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OBITUARY

Dusty Rhodes, NY Giants Series Hero, Dead at 82


Jun 18, 09 2:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dusty Rhodes, the free-spirited outfielder whose pinch-hitting heroics helped the New York Giants to the 1954 World Series title, died yesterday at 82, the Daily News reports. Called “the worst fielder who ever played in a big league game” by one manager, Rhodes had a reputation for enjoying the... More »

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APPRECIATION

 Carradine: An 'Actor's Actor' 


Jun 4, 09 2:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - David Carradine was “an actor's actor,” Brian Warmoth writes on MTV.com, “a performer who left an indelible mark on everything he did with adeptly conceived roles in even the campiest environments.” Though best known for his '70s role on the TV show Kung Fu... More »

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entertainment • television • film • obituary • Ingmar Bergman • kung fu • martial arts • David Carradine • westerns

(Newser) - David Carradine, the star of campy '70s TV classic Kung Fu who enjoyed a career renaissance as the villain in the Kill Bill films, was found dead today in Bangkok, where he was shooting a movie, the AP reports. Carradine, part of a prominent Hollywood family that included father John,... More »

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suicide • Thailand • Quentin Tarantino • obituary • Bangkok • deaths • Kill Bill • David Carradine • Kung Fu • John Carradine • Martha Plimpton

 Blues Queen 
 Koko Taylor 
 Dead at 80 

Blues world mourns loss of Chicago legend

Jun 4, 09 6:34 AM CDT
(AP) - Koko Taylor, a sharecropper's daughter whose regal bearing and powerful voice earned her the sobriquet "'Queen of the Blues," has died after complications from surgery, the AP reports. She was 80. The Memphis-born singer died at a Chicago hospital about two weeks after surgery for a gastrointestinal bleed,... More »

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(Newser) - Sadly, Mickey Mouse will need a new voice. Wayne Allwine, who has voiced the character for the past three decades in movies and at Disney parks, died Monday from diabetes at age 62, the Los Angeles Times reports. Allwine is only the third person to voice Mickey, following Walt Disney... More »

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obituary • Mickey Mouse • Walt Disney • Wayne Allwine

Obituary

BoSox Star
Dom DiMaggio Dead at 92

All-Star excelled in the shadow of brother Joe and Ted Williams

May 8, 09 11:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dom DiMaggio, the talented younger brother of Joltin’ Joe, died today at the age of 92, the Boston Globe reports. The former Red Sox center fielder went to the All-Star Game seven times in his 11-year career, and earned accolades from his contemporaries. Ted Williams called DiMaggio “the best... More »

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MLB • Boston Red Sox • David Halberstam • obituary • Joe DiMaggio • Ted Williams • baseball • Dom DiMaggio

Obituary



 Controversial 
 Miss. Mayor 
 Dies After 
 Losing Primary 

Unorthodox leader faced upcoming federal trial

May 7, 09 6:44 AM CDT
(AP) - The mayor of Jackson, Miss., died early today, less than 2 days after losing a re-election bid in a contentious Democratic primary that came a week before his second federal trial, the AP reports. Frank Melton, 60, who had a history of heart problems, was to be tried on civil-rights... More »

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OBITUARY

 Actor Dom 
 DeLuise 
 Dead at 75 

Appeared in Cannonball Run, Space Balls

May 5, 09 12:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Actor Dom DeLuise died in his sleep last night at a Los Angeles hospital, TMZ reports. He was 75. The Golden-Globe nominated actor was known for appearances in Mel Brooks films and often worked with Burt Reynolds. He starred in Cannonball Run and Blazing Saddles and voiced Pizza the Hutt... More »

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film • obituary • death • Mel Brooks • actor • Dom DeLuise • Burt Reynolds

APPRECIATION

 Kemp 
 Changed 
 GOP Forever 


May 3, 09 1:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - For Adam Clymer, writing in the New York Times, Jack Kemp won’t be remembered as just a Bills star and Buffalo congressman. He’ll be remembered as the player who boycotted a New Orleans game to protest segregation, and the politician who “moved the Republican Party to a... More »

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race • Buffalo Bills • GOP • congressman • obituary • Republican Party • minorities • Jack Kemp

(AP) - Jack Kemp, the former football star, congressman, one-time vice-presidential nominee, and self-described "bleeding-heart conservative" died today of cancer at age 73. Kemp, a former quarterback for the Buffalo Bills, represented western New York for nine terms in Congress, leaving the House for an unsuccessful presidential bid in 1988. Eight... More »

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 Vegas Star Gans Dead at 52 


May 1, 09 12:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Master impressionist Danny Gans died this morning at age 52 at his Nevada home, the Las Vegas Sun reports. Though little known outside of Vegas, the musical chameleon was a Sin City superstar, performing before routinely sold-out crowds and appearing on the largest freestanding marquee in the world. “... More »

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appreciation

 'Imperious' Arthur 
 Was a 'Thunderbolt' 

Comedian broke new ground in Maude, Golden Girls

Apr 26, 09 5:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bea Arthur may not have been television’s most iconic actress, “but no woman ever made so many people so happy by being so imperious, so decisive, so just plain bossy,” Ken Tucker writes in Entertainment Weekly. No one defied or upstaged her on Maude or Golden Girls,... More »

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television • obituary • comedy • Bea Arthur • actress • Golden Girls

 Golden Girl Bea Arthur 
 Dead at 86 

TV legend made a career out of playing acerbic heroines

Apr 25, 09 4:05 PM CDT
(AP) - Beatrice Arthur, the tall, deep-voiced actress whose razor-sharp delivery of comedy lines made her a TV star in the hit shows Maude and The Golden Girls, died today at age of 86. Arthur, who had cancer, died peacefully at her Los Angeles home with her family at her side. “... More »

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television • obituary • comedian • Bea Arthur • actress • Golden Girls

(Newser) - British author JG Ballard died this morning "with great sadness" after many years of poor health, his agent said today. The 78-year-old novelist and short story writer was most famous for his semi-autobiographical book Empire of the Sun, later made into a film by Steven Spielberg, and his controversial... More »

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obituary • British • death • novelist • author • writer • novel • JG Ballard

(Newser) - Former major league pitcher Mark "The Bird" Fidrych, who charmed America with his antics on the mound in the mid-1970s, died today at his home in Northborough, Mass., the Boston Globe reports. He was 54. Fidrych was found dead under a 10-wheel truck when a friend dropped by... More »

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OBITUARY

 Phillies Announcer 
 Kalas Dead at 73 


Apr 13, 09 2:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Harry Kalas, who announced Philadelphia Phillies games since 1971, died today, the Inquirer reports. Kalas, 73, was found unconscious at Nationals Stadium in Washington and rushed to a hospital, where he died. Kalas, a Hall of Famer, underwent unspecified surgery earlier this year. “We lost Harry today,” the... More »

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(Newser) - Dungeons & Dragons co-creator Dave Arneson died Wednesday after a long battle with cancer. His D&D collaborator, Gary Gygax, died in March 2008. Though the two engaged in much legal wrangling over their property, they resolved their dispute in the 1980s. Arneson, who enjoyed a second career as an... More »

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cancer • obituary • death • gaming • Dungeons & Dragons • Gary Gygax • Dave Arneson • role playing games

(Newser) - OJ Simpson’s younger sister died of a mysterious illness yesterday in Sacramento, the Bee reports. Carmelita Durio had been ill since she collapsed in court following her brother’s robbery conviction in October, and none of six specialists she consulted were able to diagnose what plagued the 60-year-old. “... More »

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 Doctor Zhivago Composer Dies 

Maurice Jarre worked with Hollywood legends

Mar 30, 09 1:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Maurice Jarre, the composer who wrote the Oscar-winning scores of Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago and A Passage to India, has died of cancer at the age of 84. The Frenchman—who rose to fame after moving to Los Angeles in the '60s—worked with such film director legends as... More »

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Hollywood • obituary • composer • Oscars • Maurice Jarre • film score

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 Scholar Who Lived 
 Black History Dead at 94 

John Hope Franklin embodied black history

Mar 26, 09 8:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Influential historian John Hope Franklin died yesterday at 94. The author of a seminal book on race, Franklin was born and raised in an all-black community in Oklahoma, marched in Selma, and assisted on a Brown v. Board of Education brief. "He managed to embody this history and yet... More »

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African Americans • obituary • racism • Selma to Montgomery • historian • slavery • Brown v. Board of Education • John Hope Franklin

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