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Dr. Adrian Kantrowitz, 90 (1918 - 2008)
DETROIT - Dr. Adrian Kantrowitz, a cardiac surgeon who performed the nation's first human heart transplant and who also developed lifesaving medical implants, has died. He was 90. Kantrowitz died Friday in Ann Arbor of complications from heart failure, said his wife, Jean Kantrowitz. In 1967, Kantrowitz performed the first human heart transplant in the United States, three days after the...
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Irving Brecher, 94 (1914 - 2008)
LOS ANGELES - Irving Brecher, who wrote vaudeville one-liners for Milton Berle and scripted Marx Brothers movies, the TV and radio hit "The Life of Riley" and the Oscar-nominated musical "Meet Me in St. Louis," has died. He was 94. Brecher died Monday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, according to his wife, Norma. Brecher was a teenager in New York when he got his first comedy writing...
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Martin A. Pomerantz , 91 (1916 - 2008)
The following article courtesy of The Wall Street Journal By Stephen Miller By bringing astrophysical research to Antarctica, Martin A. Pomerantz fostered what he called "astronomy on ice." "Almost single-handedly, he recognized the value of one of the world's most remote and inhospitable places as an ideal place to study the physical origin of the universe and other complex...
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Jim A. Mattox, 65 (1943 - 2008)
AUSTIN, Texas - Jim Mattox, a former Texas attorney general who also served in Congress and battled Ann Richards in a vicious primary campaign for governor, has died. He was 65. Mattox, a bare-knuckled political brawler while the state was still fiercely Democratic, died at his Dripping Springs home, his sister, Janice Mattox, said Thursday. She did not know the cause of death. As...
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Boris Fyodorov, 50 (1958 - 2008)
MOSCOW - Boris Fyodorov, a reformist financier who helped bring Russian economy out of the post-Soviet chaos, has died, his company said in a statement. He was 50. Russian television said he had a heart attack in London three weeks ago and died in a clinic there. Fyodorov was among the economists who fostered reforms in Russia before and after the 1991 Soviet collapse. He also founded...
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Mitch Mitchell, 61 (1947 - 2008)
PORTLAND, Ore. - Mitch Mitchell, drummer for the legendary Jimi Hendrix Experience of the 1960s and the group's last surviving member, was found dead in his hotel room early Wednesday. He was 61. ...
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Florence Wald, 91 (1917 - 2008)
Hartford, Conn. - Florence Wald, a former Yale nursing dean whose interest in compassionate care led her to launch the first U.S. hospice program, has died. She was 91. Her daughter, Shari...
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Herb Score, 75 (1933 - 2008)
Herb Score, the Cleveland Indians pitcher and former broadcaster whose promise on the mound was shattered by a line drive, died Tuesday. He was 75. Score died at his home in Rocky River, Ohio,...
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Preacher Roe, 93 (1915 - 2008)
Preacher Roe, who began pitching in the Ozarks and became a four-time All-Star as a revered member of "The Boys of Summer" in Brooklyn, has died. Roe died Sunday in West Plains, Mo., said the...
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Miriam Makeba, 76 (1932 - 2008)
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Miriam Makeba, the South African singer who wooed the world with her sultry voice but was banned from her own country for more than 30 years under apartheid, died...
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Michael Crichton, 66 (1942 - 2008)
LOS ANGELES - Michael Crichton, the million-selling author who made scientific research terrifying and irresistible in such thrillers as "Jurassic Park," "Timeline" and "The Andromeda Strain," has...
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Jheryl Busby (2008)
LOS ANGELES Jheryl Busby, the former president and chief executive of Motown Records who helped foster the careers of Boyz II Men and Johnny Gill, has died. He was 59. Busby was found early...
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Dick Dougherty (2008)
ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Dick Dougherty, a columnist for the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle who poked fun at presidents, ridiculed his inability to smite crab grass and chronicled his golden retriever...
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Matthew J. Cianciulli (2008)
PHILADELPHIA - Matthew J. Cianciulli, a retired grocer and former state representative convicted of voter fraud, died Saturday of heart failure. He was 66. Fernwood Mausoleum in Lansdowne...
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Carole Caldwell Graebner, 65 (1943 - 2008)
NEW YORK - Carole Caldwell Graebner, an American tennis player who won doubles titles at the U.S. and Australian championships in the 1960s, died Wednesday. She was 65. Graebner died in New...
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Clive Alexander Barnes, 81 (1927 - 2008)
Clive Barnes, longtime theater and dance critic for the New York Post, has died. Barnes died Wednesday of cancer at Mount Sinai Hospital, the Post announced. He was 81. The London-born...
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Jan Krugier (2008)
GENEVA - Art dealer Jan Krugier, an Auschwitz survivor who collected the works of Picasso and other renowned artists to help himself move past the horrors of the Nazi era, has died. He was 80. ...
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Jack Reader, 82 (1925 - 2008)
NEW YORK (AP) _ Jack Reader, who spent nearly 50 years in NFL officiating and worked two Super Bowls, died Nov. 10. He was 82. He died of cancer in Hingham, Mass., a day before his birthday,...
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John Glover "Jack" Roberts, Sr. (2008)
WASHINGTON - The father of Chief Justice John Roberts died Tuesday after a long illness, the Supreme Court said. John Glover "Jack" Roberts Sr. was an executive of Bethlehem Steel Corp. and...
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Peter "Pete" Newell, 93 (1915 - 2008)
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) _ Pete Newell, the Hall of Fame basketball coach who won an NCAA championship and Olympic gold medal and later tutored some of the game's greatest big men, died Monday. He...
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Ralph Joseph "Jody" Reynolds (2008)
PALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) _ Ralph Joseph "Jody" Reynolds, the rockabilly singer and songwriter whose lone hit "Endless Sleep" in the 1950s ushered in a wave of tragic teen pop songs, died Nov....
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Salah el-Deen Hafez (2008)
CAIRO, Egypt - Salah el-Deen Hafez, a prominent Egyptian writer who spent the later part of his journalism career advocating press freedom, has died. He was 70. The state-owned Middle East News...
