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  • September 2007

    • Ohio Congressman Found Dead

      newser  |  CNN  |  Sep 5, 07 1:19 PM CDT

      Ohio Congressman Found Dead

      An Ohio congressman was found dead today in his Washington apartment, the AP reports. Authorities are not sure what killed Paul Gillmor, whose aides found him after he failed to show up for work. The 68-year-old Republican, a member of Congress since 1988, represented Ohio’s Fifth District and was a reliable conservative on social issues. More »

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      Congress  • death  • Ohio  • John Boehner

    • Only the Good Die Young

      newser  |  BBC  |  Sep 4, 07 9:59 AM CDT

      Only the Good Die Young

      The cliché "live fast, die young" now has backing from science. More than 1,000 American and European musicians active from 1956 through 1999 came under British researchers' scrutiny, and the stats are grim: The performers were twice as likely as civilians to die young, with drug and alcohol problems accounting for a quarter of those deaths, the BBC reports. More »

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      celebrity  • drugs  • alcohol  • death  • musician

    • She Fought Cancer With eBay—and Found Her Legacy

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Sep 1, 07 2:56 PM CDT

      She Fought Cancer With eBay&mdash;and Found Her Legacy

      It was her mother's dying wish: "Take care of my eBay." Katherine Rossman chronicles her mother's four-year battle with cancer, and the concurrent obsession with collecting vintage glass on the Internet that sustained her. Her $25,000 collection of Art Deco bibelots was to become her legacy. More »

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      cancer  • eBay  • death

  • August 2007

    • Desperate Survivors Flee Quake Towns' Chaos

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Aug 19, 07 9:04 AM CDT

      Desperate Survivors Flee Quake Towns' Chaos

      Desperate residents of Peruvian towns destroyed by a powerful quake and taken over by looters are fleeing to seek resources, Reuters reports. Lines of  trucks piled with furniture rumbled to relatives and friends for help. Some 1,000 soldiers are now safequarding aid trucks in the area where more than 500 have died, but many survivors still have no food or water. More »

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      death  • natural disaster  • disaster  • death toll  • Peru

    • Max Roach Dies at 83

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Aug 16, 07 3:18 PM CDT

      Max Roach Dies at 83

      Max Roach, a drummer who moved to his own beat and became a seminal figure in modern jazz, died today at 83. Roach renovated his genre's traditional instrumentation, and pioneered a layered, contrapuntal style that became the trademark of contemporary percussion. Even his recent albums defied the conventions he helped forge. "You can't write the same book twice," he once said. More »

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      obituary  • death  • musician  • jazz  • drums

    • WWE Wrestles With Drugs, Lifestyle

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Aug 16, 07 11:47 AM CDT

      WWE Wrestles With Drugs, Lifestyle

      Chris Benoit's murder-suicide last June spotlighted the disproportionate number of early deaths among professional wrestlers; one activist has counted more than 60 dead before reaching 50 over the past 10 years. And a taxing, drug-addled lifestyle plays a big role. More »

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      steroids  • death  • drug use  • painkiller  • WWE  • wrestling  • Chris Benoit  • World Wrestling Entertainment  • wrestler

    • Painter Elizabeth Murray Dies

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Aug 13, 07 8:59 AM CDT

      Painter Elizabeth Murray Dies

      Elizabeth Murray, a painter whose vivid, cartoon-based work was part of a contemporary movement away from minimalism, died yesterday of lung cancer. She was 66. A leading figure in the New York art scene, Murray won a MacArthur genius grant in 1999 and enjoyed a retrospective at MoMA last year. More »

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      obituary  • art  • death  • lung cancer  • artist  • MacArthur genius  • painter  • Museum of Modern Art  • MoMA

    • Baby's Body Found at Bridge

      newser  |  CNN  |  Aug 10, 07 5:37 PM CDT

      Baby's Body Found at Bridge

      The body of a 2-year-old girl is among those recovered from the wreckage of the I35W bridge in Minneapolis; the toddler's mother has not yet been found, CNN reports. Remains located by divers in the Mississippi today bring the total number of casualties in the Aug. 1 collapse to at least nine. More »

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      death  • Minnesota  • Minneapolis  • collapse  • bridge collapse  • Mississippi River  • bridge  • I 35W bridge

    • France Bids Adieu to Archbishop

      newser  |  BBC  |  Aug 10, 07 4:34 PM CDT

      France Bids Adieu to Archbishop

      Catholic and Jewish prayers rang out at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris today during the funeral of the former archbishop of Paris, Jean-Marie Lustiger, who died Sunday at 80. A convert from Judaism whose mother died at Auschwitz, he was known for his tireless work to bridge his two faiths, and thousands of mourners gathered to pay their respects. More »

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      Nicolas Sarkozy  • Catholic Church  • death  • Catholicism  • funeral  • Judaism  • Auschwitz  • archbishop

    • Oliver Hill, Civil Rights Crusader, Dies

      newser  |  Richmond Times-Dispatch  |  Aug 6, 07 3:37 AM CDT

      Oliver Hill, Civil Rights Crusader, Dies

      Oliver Hill, a Virginia civil rights crusader whose work contributed to the Brown v. Board of Education decision against school segregation, died yesterday at 100. Described as "last lion of the civil-rights movement," Hill was a survivor of D-Day's Omaha Beach landing, and close friends with Justice Thurgood Marshall, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports. More »

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      US Supreme Court  • obituary  • race  • death  • civil rights  • school  • lawyer  • segregation  • integration

    • Ving Rhames' Dogs Kill Caretaker

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Aug 3, 07 5:43 PM CDT

      Ving Rhames' Dogs Kill Caretaker

      Four dogs belonging to actor Ving Rhames mauled a man to death today, the LA Times reports. The victim, who has not yet been identified but was apparently a caretaker for the dogs, and was found lying dead on Rhames' front lawn this morning. Rhames is currently abroad working on a film. More »

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      dog  • death  • pets  • actor

  • July 2007

    • In Virtual Graveyard, Friends, Voyeurs Gather

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jul 30, 07 3:36 PM CDT

      In Virtual Graveyard, Friends, Voyeurs Gather

      A site that collects obituaries, often of young people, and links to their social-network profiles is gaining traction, the AP reports. MyDeathSpace.com lists more than 2,700 deaths and receives more than 100,000 hits daily. "This site does kind of let you look into the heart of darkness," one professor says. More »

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      Internet  • obituary  • social networking  • MySpace  • suicide  • death  • teenagers

    • UN Eyes Congo After Gorilla Murders

      newser  |  CNN  |  Jul 28, 07 3:47 PM CDT

      UN Eyes Congo After Gorilla Murders

      Four mountain gorillas were shot to death in a nature preserve in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and UNESCO is flying in to help with the unsolved crime, CNN reports. The massacre of an alpha male and three females follows the recent killing of three other mountain gorillas—only 700 of which exist worldwide. More »

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      murder  • animal  • death  • Democratic Republic of Congo  • gorilla

    • The End Is Near: Hospice Cat Senses Death

      newser  |  Boston Globe  |  Jul 26, 07 5:40 AM CDT

      The End Is Near: Hospice Cat Senses Death

      An upscale nursing home in Rhode Island is home to a cat that can sense impending death, the Boston Globe reports. Oscar, whose domain is the dementia ward, shows little interest in patients who are ill but not dying. But when he curls up in a bed, the patient usually dies within hours. Caregivers take Oscar's cuddling as a signal to call loved ones. More »

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      death  • pets  • cat  • nursing homes

  • June 2007
  • May 2007

    • Pitcher Was Drunk at Wheel

      newser  |  St. Louis Post-Dispatch  |  May 4, 07 4:11 PM CDT

      Pitcher Was Drunk at Wheel

      Cardinals pitcher Josh Hancock was drunk, speeding, talking on the phone and not wearing a seatbelt when he died in a traffic accident, officials announced today. The St. Louis medical examiner said the 29-year-old right-hander's blood-alcohol level was 0.157, nearly twice the legal limit, when he crashed his SUV early Sunday morning. More »

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      MLB  • accident  • death  • St. Louis Cardinals  • drunk driving  • car accident

    • Astronaut Wally Schirra Dies at 84

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  May 3, 07 2:14 PM CDT

      Astronaut Wally Schirra Dies at 84

      Astronaut Wally Schirra, a reporter once said, geared up for space flight with "the ease of preparing for a family picnic." The third American to orbit the earth and the fifth ever to fly into space, Shirra died today. He was 84. More »

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      NASA  • obituary  • death  • astronauts  • space exploration  • Apollo

  • April 2007

    • Cricket Coach Poisoned and Strangled

      newser  |  BBC  |  Apr 30, 07 6:30 AM CDT

      Cricket Coach Poisoned and Strangled

      The murder mystery that cast a shadow over international cricket is deepening. A BBC investigation claims Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer, found strangled to death last month, was also poisoned. "It now seems certain that he had already been rendered helpless—leaving him unable to fight back," BBC's Adam Parsons reports. More »

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      murder  • death  • poison  • cricket  • Bob Woolmer

    • Longtime Movie Lobbyist Valenti Dead at 85

      newser  |  CNN  |  Apr 27, 07 7:39 AM CDT

      Longtime Movie Lobbyist Valenti Dead at 85

      Despite being neither movie star nor studio exec, Jack Valenti was one of Hollywood's most influential figures. An era ended Thursday when the longtime president of the film industry's trade association died at his home in Washington. The veteran lobbyist, who also served in the Johnson administration, was 85 and had suffered a stroke in March. More »

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      movie  • film  • obituary  • Hollywood  • death  • Lyndon Johnson  • lobbyist  • MPAA

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