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July 2008
- Last Lecturer Randy Pausch Dies of Cancer
  
  newser | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | 6 hours, 12 minutes ago
  
  Randy Pausch, the Carnegie Mellon professor whose "last lecture" became an international phenomenon, succumbed in his long battle with cancer today, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. Pausch, 47, was a noted computer scientist before he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, but it was his final, inspirational address—now read by more than 6 million people—that made him famous. More »
  
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  obituary • cancer • Carnegie Mellon University • Randy Pausch
- 'Sophia' of Golden Girls Dead at 84
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jul 22, 08 1:37 PM CDT
  
  Estelle Getty, the diminutive actress who spent 40 years struggling for success before landing a role of a lifetime in 1985 as the sarcastic octogenarian Sophia on TV's The Golden Girls, has died. She was 84. The two-time Emmy winner, who suffered from advanced dementia, died this morning at home, her son told the AP. More »
  
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  television • obituary
- Yankee Bobby Murcer Dies
  
  newser | New York Daily News | Jul 12, 08 9:47 PM CDT
  
  Bobby Murcer, a beloved New York Yankee who played for the team or called their games for more than four decades, died today from complications of brain cancer, the Daily News reports. Murcer, 62, played his first game for the Yankees as a teenage shortstop in 1965, then later moved into the outfield to replace fellow Oklahoman Mickey Mantle. Murcer, a five-time all-star and team leader, endeared himself to fans on the field and later in the broadcast booth. More »
  
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  baseball • New York Yankees • obituary
- Tony Snow Was Good at His Job
  
  newser | Time | Jul 12, 08 2:34 PM CDT
  
  When Tony Snow took over as press secretary 2 years ago, the White House press corps wanted blood. Snow’s predecessors, the hostile Ari Fleischer and misinformed Scott McClellan, had left a bad taste in their mouths. But then came Snow, a breath of fresh air who won over the room with his knowledge and wit, writes Massimo Calabresi of Time . More »
  
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  Bush administration • obituary • White House • Fox News • Tony Snow • press secretary
- Benihana Founder Dead at 69
  
  newser | Los Angeles Times | Jul 12, 08 10:31 AM CDT
  
  Hiraoki “Rocky” Aoki, a former wrestler, daredevil speedboat racer and balloonist who also happened to have founded the Benihana restaurant chain, is dead at 69, the Los Angeles Times reports. The colorful Aoki opened the first Benihana in New York in 1964 with proceeds from an ice cream truck venture; now the chain, famous for the acrobatic knifemanship of its chefs, boasts around 90 locations worldwide. More »
  
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  obituary • cancer • restaurant • Japanese food
- Michael DeBakey Dead at 99
  
  newser | Houston Chronicle | Jul 12, 08 7:25 AM CDT
  
  Michael DeBakey, the pioneering heart doctor considered to be the father of modern cardiovascular surgery, died last night at 99 in Houston, the Houston Chronicle reports. During his long career, DeBakey operated on some 60,000 patients, including figures like Russian president Boris Yeltsin, trained thousands of surgeons, and developed key surgical procedures and devices still used today. More »
  
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  obituary • physician • surgeon • heart surgery
- Investor Templeton Dies at 95
  
  newser | Washington Post | Jul 8, 08 9:08 PM CDT
  
  Influential investor and philanthropist John Marks Templeton has died at age 95. The founder of Templeton Mutual Funds, one of the biggest investment funds in the world, died in the Bahamas, the Washington Post reports. In 1999, Money magazine called him "arguably the greatest global stock picker of the century." He also founded the prestigious Templeton Prize to honor research in the realm of religion and science. More »
  
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  obituary • philanthropy • investor
- Legendary New York Editor Dead at 82
  
  newser | New York Times | Jul 1, 08 2:45 PM CDT
  
  Clay Felker, founder and editor of New York magazine, died today at 82. Felker was the pioneer of a distinctive format that has become the model for weekly magazines: long, novelistic features alongside short, spicy service pieces. "Clay was obsessed with power, and he invented a magazine in the image of that obsession," current New York editor Adam Moss told the New York Times. More »
  
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  obituary • New York • journalism • magazine • magazine industry • print journalism • magazine publishing • Clay Felker • print industry
June 2008
- Model Dies in 9-Story Fall in NYC; Suicide Suspected
  
  newser | New York Post | Jun 29, 08 2:19 PM CDT
  
  A Kazakh model was found dead after falling from her ninth-floor Manhattan apartment in an apparent suicide, the New York Post reports. Twenty-year old Ruslana Korshunova had appeared on the covers of French Elle and Russian Vogue , and starred in ads for Christian Dior and Vera Wang. She had just returned from a modeling stint in Paris and looked to be "on top of the world," said a friend. More »
  
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  obituary • fashion • suicide • death • supermodel • Kazakhstan • fashion industry
- Seinfeld: Death Was a Laughing Matter for Carlin
  
  newser | New York Times | Jun 24, 08 7:44 AM CDT
  
  Nine days ago death was just another thing to joke about for George Carlin, writes Jerry Seinfeld in the New York Times. The comics were talking about the deaths of Tim Russert and Bo Diddley, and Carlin said, “I feel safe for a while. There will probably be a break before they come after the next one.” More »
  
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  obituary • death • comedy • Jerry Seinfeld • George Carlin
- Artist Tasha Tudor Dead at 92
  
  newser | New York Times | Jun 21, 08 4:31 PM CDT
  
  Tasha Tudor, the children’s illustrator known for her bucolic watercolors and old-fashioned lifestyle, died Wednesday at her Vermont home. Called a 19th-century Martha Stewart, Tudor's art appeared in nearly 100 books and countless greeting cards, plates, dolls, and quilts. The New York Times once applauded her for capturing “the same fragile beauty of early spring evenings.” More »
  
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  obituary • New Hampshire • Vermont • Children's books
- In Russert's Life, Lessons for All
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Jun 20, 08 8:07 AM CDT
  
  Media coverage of Tim Russert's death was unprecedented in scope—and worth every second, writes Peggy Noonan in the Wall Street Journal . Russert lived a life worth emulating with his emphasis on family, intregrity, faith, self-discipline, and guts. As for the journalists talking about his open-mindedness and serious approach to the field, she says, “Emulation would be good there, too.” More »
  
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  obituary • media • Tim Russert • media criticism • Peggy Noonan
- Buffalo Boy Made Good
  
  newser | Time | Jun 13, 08 6:35 PM CDT
  
  Tim Russert, who died today at age 58, was "possibly America's most influential political journalist," James Poniewozik writes in Time . His no-nonsense style was informed by a Jesuit education in working class Buffalo—but not all appreciated his "gotcha," visceral style of questioning. Yet "his Meet the Press was anything but toothless, and it became established as a required trial by fire for political leaders," Poniewozik writes. More »
  
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  Hillary Clinton • obituary • Bill Clinton • NBC • death • heart attack • Tim Russert • Meet the Press • Tom Brokaw
- Wonderful Life's Young George Dies
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jun 8, 08 10:25 AM CDT
  
  Bob Anderson, who played the young George Bailey in It’s a Wonderful Life , has died of cancer. He was 75. Growing up in Hollywood with Tinseltown relatives, he first appeared onscreen as a baby, the AP reports. At 7, he acted with Shirley Temple and in 1945 appeared in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn . But his most famous role was the outgoing, altruistic Georgie Bailey who grows up to be James Stewart in the popular classic. More »
  
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  movie • film • obituary • death • Christmas • classic cinema
- Jim McKay Dead at 86
  
  newser | ESPN | Jun 7, 08 12:34 PM CDT
  
  Veteran sportscaster and TV journalist Jim McKay has died at age 86 of natural causes, ESPN reports. McKay is most famous for hosting ABC’s Wide World of Sports, and for covering the tragic 1972 Olympics in Munich, which were marred by the Black September attack on Israeli athletes. McKay won one of his 13 Emmys for his coverage of that event. More »
  
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  obituary • Olympic Games • sports journalism • Munich • Sports Emmy
- Paul Sills, 'Orson Welles of Improv'
  
  newser | Chicago Tribune | Jun 3, 08 2:00 PM CDT
  
  For a performer, Paul Sills kept a pretty low profile. But make no mistake: The Second City co-founder was a massive influence not just on improvisational comedy, but on comedy and theater in general. Without Sills, who died yesterday at 80, there would be no Chicago improv scene, no Saturday Night Live , no 30 Rock , Chris Jones writes in the Tribune . More »
  
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  obituary • Chicago • comedy • theater • Saturday Night Live • 30 Rock
May 2008
- Subject of Lorenzo's Oil Dead at 30
  
  newser | Associated Press | May 31, 08 5:28 PM CDT
  
  Lorenzo Odone, the ALD-plagued child whose plight inspired the film Lorenzo’s Oil , died yesterday at age 30, the AP reports. Doctors said he would die by age 8, but he lived while taking an oil developed by his parents. Susan Sarandon and Nick Nolte starred in the 1992 film about his life. More »
  
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- Harvey Korman: More Than a Second Banana
  
  newser | Washington Post | May 31, 08 1:48 PM CDT
  
  Harvey Korman was sometimes described as the “quintessential second banana,” and he did indeed make his name in supporting roles. But Korman, who died this week at 81, was a special second banana. For Mel Brooks, he became the perfect scheming underling, hilariously worming his way through movie after movie. On the Carol Burnett show, he was renowned for cracking up at others’ gags. More »
  
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  obituary • comedian • Mel Brooks • Carol Burnett
- Comic Great Harvey Korman Dead at 81
  
  newser | Associated Press | May 29, 08 7:23 PM CDT
  
  Harvey Korman, who gained comic fame with his bust-a-gut sketches on the "Carol Burnett Show" in the 1960s and 70s, has died at age 81 from complications of an aneurysm, the AP reports. Korman won four Emmys for his TV work, often pairing with Burnett or Tim Conway. He had success on the big screen, too, most notably as Hedley (not Hedy!) Lamarr in Blazing Saddles . More »
  
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  obituary • comedian • Carol Burnett
- Pollack's 'Films Always Felt Like Best Pictures'
  
  newser | Washington Post | May 27, 08 3:45 PM CDT
  
  Sydney Pollack was a throwback, Desson Thomson writes in the Washington Post . He liked to say he didn’t have a style, and it was true—he "made movies in what seemed like every conceivable genre—thrillers, westerns, epics, actioners and comedies. But his formula was pretty much the same: Cast great actors as even greater characters." More »
  
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  film • obituary • Paul Newman

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