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Child With AIDS Made Made Her Mark on Oprah
Hydeia
Broadbent
Was a Voice
on AIDS at 7
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Hydeia Broadbent Was a Voice on AIDS at 7

Inspirational activist refused to succumb to self-pity

(Newser) - Hydeia Broadbent, an HIV/AIDS activist who came to national prominence in the 1990s as a young child for her inspirational talks to reduce the stigma surrounding the virus she was born with, has died. She was 39. Broadbent's father announced on Facebook that she had died "after living...

Actor in Britain&#39;s The Office Is Dead at 50
Actor in Britain's
The Office Is Dead at 50
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Actor in Britain's The Office Is Dead at 50

Ewen MacIntosh played 'Big Keith'

(Newser) - Those who watched the original version of The Office out of Britain will know him as "Big Keith." Ewen MacIntosh, the actor who portrayed an accountant aspiring to be a DJ, has died at age 50, reports the BBC . No cause of death was given, but a statement...

Hall of Famer Lefty Driesell Invented Midnight Madness
Only Lefty Driesell Won
100 Games at Four Schools
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Only Lefty Driesell Won 100 Games at Four Schools

While at Maryland, coach held the first Midnight Madness

(Newser) - Lefty Driesell, a Hall of Fame college basketball coach whose accomplishments were clouded by his temper and the death of star Len Bias, died Saturday. He died at his home in Virginia Beach at age 92, the Washington Post reports. Driesell won 786 games over 41 seasons and is the...

Man Who Helped Develop Pop-Tarts Is Dead at 96
Man We Should Thank
for Pop-Tarts Is Dead at 96
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Man We Should Thank for Pop-Tarts Is Dead at 96

Execs came to him with an idea, and William Post made it happen

(Newser) - William Post, a Michigan man who played an important role in the development of Pop-Tarts, has died at age 96. Post died Saturday, according to a family obituary that provided no details on his death but says he was raised in Grand Rapids as "one of seven children of...

Angela Chao, Shipping Chief With Close Ties to China, Dies

Foremost Group chief executive was Mitch McConnell's sister-in-law

(Newser) - Angela Chao, who ran a family shipping company and was a sister of former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, was killed Sunday in a car accident in Texas. She was the chair and chief executive of Foremost Group, an operator of bulk carrier ships with deep ties to China, the New ...

Bob&#39;s Red Mill Founder Dies at 94
Bob's Red Mill
Founder Dies at 94
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Bob's Red Mill Founder Dies at 94

Founder of the whole-grain company turned ownership over to his employees

(Newser) - Bob Moore, the founder of the iconic and eponymous whole-grain company Bob's Red Mill, has died at the ripe old age of 94. "It is with heavy hearts that we share the news that our Founder, Bob Moore, left this world today, Saturday, February 10, 2024," read...

Longtime NPR Voice Bob Edwards Is Dead
An NPR Icon Is Gone
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An NPR Icon Is Gone

Former 'Morning Edition' host Bob Edwards dies at 76

(Newser) - A familiar name—and voice—to listeners of NPR is gone. Bob Edwards, who hosted Morning Edition for more than two decades, has died at age 76, reports NBC News . No cause of death was immediately announced.
  • "He was Bob Edwards of Morning Edition for 24 and a half
...

Man Who Shattered Marathon Record Dead in Crash at 24
Man Who Shattered
Marathon Record Dead at 24
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Man Who Shattered Marathon Record Dead at 24

Kelvin Kiptum and his coach were killed Sunday night

(Newser) - Marathon world record-holder Kelvin Kiptum is dead at 24, having been killed in a car accident alongside his coach late Sunday in Kenya. The AP describes Kiptum, the first man to run a sub-2 hour, 1 minute marathon, as "on course to be a superstar of long-distance running."...

Acclaimed Conductor Long Led Boston Symphony Orchestra

Seiji Ozawa brought star power in three-decade period of growth

(Newser) - Seiji Ozawa, the Japanese conductor who amazed audiences with the lithe physicality of his performances during three decades at the helm of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, has died at age 88. Ozawa died of heart failure Tuesday at his home in Tokyo, according to his office, Veroza Japan. The internationally...

Ex-Dutch PM, 93, Dies 'Hand in Hand' With Wife by Euthanasia

Dries van Agt led nation from 1977 till 1982

(Newser) - Dries van Agt, the Christian Democrat prime minister of the Netherlands from 1977 until 1982, has died by euthanasia along with his wife, according to the human rights organization he founded. They both were 93. The news was made public on Friday by the Rights Forum, which said the couple...

Country Music Star Toby Keith Dies at 62

'Beer For My Horses' singer was battling stomach cancer

(Newser) - "Beer For My Horses" singer-songwriter Toby Keith has died. He was 62, reports the AP . Keith, who was battling stomach cancer, passed peacefully on Monday surrounded by his family, according to a statement posted on the country singer's website. "He fought his fight with grace and courage,...

Retired Firefighter Shared Iconic Image With President
Bob Beckwith Shared
Iconic 9/11 Image
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Bob Beckwith Shared Iconic 9/11 Image

Firefighter was retired when he rushed to Ground Zero after attacks

(Newser) - Bob Beckwith, a retired firefighter whose chance encounter with the president amid the rubble of Ground Zero became part of an iconic image of American unity after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, has died. He was 91. Beckwith died Sunday in hospice care after battling cancer, his wife, Barbara...

A Unique Love Story Has Ended
A Unique
Zoo Love Story
Has Ended

A Unique Zoo Love Story Has Ended

Walnut, a white-naped crane who attacked potential mates but bonded with her keeper, has died

(Newser) - One of the great interspecies love stories of our time has come to an end. Walnut, a white-naped crane and internet celebrity, has passed away at age 42, reports the AP . She is survived by eight chicks, the loving staff at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute,...

Carl Weathers Said Role in Rocky Films Put Him on the Map

Actor's films included 'Predator' and 'Happy Gilmore'

(Newser) - Carl Weathers, a former NFL linebacker who became a Hollywood action movie and comedy star, playing nemesis-turned-ally Apollo Creed in the Rocky movies, facing off against Arnold Schwarzenegger in Predator and teaching golf in Happy Gilmore, has died. He was 76. His manager said Weathers died Thursday, the AP reports....

Adele Springsteen Inspired, and Danced With, a Rock Star

Bruce Springsteen says his mother 'held our family together'

(Newser) - Adele Zerilli Springsteen, a longtime legal secretary, musical muse, and dance partner to Bruce Springsteen—in the family living room and later onstage—who captured the hearts of her son's fans, has died. Her son announced in an Instagram post that his mother died Wednesday, the AP reports. She...

Brian Wilson Mourns Wife: 'She Was My Savior'

Melinda Ledbetter Wilson dies at 77

(Newser) - Brian Wilson's wife of 28 years, famously portrayed by Elizabeth Banks opposite John Cusack's Brian in the 2014 film Love & Mercy, died Tuesday at age 77. Melinda Ledbetter first met Wilson in 1986 when she sold the founding Beach Boy a Cadillac; they had an on-and-off relationship...

Broadway Legend Chita Rivera Dead at 91
Chita Rivera Was a
'True Broadway Legend'
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Chita Rivera Was a 'True Broadway Legend'

Tony-winning dancer, singer dead at 91

(Newser) - Chita Rivera, the dynamic dancer, singer, and actress who garnered 10 Tony nominations, winning twice, in a long Broadway career that forged a path for Latina artists and shrugged off a near-fatal car accident, died Tuesday. She was 91. Rivera's death was announced by her daughter, Lisa Mordente, who...

Giant of Native American Literature Dies
Giant of
Native American
Literature Dies
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Giant of Native American Literature Dies

N. Scott Momaday was a Pulitzer Prize winner in 1969

(Newser) - N. Scott Momaday, a Pulitzer Prize-winning storyteller, poet, educator, and folklorist whose debut novel House Made of Dawn is widely credited as the starting point for contemporary Native American literature, died last week at age 89. Momaday died at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, said publisher HarperCollins. He...

Bill Hayes Was Half of a &#39;Soap-World Power Couple&#39;
Soap Star Also Had
'Davy Crockett' Hit Song
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Soap Star Also Had 'Davy Crockett' Hit Song

'The last scene I got to play with him is about how much we love each other,' says Bill Hayes' widow

(Newser) - Susan Seaforth Hayes is mourning Bill Hayes, her husband in real life and on Days of Our Lives for decades. Hayes, who joined the daytime soap opera's cast in 1970 as con artist-turned-lounge singer Doug Williams, taped his final scene with his wife just weeks before he died on...

'Toothless Man' From Deliverance Dies in Crash

Herbert Coward was 85

(Newser) - Herbert Coward, known for his "Toothless Man" role in the movie Deliverance, died Wednesday in a crash on a western North Carolina highway, according to authorities. He was 85. The crash happened Wednesday afternoon as Coward and Bertha Brooks, 78, left a doctor's appointment, North Carolina Highway Patrol...

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