthony Mason, rugged forward of 1990s Knicks, dies at 48Feb 27, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Anthony Mason's game was grit over glitz, more force than flash. That might not fit some stereotypes of New York, but it was the perfect style for the Kn...
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Spock's ears: A pointy trademark for Leonard NimoyFeb 27, 2015 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Leonard Nimoy, who died Friday at age 83, likely had the most famous lobes in Hollywood. As the logical half-human, half-alien Mr. Spock in "Star Trek...
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'Star Trek' actor, Leonard Nimoy, dead at 83Feb 27, 2015 10:00 am - Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Leonard Nimoy, the actor known and loved by generations of “Star Trek” fans as the pointy-eared, purely logical science officer Mr. Spock,...
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Former AIG CEO Robert Benmosche dies of cancer at 70Feb 26, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Former AIG President and CEO Robert Benmosche, who led the insurer's turnaround after its $182 billion government bailout, has died of lung cancer at age...
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Ex-Sen. Landske remembered for work to help women, veteransFeb 26, 2015 10:00 pm - CEDAR LAKE, Ind. (AP) - A former state senator who worked to protect consumers and allow adults to dictate their medical care if they become incapacitated is being remem...
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Reaction to death of the Rev. Theodore HesburghFeb 26, 2015 10:00 pm - SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Reaction to the death of the Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, who helped transform the University of Notre Dame while serving as its president from 1952 t...
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Argentina prosecutor Julio Cesar Strassera dies at 81Feb 26, 2015 10:00 pm - BUENOS AIRES (AP) - Julio Cesar Strassera, the prosecutor who won conviction against leaders of Argentina's dictatorship and coined the term "Nunca mas," or "Never again...
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Leonard Nimoy, famous as Mr. Spock on 'Star Trek,' diesFeb 26, 2015 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES (AP) - In 1975, Leonard Nimoy published an autobiography with the defiant title, "I Am Not Spock" - an attempt to show the world he had many more facets than...
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Boxer badly injured in fight nearly 7 years ago dead at 32Feb 26, 2015 10:00 pm - SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Oscar Diaz, a former welterweight boxing contender whose career ended when he sustained a debilitating brain injury in a fight nearly seven years ago,...