Obituaries
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Novelist Robert Stone, known for 'Dog Soldiers' dies at 77Jan 09, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Robert Stone, the award-winning novelist who spun out tales worldwide of seekers, frauds and other misbegotten American dreamers in such works as "A Flag...
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Dorothy Thomas, "mother" of bone marrow transplant, diesJan 09, 2015 10:00 pm - SEATTLE (AP) - Dorothy "Dottie" Thomas, the research partner and wife of the Nobel laureate who pioneered the bone marrow transplant, has died in her Seattle-area home a...
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Belgian Wolfsburg midfielder Malanda killed in car crashJan 09, 2015 10:00 pm - WOLFSBURG, Germany (AP) - Wolfsburg midfielder and Belgium youth international Junior Malanda was killed in a car crash on his way to meet teammates for a training camp ...
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Former Annapolis Mayor Roger 'Pip' Moyer dies at 80Jan 09, 2015 10:00 pm - ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Roger "Pip" Moyer, who served two terms as mayor of Annapolis, has died. He was 80. The city announced Moyer's death, saying Moyer died early Satur...
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Producer, indie film champion Samuel Goldwyn Jr. dies at 88Jan 09, 2015 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Samuel Goldwyn Jr., a champion of the independent film movement and son to one of the founding fathers of Hollywood cinema, has died. He was 88. Goldw...
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Italian filmmaker Francesco Rosi dies at 92Jan 09, 2015 10:00 pm - MILAN (AP) - Italian director and screenwriter Francesco Rosi, whose films took on corruption in postwar Italy, winning top honors at the Venice and Cannes film festival...
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Actor Rod Taylor dies in Los Angeles at 84Jan 09, 2015 12:01 am - LOS ANGELES - Rod Taylor, the suave Australian actor whose brawny good looks made him a leading man for films ranging from Westerns to romantic comedies, has died. He wa...
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Actor Rod Taylor dies in Los Angeles at 84Jan 08, 2015 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Rod Taylor, the suave Australian actor whose brawny good looks made him a leading man for films ranging from Westerns to romantic comedies, has died. ...
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Ben Bolton, former Vatican correspondent for AP, dies at 82Jan 08, 2015 10:00 pm - Ben Bolton, who covered the Second Vatican Council and two papacies for The Associated Press, has died, his family said Friday. He was 82. Metastatic cancer had been dis...
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Drummer, vocalist 'Popsy' Dixon of The Holmes Brothers diesJan 08, 2015 10:00 pm - RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Willie "Popsy" Dixon, longtime drummer and vocalist for the soul and blues band The Holmes Brothers, has died in Virginia. Alligator Records said Di...