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 Anthropologist 
 Levi-Strauss 
 Dead at 100 

French ethnologist introduced structuralist theory

Nov 3, 09 1:11 PM CST
(AP) - Claude Levi-Strauss, widely considered the father of modern anthropology for work that included theories about commonalities between tribal and industrial societies, has died. He was 100. The French intellectual was regarded as having reshaped the field of anthropology, introducing structuralism—concepts about common patterns of behavior and thought, especially myths,... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • obituary • anthropology • academics • anthropologist • Claude Levi-Strauss • ethnology • structuralism

 'Mermaid 
 Girl' Shiloh 
 Dies at 10 

She had a rare condition but lots of supporters around the world

Oct 24, 09 3:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Shiloh Pepin, a young girl in Maine born with a rare condition known as "mermaid syndrome," has died at age 10. Shiloh wasn't supposed to live more than a few days, but "she was a tough little thing," said her mom. Shiloh's legs were fused together... More »

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 Comic Soupy Sales 
 Dead at 83 

Always willing to take a pie in the face, he battled a variety of illnesses

Oct 22, 09 10:54 PM CDT
(AP) - Soupy Sales, the rubber-faced comedian whose anything-for-a-chuckle career was built on 20,000 pies to the face and 5,000 live TV appearances across a half-century of laughs, died tonight at 83. A longtime friend said Sales died at a hospice in New York, which he entered last week as... More »

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entertainment • television • Detroit • obituary • comedy • Frank Sinatra • pie • Shirley Maclaine • Soupy Sales • Tony Curtis

OBITUARY

 Addams Family Songwriter Dies 

Vic Mizzy wrote TV theme tunes, pop hits of the '40s and '50s

Oct 20, 09 3:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Songwriter Vic Mizzy, best-known for the Addams Family and Green Acres theme tunes, has died at his Bel-Air home aged 93. Mizzy wrote songs for stars Dean Martin and Doris Day before moving into film and TV composing. The WWII vet wrote the Addams Family theme on harpsichord, singing and... More »

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television • obituary • theme song • songwriter

OBITUARY

Pulitzer Winner
Nan Robertson Dead at 83

She wrote of her own battle with toxic shock syndrome

Oct 15, 09 1:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter Nan Robertson died yesterday at 83, apparently of heart disease. Robertson is best known for a vivid recounting of her battle with toxic shock syndrome in the Times Magazine, which netted her the Pulitzer in 1983, and The Girls in the ... More »

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New York Times • women's rights • alcoholism • obituary • reporter • gender equality • Nan Robertson • toxic shock

 'Lucy In the Sky' Dead at 46 

Lucy O'Donnell, nursery school classmate of John's son, inspired Beatles hit

Sep 28, 09 11:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lucy O’Donnell, the girl who supposedly inspired John Lennon and Paul McCartney to write “Lucy In the Sky with Diamonds,” has died of lupus at age 46. Though the song was controversial when it debuted on Sgt. Pepper for its purported reference to LSD, Lennon’s... More »

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music • Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band • obituary • John Lennon • Beatles • lupus • LSD • Julian Lennon

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Times Columnist William Safire Dead at 79

Ex-Nixon speechwriter, Pulitzer winner was forceful voice on right

Sep 27, 09 1:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist William Safire died today outside Washington, the paper reports. He was 79 and suffered from cancer. A onetime speechwriter for Richard Nixon, Safire, a self-described "libertarian conservative," used his background as a reporter and love for English usage to punch up his... More »

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cancer • New York Times • obituary • Pulitzer Prize • Richard Nixon • journalism • death • grammar • political coverage • word usage • William Safire • New York Times Magazine • wordplay

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 Manson Girl Susan Atkins Dies 


Sep 25, 09 6:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Susan Atkins, one of the women who killed at the behest of Charles Manson, died last night after a battle with brain cancer that had paralyzed her and cost her one leg. She was 61. She died inside the California Institute for Women, where she had been in hospice care.... More »

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  Tim Russert's Dad Dies 



WWII veteran, preceded in death by son Tim Russert, dies of natural causes

Sep 25, 09 5:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tim Russert’s father Timothy, subject of Tim’s book Big Russ and Me, Father and Son: Lessons in Life, died yesterday. Russert, 85, was also the grandfather of NBC News correspondent Luke Russert, Mediabistro reports. “While he was affectionately known to the world as ‘Big Russ,... More »

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obituary • death • Tim Russert • book • Luke Russert

 Neocon 
 Founder 
 Kristol 
 Dead at 89 

A former liberal, he sparked ideas behind the Reagan Revolution

Sep 18, 09 4:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Irving Kristol, the "godfather" of neoconservatism and a key intellectual force behind the Reagan Revolution, died today from lung cancer in Arlington, Va., the Washington Post reports. He was 89. Once a New York liberal, Kristol grew disaffected with liberalism in the 1940s and founded conservative magazines like... More »

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OBITUARY

Mary Travers, of Peter, Paul and Mary, Dead at 72

Member of folk trio had been battling leukemia

Sep 16, 09 8:27 PM CDT
(AP) - Mary Travers, one-third of the hugely popular 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, died today after a battle with leukemia, the band's publicist says. She was 72. Travers joined forces with Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey in the early 1960s. The trio mingled their music with liberal politics,... More »

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entertainment • obituary • leukemia • Peter, Paul and Mary • Mary Travers • folk music

APPRECIATION

 Swayze: Not Afraid to Laugh 
 at His Own Hunkiness 

Actor didn't want to be just another pretty face, made sure he wasn't

Sep 14, 09 9:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Patrick Swayze, who died today at 57, wasn’t the first choice for the male lead in Dirty Dancing, the BBC notes, but “his performance earned him award nominations and a place on bedroom walls of lovelorn teenage girls around the world.” He eschewed Hollywood’s scene—preferring... More »

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Saturday Night Live • entertainment • Hollywood • obituary • pancreatic cancer • Patrick Swayze • Dirty Dancing • appreciation • Lisa Niemi • sex symbol • Chris Farley

OBITUARY

 Carter Confidant,
 Press Secretary 
 Powell Dead at 65 

Aide helped engineer Ga. governor's rise to the White House

Sep 14, 09 6:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Former White House press secretary Jody Powell, a longtime aide who helped engineer Jimmy Carter's run to the White House, died today after apparently suffering a heart attack at his Maryland home, the Washington Post reports. He was 65. A member of the "Georgia Mafia" that stormed the capital... More »

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Jimmy Carter • White House • obituary • death • press secretary • Jody Powell • Carter administration

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 Poet, Punk Rocker 
 Jim Carroll Dead at 60 

Won fame with The Basketball Diaries

Sep 14, 09 5:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Poet and punk rocker Jim Carroll, 60, died of a heart attack Friday in his Manhattan home, the New York Times reports. Carroll is best known for The Basketball Diaries, a book about his experiences as a heroin-addicted basketball star in a New York City private school. A consummate New... More »

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obituary • poetry • Patti Smith • punk music • beatniks • Jim Carroll

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 'Green Revolution' Founder 
 Borlaug Dead at 95 

Scientist won Nobel Peace Prize for helping avert starvation

Sep 13, 09 7:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Norman Borlaug, who is credited with starting the "green revolution" and saving 1 billion lives, died today in Dallas from complications of cancer, the Dallas Morning News reports. He was 95. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 for agricultural innovations that helped avert mass starvation in... More »

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 Early Castro 
 Compatriot 
 Almeida 
 Dead at 82 

Rebel leader coined revolutionary slogan 'Here, nobody surrenders!'

Sep 12, 09 12:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - One of the original leaders of the Cuban Revolution and a general in Fidel Castro’s military has died, the BBC reports. Juan Almeida Bosque, 82, was the third most senior member in Raul Castro’s Council of State and the only black member of the Cuban leadership. Almeida met... More »

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Fidel Castro • Cuba • obituary • Raul Castro • Communism • Cuban Revolution • Juan Almeida Bosque • insurrection

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 DJ AM Found Dead at 36 

Friends call NYC cops after not seeing Adam Goldstein for several days

Aug 28, 09 6:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - DJ AM, who less than a year ago survived a plane crash, was found dead this afternoon in a New York apartment, TMZ reports; his real name was Adam Goldstein, and he was 36. Police, called by a friend who hadn’t seen Goldstein in several days, found drug paraphernalia... More »

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entertainment • New York • obituary • Nicole Richie • Soho • DJ AM • Adam Goldstein • Mandy Moore • Jay-ZTV • drug overdose • disc jockey

(Newser) - He wasn't always the most articulate person in one-on-one conversations, but Ted Kennedy gave powerful speeches, writes Gail Russell Chaddock in the Christian Science Monitor. Three that resonate:
  • His 1980 concession: “For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures,
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Senate • Ted Kennedy • obituary • Robert Bork • Massachusetts • death • speech • US Supreme Court • Robert F. Kennedy • senator • Robert Kennedy

SLIDESHOW

 Ted Kennedy: A Life in Pictures 


Aug 26, 09 10:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sen. Ted Kennedy's office wrote about 2,500 bills during his nearly half-century of service, points out the Boston Globe, more than 300 of which have become law. But when it comes to illustrating highlights, a picture speaks a thousand words. Click on the image box to the left for... More »

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Ted Kennedy • obituary • political dynasty • US Senate • women's issues

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 Ted Kennedy Dead at 77 


Aug 26, 09 1:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sen. Ted Kennedy, patriarch of one of the most powerful political dynasties in American history and long-time liberal lion of the Democratic Party, died late last night at his Massachusetts home in Hyannis Port, reports the New York Times. “We’ve lost the irreplaceable center of our family and... More »

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Ted Kennedy • obituary • Massachusetts • Democratic Party • political dynasty • JFK • women's issues • Kennedy • Hyannis Port

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