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  • January 2008

    • Heath Ledger Found Dead

      Associated Press  |  Jan 22, 08 4:06 PM CST

      Heath Ledger Found Dead

      (Newser) - Actor Heath Ledger was found dead today in his home in downtown Manhattan, the AP reports. The Australian native, an Academy Award nominee for his performance in Brokeback Mountain, was 28. Police said pills were "scattered around the room," WCBS-TV in New York reported, and the death may have been drug-related. More »

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      obituary  • Heath Ledger  • Batman  • Michelle Williams  • Brokeback Mountain  • I'm Not There

    • New Zealand Pays Homage to Heroic Hillary

      New Zealand Herald  |  Jan 22, 08 10:58 AM CST

      New Zealand Pays Homage to Heroic Hillary

      (Newser) - New Zealand paid tribute to its most famous native son today as throngs lined the streets of Auckland for the state funeral of Sir Edmund Hillary , the New Zealand Herald reports. The prime minister led the tributes. "Sir Ed described himself as a person of modest abilities," said Helen Clark. "In reality he was a colossus, he was our hero." More »

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      obituary  • New Zealand  • Mount Everest  • Edmund Hillary

    • Young & Reckless: AP Brit Obit Sparks Macabre Debate

      Associated Press  |  Jan 21, 08 3:30 AM CST

      Young &amp; Reckless: AP Brit Obit Sparks Macabre Debate

      (Newser) - The Associated Press decision to prepare an obituary for 26-year-old troubled pop star Britney Spears has triggered a debate about the extent the news media should anticipate the early deaths of celebrities like Spears, actress Lindsay Lohan and singer Amy Winehouse, who are clearly living risky lives. The AP had no obituary ready when actor Brad Renfro, 25, or former playmate Anna Nicole Smith, 39, died, which was a "wake-up call," said an AP editor. More »

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      obituary  • Britney Spears  • Lindsay Lohan  • Amy Winehouse  • Anna Nicole Smith  • Brad Renfro  • James Dean

    • Suzanne Pleshette Dead

      Associated Press  |  Jan 20, 08 5:00 AM CST

      Suzanne Pleshette Dead

      (Newser) - Actress Suzanne Pleshette, best known for her role as a sardonic wife in the long-running hit TV series “The Bob Newhart Show,” died today at her home in Los Angeles, AP reports. She was 70, and had been treated for lung cancer. The arresting, intelligent actress  with the husky voice enjoyed a storied film career, from her beginnings in teen flicks like Fate is the Hunter to mature roles in films including Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds . More »

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    • Rams Owner Georgia Frontiere Dies

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jan 19, 08 12:25 AM CST

      Rams Owner Georgia Frontiere Dies

      (Newser) - Georgia Frontiere, loved in St. Louis, hated in Los Angeles for moving the Rams east in 1995, died Friday at age 80, reports the Los Angeles Times . Ironically, Frontiere died at in LA, where she had been treated for breast cancer for several months. Frontiere inherited the Rams from her sixth husband, Carroll Rosenbloom, who drowned at age 72 in 1979. More »

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      NFL  • obituary  • St. Louis Rams

    • Chess King Bobby Fischer Dies

      Associated Press  |  Jan 18, 08 7:24 AM CST

      Chess King Bobby Fischer Dies

      (Newser) - Chess master Bobby Fischer, who became a Cold War icon when he dethroned Russian Boris Spassky in 1972, has died at age 64 in Iceland, the AP reports. Fischer is considered by many to be the greatest chess player ever, but his genius for the game was often overshadowed by his troubled eccentricities. The Chicago native became America's first world chess champion, but later renounced his citizenship. More »

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      obituary  • Cold War  • Iceland  • chess  • International Chess Federation

    • Father of the Hula Hoop, Frisbee Dies

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jan 17, 08 4:23 PM CST

      Father of the Hula Hoop, Frisbee Dies

      (Newser) - Richard Knerr, co-founder of the company that launched the Hula Hoop, Frisbee, and Silly String, died of a stroke Monday at 82. Knerr went from selling slingshots out of his parents' garage with lifelong pal and business partner Arthur Melin to creating the hugely profitable Wham-O toy company. The story is "pure Americana," one Frisbee fan told the Los Angeles Times . More »

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      obituary  • toys

    • Cancer Pioneer Folkman Dead

      Boston Globe  |  Jan 16, 08 7:42 AM CST

      Cancer Pioneer Folkman Dead

      (Newser) - Cancer researcher Judah Folkman, whose insights and tenacity spawned a whole new branch of oncology, died Monday at age 74, the Boston Globe reports. Folkman pioneered the notion that cancer tumors could be halted if their blood supply was cut off; he persevered despite decades of skepticism in the field and research setbacks. The work led to the creation of several successful drugs, most notably Avastin, and there are many more in the pipeline. More »

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      obituary  • cancer  • Boston  • cancer research  • tumors  • Harvard Medical School  • blood vessels

    • Actor Renfro Dead at 25; Cause Unknown

      Access Hollywood  |  Jan 15, 08 8:22 PM CST

      Actor Renfro Dead at 25; Cause Unknown

      (Newser) - Actor Brad Renfro, who kicked off his career at age 10 in The Client , was found dead at his Los Angeles home today, "Access Hollywood" reports. He was 25. The LA coroner's office confirmed his death; the cause of death is unknown and an investigation is under way. "There is no suspicion of foul play," a police spokesman told the LA Times. More »

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      obituary  • Los Angeles  • actor  • heroin  • child actors  • child star  • Brad Renfro  • Winona Ryder

    • Everest's Hillary Dies at 88

      Bloomberg  |  Jan 10, 08 5:17 PM CST

      Everest's Hillary Dies at 88

      (Newser) - Edmund Hillary, the first person to scale Mount Everest, has died at age 88, Bloomberg reports. Hillary scaled the world's highest mountain in 1953, gaining renown as one of the great adventurers in the 20th century. Despite his fame, Hillary remained modest about his Everest achievement and those that followed, and spent much of his life helping to improve living conditions of the Sherpa mountain people of Nepal. More »

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    • James Spain Dead at 81

      Chicago Tribune  |  Jan 6, 08 12:00 PM CST

      James Spain Dead at 81

      (Newser) - James Spain, a career diplomat in the US Foreign Service, passed away of natural causes in Wilmington, NC at age 81 on January 2, 2008.  Ambassador Spain's life was devoted to serving his country first in the US Army as a photographer on Gen. Douglas MacArthur's staff in occupied Japan and then as a career foreign service officer. More »

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      Pakistan  • obituary  • Turkey  • diplomacy  • Sri Lanka  • Tanzania  • diplomat

    • George MacDonald Fraser Dead

      NPR  |  Jan 3, 08 8:00 PM CST

      George MacDonald Fraser Dead

      (Newser) - George MacDonald Fraser, the creator of the Flashman series of of historical novels, died yesterday at age 82.  Fraser's widely read and beloved series of 12 novels featured a lovable, cowardly cad named Harry Flashman, first created as a minor character in the classic 19th century English novel, "Tom Brown's Schooldays."  More »

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      Great Britain  • obituary  • novelist

  • December 2007

    • Winningest Horse Trainer Dead at 72

      Blood-Horse (Ky.)  |  Dec 26, 07 4:19 PM CST

      Winningest Horse Trainer Dead at 72

      (Newser) - Dale Baird, the trainer with the most wins in the history of horse racing, died Sunday in a car accident at age 72. Baird racked up 9,445 wins—no other trainer even has 7,000—in a storied career at the West Virginia racetrack now known as Mountaineer. Despite his success, Baird remained a modest trainer who ran mostly claimers, reports Kentucky's Blood-Horse . More »

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    • Choreographer Kidd Dies at 92

      New York Times  |  Dec 25, 07 6:20 PM CST

      Choreographer Kidd Dies at 92

      (Newser) - Choreographer Michael Kidd, creator of some of the most enduring dance steps on Broadway and in Hollywood, has died of cancer at age 92, the New York Times reports. Kidd, who won five Tonys and an honorary Oscar, is best known for his choreography in the 1954 film Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and in the musicals Finian's Rainbow , Guys and Dolls, and Destry Rides Again .  More »

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      obituary  • Hollywood  • death  • Broadway  • dance  • musical  • ballet

    • Oscar Peterson Dies at 82

      CBC (Canada)  |  Dec 24, 07 2:10 PM CST

      Oscar Peterson Dies at 82

      (Newser) - Legendary jazz pianist Oscar Peterson died last night at his home near Toronto from kidney failure, CBC News reports. He was 82. The Canadian musician made hundreds of recordings, won seven Grammys, and played alongside greats like Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, and Ella Fitzgerald. "The world has lost the world's greatest jazz player," said Peterson's hometown mayor. More »

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      music  • obituary  • Canada  • musician  • jazz  • Toronto  • Charlie Parker  • Louis Armstrong  • piano

    • Billionaire Dies After Fall at Building Site

      Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  |  Dec 21, 07 6:58 PM CST

      Billionaire Dies After Fall at Building Site

      (Newser) - Billionaire Ken Hendricks, 66, died today of head injuries after falling through a hole in his unfinished garage roof, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports. Hendricks—a high-school dropout who turned ABC Supply Co. into a national building-supply chain—apparently fell through a tarp covering an unfinished portion of an addition to his home, suffering fatal head injuries in a Rockford, Ill., hospital. More »

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      obituary  • accidental death  • billionaire  • Forbes 400

    • Eulogy Offers Some Answers

      Washington Post  |  Dec 19, 07 2:17 PM CST

      Eulogy Offers Some Answers

      (Newser) - The questions have echoed through the ages, ever since people started dying and leaving behind loved ones able to express the sentiment: Why? Why now? Now what? Writing for the Newsweek/Washington Post website "On Faith," Sally Quinn points her readers to the extraordinary eulogy Erik Kolbell delivered last week at the funeral of 38-year-old Amy Rosenblatt Solomon. More »

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      obituary  • death  • funeral  • grief  • Sally Quinn

    • Singer, Songwriter Dan Fogelberg Dies at 56

      Associated Press  |  Dec 17, 07 2:42 AM CST

      Singer, Songwriter Dan Fogelberg Dies at 56

      (Newser) - Soft rock singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg died yesterday morning at his home in Maine after a three-year battle with prostate cancer. He was 56. Fogelberg was most popular in the '70s and early '80s with hits like "Longer," "Leader of the Band," "Same Old Lang Syne," and "The Power of Gold." His songs were known for their emotional weight and captivating story lines. More »

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      music  • obituary  • death  • musician  • prostate cancer

    • Kerrigan Plotter Dies at Age 40

      Associated Press  |  Dec 16, 07 3:31 PM CST

      Kerrigan Plotter Dies at Age 40

      (Newser) - A plotter in the 1994 attack on skater Nancy Kerrigan died this week of natural causes at age 40, the AP reports. Brian Sean Griffith, ex-bodyguard to figure-skating Olympic hopeful Tonya Harding, confessed to helping organize the attack on Kerrigan days after it happened. Griffith served 14 months and later changed his name from Shawn Eckhardt to start a new life. More »

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      obituary  • scandals  • Olympic Games  • assault  • attack  • skating  • figure skating  • Nancy Kerrigan  • Tonya Harding

    • Ike Turner Dead at 76

      Associated Press  |  Dec 12, 07 4:07 PM CST

      Ike Turner Dead at 76

      (Newser) - Ike Turner, who gained nearly as much fame for his pioneering rock and soul music as he did being Tina Turner's abusive husband, died at age 76 today, the AP reports. The cause of death was not immediately known. Turner teamed with Tina for a series of powerful hits in the 1960s and '70s, including "River Deep, Mountain High" and their signature cover, "Proud Mary." More »

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      obituary  • Grammy Awards  • Ike Turner  • Tina Turner

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