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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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(Newser) - Author E. Lynn Harris, who offered a glimpse into the secret lives of closeted gay black men, died last night at 54, the AP reports. His publicist says the cause is unknown, and that Harris suddenly took ill just days ago. An autopsy will be performed next week. Harris was... More »

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entertainment • African Americans • obituary • fiction • author • novel • LGBT • best seller • Jay-ZTV • gay • E. Lynn Harris • black men

obituary

 Mount Washington Mascot Dies 

Nin charmed visitors, staff for 12 years

Jul 24, 09 2:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mount Washington’s mascot of 12 years died last week at 19 or possibly 20, the Boston Globe reports. Nin the cat “brought a little piece of home” to the New Hampshire mountain’s observatory, says its executive director. He wasn’t much bothered by the site’s vicious... More »

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New Hampshire • obituary • cat • animal • Mount Washington

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 Taco Bell 
 Chihuahua 
 Dies at 15 

Gidget charmed viewers in ads for chain

Jul 22, 09 12:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Gidget, the iconic chihuahua of Taco Bell ads, died of a stroke last night at 15, her trainer tells People. “She made so many people happy,” Sue Chipperton says. Largely retired, the canine spent most of her time basking in the sun and appearing in photo shoots, where... More »

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(Newser) - Frank McCourt, the former schoolteacher who gained literary stardom by recounting his unhappy childhood in Angela's Ashes, died today in New York of skin cancer, the New York Times reports. He was 78. The Brooklyn-born author grew up in Limerick and taught in New York public schools for 30 years... More »

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(Newser) - Yeah, he was the most trusted man in America and all that, but Boing Boing points out a different reason we're going to miss Walter Cronkite: The man had rhythm. "True fact, Walter Cronkite was a hot drummer," the site quotes John Perry Barlow, the Grateful Dead lyricist,... More »

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obituary • drums • Walter Cronkite • news anchor • John Perry Barlow • Mike Gordon

(Newser) - Walter Cronkite, the CBS anchorman who revolutionized television news for a generation, died today at age 92, CBS News reports. He had suffered a long illness and was at home in New York with his family. Cronkite helmed the CBS Evening News throughout the 1960s and '70s, guiding America through... More »

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obituary • journalist • Walter Cronkite • news anchor • CBS Evening News

(Newser) - Architectural photographer Julius Shulman has died at the age of 98, the Los Angeles Times reports. In a career spanning two-thirds of the 20th century, Shulman became the premier photographer of modernist architecture and worked with the likes of Frank Lloyd Wright and Eero Saarinen. But his most famous shot... More »

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architecture • Los Angeles • obituary • photography • modernism • Frank Lloyd Wright • Julius Shulman

(AP) - A Spanish woman believed to have become the world's oldest new mother when she gave birth at 66 has died at 69, leaving behind twin toddlers, Spanish newspapers reported today. Maria del Carmen Bousada gave birth in 2006 as a single mother after in vitro fertilization treatment. Her brother confirmed... More »

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Spain • in vitro fertilization • obituary • mother • Maria del Carmen Bousada

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Conductor Downes, Wife End Lives in Swiss Suicide Clinic

Couple faced failing health

Jul 14, 09 10:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - British conductor Edward Downes and his wife, Joan, have died at a Swiss suicide clinic, ending their lives “under circumstances of their own choosing,” the couple’s children said today. Downes, 85, was largely blind and Joan, 74, had cancer, the Times of London reports, which their children... More »

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cancer • classical music • assisted suicide • obituary • blindness • Sydney Opera House • Royal Opera House • conductor • Giuseppe Verdi • Edward Downes • Joan Downes

OBITUARY

 Vietnam Architect 
 Robert McNamara 
 Dead at 93 

Kennedy appointee held post during Vietnam war

Jul 6, 09 8:44 AM CDT
(AP) - Robert S. McNamara, who presided over the escalation of the Vietnam War as Defense secretary under presidents Kennedy and Johnson, died at his home this morning after a period of failing health, his wife told the AP. He was 93. Known as a policymaker with a fixation for statistical analysis,... More »

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Vietnam • John F. Kennedy • obituary • defense secretary • Robert McNamara

appreciation

McNair's Talent Paved the Way for Others

Gritty QB blazed a trail for black franchise players in the NFL

Jul 5, 09 2:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Steve McNair had plenty of hype to live up to at the beginning of his professional career, and rose to the occasion, not only proving himself but also paving the way for black franchise quarterbacks from Donovan McNabb to Vince Young, writes Tom Curran for MSNBC. He had both grit... More »

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NFL • Tennessee Titans • murder-suicide • football • obituary • Baltimore Ravens • Steve McNair • quarterback

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Karl Malden, Oscar-Winner and AmEx Face, Dead at 97

'Don't leave home without it,' he reminded

Jul 1, 09 3:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Karl Malden—the Oscar-winner who later famously reminded travelers not to leave home without their American Express traveler’s checks—died today at 97 of natural causes, the Los Angeles Times reports. The former steel worker played supporting roles in 50 films during the 1950s and ‘60s, winning an... More »

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Jackson Aide: He Took Drugs in Bid to Avoid London Shows

Singer wanted trip to hospital but overdid it

Jun 30, 09 10:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - A confidante of Michael Jackson says the singer may have inadvertently triggered his own death by purposely taking an overdose of prescription drugs so he'd end up in the hospital and be excused from some of his London tour dates, reports Gerald Posner of the Daily Beast. “Like a... More »

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obituary • prescription drugs • singer • Michael Jackson • icons • celebrity death

Appreciation

 Dance Legend 
 Pina Bausch 
 Dead at 68 


Jun 30, 09 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Visionary choreographer Pina Bausch died today at age 68, five days after being diagnosed with cancer, Germany’s Wuppertal Dance Theater announced today. The theater didn’t reveal the cause of death, except to call it “unexpectedly fast.” Bausch’s strange modern style of dance couldn’t be... More »

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 Impressionist 
 Travalena Dead at 66 


Jun 29, 09 11:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fred Travalena, a master impressionist whose catalog of voices ranged from US presidents to Frank Sinatra doing Boy George, has died at 66 of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, the Los Angeles Times reports. The actor-singer-mimic, known as the "Man of a Thousand Faces," opened for the likes of... More »

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cancer • entertainment • television • Las Vegas • obituary • comedy • Johnny Carson • Wayne Newton • Tonight Show • impression • Fred Travalena • impressionist • mimic • non-Hodgkin's lymphoma • Shirley Maclaine

opinion

 Jackson Played 
 Peter Pan to 
 Charm White 
 America 

To understand Jackson, look beyond the man in the mirror

Jun 28, 09 8:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - A musical genius, yes, but Michael Jackson was also a master of performing roles. And his greatest may have been that of a de-sexualized, non-threatening black man who appealed to white audiences, David Gates writes in Newsweek. The King of Pop looked "blackest" on the cover of 1979's... More »

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obituary • death • Michael Jackson • Jackson Five • fame • women's issues

(Newser) - It's no secret that Michael Jackson, onetime owner of Neverland, loved Peter Pan, and the reference provided legions of obituary and tribute writers with a theme:
  • New York Times: "For his legions of fans, he was the Peter Pan of pop music: the little boy who refused to
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UPDATED

 Michael Jackson Dead at 50 


Jun 25, 09 4:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Jackson died today after suffering cardiac arrest at home and arriving at the hospital in a deep coma, report TMZ and the Los Angeles Times. The King of Pop, 50, was rushed to a Los Angeles hospital this afternoon after collapsing. A police rep said he was not breathing... More »

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music • obituary • heart attack • cardiac arrest • Michael Jackson • UCLA Medical Center

South Pole Doc Who Treated Own Cancer Dead at 57

Disease returned after long remission

Jun 24, 09 9:28 AM CDT
(AP) - Dr. Jerri Nielsen FitzGerald, who diagnosed and treated her own breast cancer before a dramatic rescue from the South Pole, has died at age 57, her husband said today, passing away yesterday at their home in Southwick, Mass. Her cancer had been in remission until it returned in August 2005. More »

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 Iconic Sidekick 
 Ed McMahon 
 Dead at 86 

Former Tonight Show sidekick fought cancer

Jun 23, 09 8:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ed McMahon died last night in Los Angeles. The former Johnny Carson sidekick, 86, had long fought cancer and was recently admitted to the hospital with pneumonia, WAPT reports. Besides his Tonight Show role, McMahon was known for hosting Star Search and appearing on commercials handing giant checks to American... More »

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television • NBC • obituary • late night host • Johnny Carson • Tonight Show • Ed McMahon • American Family Publishers

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