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Easy Rider Star Peter Fonda Dies At 79
A statement from Peter Fonda's family said that the cause of his death was respiratory failure due to lung cancer
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Who's The Boss? Actress Katherine Helmond Dies At 89
Katherine Helmond had complications from Alzheimer's disease
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Michael Jackson's Father Joseph Jackson, Pop-Music Patriarch, Dies At 89
Joseph Jackson died after reportedly battling pancreatic cancer
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Designer Kate Spade Found Dead At Home, Reportedly Committed Suicide
Kate Spade, a designer best known for her simple, colorful handbags, which became favored accessories of professional women in the 1990s, was found dead June 5 at her home in Manhattan. She was 55.
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Alan Bean, Apollo 12 Astronaut Who Walked On The Moon, Dies At 86
Alan Bean, a NASA astronaut who journeyed into space two times and, as part of the Apollo 12 mission in 1969, became the fourth man to walk on the moon, died May 26 at a hospital in Houston. He was 86.
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Maryam Mirzakhani, First Woman To Win Fields Medal In Mathematics, Dies At 40
Maryam Mirzakhani, an Iranian-born mathematician who in 2014 became the first woman awarded the Fields Medal, often called the most prestigious prize in mathematics, died July 15. She was 40.
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Robert Taylor, Whose Early Vision Helped Create the Internet, Dies at 85
Taylor was not strictly an inventor, but as a research director at federal agencies and private research centres he had a knack for finding the right people and ideas.
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William Peter Blatty, Author Of 'The Exorcist,' Dies At 89
William Peter Blatty's novel and later screenplay for the 1973 film about a demonic possession became a phenomenon and stirred fierce public debate about the occult. The Bethesda, Md., native has died at age 89.
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Carrie Fisher, Star Wars' Princess Leia, Dies At 60
Carrie Fisher had once said, "I was born famous." The Star Wars' actress suffered a heart attack on December 23 on a flight from London to Los Angeles
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Leonard Cohen, Singer-Songwriter Of Love, Death And Philosophical Longing
Leonard Cohen began his career as a well-regarded poet and novelist before stepping onto the stage as a performer in the 1960s. His intensely personal lyrics explored themes of love, faith, death and philosophical longing and made him the ultimate cult artist
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Muhammad Ali, Boxing Champion And Global Good-Will Ambassador, Dies At 74
Muhammad Ali, the charismatic three-time heavyweight boxing champion of the world and Olympic gold medalist who transcended the world of sports to become a symbol of the antiwar movement of the 1960s, died Friday night at a hospital in Phoenix, where he was living.
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Easy Rider Star Peter Fonda Dies At 79
A statement from Peter Fonda's family said that the cause of his death was respiratory failure due to lung cancer
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Who's The Boss? Actress Katherine Helmond Dies At 89
Katherine Helmond had complications from Alzheimer's disease
-
Michael Jackson's Father Joseph Jackson, Pop-Music Patriarch, Dies At 89
Joseph Jackson died after reportedly battling pancreatic cancer
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Designer Kate Spade Found Dead At Home, Reportedly Committed Suicide
Kate Spade, a designer best known for her simple, colorful handbags, which became favored accessories of professional women in the 1990s, was found dead June 5 at her home in Manhattan. She was 55.
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Alan Bean, Apollo 12 Astronaut Who Walked On The Moon, Dies At 86
Alan Bean, a NASA astronaut who journeyed into space two times and, as part of the Apollo 12 mission in 1969, became the fourth man to walk on the moon, died May 26 at a hospital in Houston. He was 86.
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Maryam Mirzakhani, First Woman To Win Fields Medal In Mathematics, Dies At 40
Maryam Mirzakhani, an Iranian-born mathematician who in 2014 became the first woman awarded the Fields Medal, often called the most prestigious prize in mathematics, died July 15. She was 40.
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Robert Taylor, Whose Early Vision Helped Create the Internet, Dies at 85
Taylor was not strictly an inventor, but as a research director at federal agencies and private research centres he had a knack for finding the right people and ideas.
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William Peter Blatty, Author Of 'The Exorcist,' Dies At 89
William Peter Blatty's novel and later screenplay for the 1973 film about a demonic possession became a phenomenon and stirred fierce public debate about the occult. The Bethesda, Md., native has died at age 89.
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Carrie Fisher, Star Wars' Princess Leia, Dies At 60
Carrie Fisher had once said, "I was born famous." The Star Wars' actress suffered a heart attack on December 23 on a flight from London to Los Angeles
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Leonard Cohen, Singer-Songwriter Of Love, Death And Philosophical Longing
Leonard Cohen began his career as a well-regarded poet and novelist before stepping onto the stage as a performer in the 1960s. His intensely personal lyrics explored themes of love, faith, death and philosophical longing and made him the ultimate cult artist
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Muhammad Ali, Boxing Champion And Global Good-Will Ambassador, Dies At 74
Muhammad Ali, the charismatic three-time heavyweight boxing champion of the world and Olympic gold medalist who transcended the world of sports to become a symbol of the antiwar movement of the 1960s, died Friday night at a hospital in Phoenix, where he was living.
