Obituaries
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Designer of bullet train, Kikkoman soy sauce bottle has diedFeb 08, 2015 10:00 pm - TOKYO (AP) - Japanese industrial designer Kenji Ekuan, whose works ranged from a bullet train to the red-capped Kikkoman soy sauce dispenser as familiar as the classic C...
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Survivor of USS Arizona from Pearl Harbor attack dies at 100Feb 08, 2015 10:00 pm - YUBA CITY, Calif. (AP) - The oldest living crew member of the battleship USS Arizona to have survived the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor has died in Northern California...
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Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Joe B. Mauldin dead at 74Feb 07, 2015 10:00 pm - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Joe B. Mauldin, a bass player for Buddy Holly and The Crickets, has died after a battle with cancer. He was 74. The T...
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Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Joe B. Mauldin dead at 74Feb 07, 2015 10:00 pm - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Joe B. Mauldin, a bass player for Buddy Holly and The Crickets, has died at the age of 74 after a battle with cancer....
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Jordan: Dean Smith was 'mentor, teacher, 2nd father'Feb 07, 2015 10:00 pm - CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Michael Jordan called North Carolina coaching great Dean Smith the most influential person in his life other than his parents. Smith died Saturday...
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Fitzhugh Fulton Jr., revered test pilot, dies at 89Feb 07, 2015 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Pilot Fitzhugh "Fitz" Fulton Jr., known as the "Dean of Flight Test" for his involvement in pioneering programs including the space shuttle piggyback ...
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Dean Smith remembered as 'basketball royalty' at UNCFeb 07, 2015 10:00 pm - CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - Dean Smith did everything to bring the best out of his North Carolina players. Sometimes that meant a handwritten note of encouragement. Other t...
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Long-time IOC member Vazquez Rana dies at 82Feb 07, 2015 10:00 pm - MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mario Vazquez Rana, a Mexican businessman and former prominent member of the International Olympic Committee, has died. He was 82. The Mexican Olympic...
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North Carolina coaching great Dean Smith dies at 83Feb 07, 2015 10:00 pm - Dean Smith was more than simply a basketball coach. Yes, the retired Hall of Famer left North Carolina as the winningest coach in men's history after capturing two natio...
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Notable deaths last weekFeb 07, 2015 12:00 am - • John C. Whitehead, a Wall Street banker who led Goldman, Sachs & Co.'s international expansion in the 1970s and '80s and later was founding chairman of the National Se...