Obituaries
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Former F1 and Le Mans driver Robert Manzon diesJan 19, 2015 10:00 pm - PARIS (AP) - Robert Manzon, the last surviving driver of Formula One's inaugural season in 1950, has died. He was 97. Manzon, a member of the 24 Hours of Le Mans hall of...
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Romanian who claimed he invented world's 1st jetpack diesJan 19, 2015 10:00 pm - BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - A Romanian inventor who claimed he beat the Americans to make the world's first jetpack and went on to design and build dozens of vehicles, cal...
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Civil rights activist and lawyer Faith Seidenberg dies at 91Jan 19, 2015 10:00 pm - SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - Faith Seidenberg, an attorney and activist known for her civil rights and civil liberties work, has died. She was 91. Her family says she died Frid...
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Former entertainment executive Alan Hirschfield dies at 79Jan 18, 2015 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Alan Hirschfield, a former entertainment executive who helped make the 1970s movies "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and "Taxi Driver," has died. ...
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Sister Ann Keefe, beloved Providence activist, dies at 62Jan 18, 2015 10:00 pm - PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Providence residents and state officials are remembering Sister Ann Keefe of St. Michael the Archangel Church as a dedicated and beloved communit...
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Peter Wallenberg, patriarch of Swedish business empire, diesJan 18, 2015 10:00 pm - STOCKHOLM (AP) - Peter Wallenberg, the former head of a Swedish financial dynasty sometimes compared to the Rockefellers, has died. He was 88. Wallenberg died Monday at ...
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'Coronation Street' star Anne Kirkbride dies at 60Jan 18, 2015 10:00 pm - LONDON (AP) - Actress Anne Kirkbride, a star of British soap opera "Coronation Street" for more than 40 years, has died at the age of 60. Network ITV says Kirkbride, who...
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Ex-Salvador ambassador, critic of US foreign policy, diesJan 18, 2015 10:00 pm - MEXICO CITY (AP) - Robert E. White, a former U.S. ambassador to El Salvador and strong critic of U.S. policy in the region during the Central American wars, has died at ...
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Chicano movement leader Reies Lopez Tijerina dies at 88Jan 18, 2015 10:00 pm - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Reies Lopez Tijerina, a Pentecostal preacher turned activist who led a violent raid of a northern New Mexico courthouse nearly 50 years ago, die...
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Tony Verna, inventor of TV instant replay, dies at 81Jan 17, 2015 10:00 pm - PALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) - Tony Verna, a television director and producer who invented instant replay for live sports 51 years ago, has died. He was 81. Verna died Sunda...