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Nancy Corzine, 95 (2012)
The Associated PressOAK PARK, Ill. (AP) — Nancy Corzine, the mother of former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine, has died. The retired schoolteacher was 95.The Drechsler, Brown & Williams Funeral Home says Corzine died Tuesday at her home in Oak Park, Ill.Nancy Corzine held a Bible for her son, a former U.S. senator and chairman of Goldman Sachs, when he was sworn in as New Jersey governor in 2006....
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Jessica Joy Rees, 12 (1999 - 2012)
The Associated Press RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California girl who became a nationally recognized face of child cancer with a blog that chronicled her fight against brain tumors has died. Jessica Joy Rees was 12 years old. Jessica's family announced her death on her Facebook page, stating that her 10-month battle with brain cancer ended Thursday. Tens of thousands...
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Ronald Searle, 91 (1920 - 2012)
RAPHAEL SATTER, The Associated PressLONDON (AP) — British cartoonist Ronald Searle, the creator of the willfully wicked schoolgirls of St. Trinian's who amused generations of Britons, has died, his family said Tuesday. He was 91.Searle was a prolific illustrator who drew for The New Yorker, Punch, and Walt Disney but it was the fictional girls' boarding school where the students ran riot that...
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Eva Ekvall, 28 (1983 - 2011)
IAN JAMES, The Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Former Miss Venezuela Eva Ekvall, whose struggle with breast cancer was closely followed by Venezuelans, has died at age 28. Her family said Ekvall died Saturday at a hospital in Houston. Ekvall was crowned Miss Venezuela at age 17 in 2000, and the following year she was third runner-up in the Miss Universe pageant in Puerto...
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Kyoko Asada, 48 (2011)
The Associated PressNAGOYA, Japan (AP) — Kyoko Asada, the mother of two-time world champion figure skater Mao Asada, has died. She was 48.Asada pulled out of the ISU Grand Prix Final in Quebec City to return to Japan on Friday after learning that her mother's condition had worsened.Kyoko Asada passed away at a Nagoya hospital before Mao arrived back in Japan, Asada's agency IMG said in a...
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Ed Heminger, 85 (2011)
The Associated PressFINDLAY, Ohio (AP) — Ed Heminger, board chairman for the Findlay Publishing Co. in Ohio and a former member of The Associated Press board of directors, died unexpectedly...
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George Gallup, Jr., 81 (1930 - 2011)
The Associated Press PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — Pollster George Gallup Jr. has died in New Jersey, a year after being diagnosed with liver cancer, his family said Wednesday. He was 81. Gallup,...
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I. Michael Heyman, 81 (1930 - 2011)
BRETT ZONGKER, The Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — I. Michael Heyman's opening days in 1994 as the first nonscientist to lead the Smithsonian Institution were spent confronting controversy over a...
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Cargill MacMillan, Jr., 84 (2011)
The Associated PressINDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Cargill MacMillan Jr., the multibillionaire heir to the Cargill Inc. agribusiness fortune, has died in Southern California, his family said Tuesday....
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Evelyn Lauder, 75 (1936 - 2011)
CRISTIAN SALAZAR, The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Pink was Evelyn Lauder's color. In her long career as an executive at cosmetics giant Estee Lauder Cos., the company founded by her...
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Jeff Francois, 24 (2011)
HADEEL AL-SHALCHI, The Associated PressCAIRO, Egypt (AP) — An Egyptian security official says a Canadian tourist who was caught up in a family feud has died of his wounds.The official says 24-year...
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John Randolph Hearst, Jr., 77 (2011)
The Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — John Randolph Hearst Jr., a grandson of media titan William Randolph Hearst and heir to the family fortune, has died, the company said Saturday. He was 77.Hearst...
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Tom Keith (2011)
The Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Tom Keith, a longtime sound effects man who was the source of creaking doors, clucking chickens and more on "A Prairie Home Companion," has died. He...
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Begum Nusrat Bhutto, 82 (1929 - 2011)
ZARAR KHAN, The Associated PressISLAMABAD (AP) — Begum Nusrat Bhutto, whose husband and daughter both served as prime ministers of Pakistan and a political force herself, died Sunday in Dubai after...
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Jerzy Bielecki, 90 (2011)
MONIKA SCISLOWSKA, The Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The young Catholic man spirited his Jewish girlfriend out of Auschwitz in 1944, saving her life. Yet it took 39 years for them to...
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Norman Corwin, 101 (1910 - 2011)
DENISE PETSKI, The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — During a career that spanned more than 70 years, Norman Corwin wrote, produced and directed for radio, television, film and the stage. ...
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Gregorio "Comrade Roger" Rosal, 64 (2011)
JIM GOMEZ, The Associated PressMANILA, Philippines (AP) — A popular Mao cap-wearing Filipino guerrilla, who gave a voice and face to one of Asia's longest-running Marxist insurgencies as its...
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Gwen Yearwood, 73 (2011)
CHRIS TALBOTT, The Associated PressNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Gwen Yearwood, the mother of country music performer Trisha Yearwood and the co-author of two recently published cooking books with her...
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Roger Kennedy, 85 (1926 - 2011)
MATTHEW DALY, The Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Former National Park Service director Roger Kennedy, who staunchly defended his agency from budget cuts, has died at age 85. He had melanoma...
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Ines De Costa, 79 (2011)
The Associated Press FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — Ines De Costa, the woman who taught celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse how to cook, has died, her daughter said. De Costa died overnight in her sleep...
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LeRoy Schweitzer, 73 (2011)
The Associated PressFLORENCE, Colo. (AP) — The former head of the Montana Freemen, an anti-government separatist group that held the FBI at bay for 81 days in 1996, has been found dead in his cell...
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Charles E. Hickson, Sr., 80 (1931 - 2011)
The Associated PressGAUTIER, Miss. (AP) — Charles E. Hickson Sr., whose claimed 1973 abduction by a UFO drew widespread attention, has died.Hickson and Calvin Parker were fishing on the Pascagoula...
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Joseph Coyne, 83 (2011)
The Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Joseph Coyne, who oversaw the public affairs operations at the Federal Reserve for more than three decades, has died. He was 83.Coyne died unexpectedly on...
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Horst Kasner, 85 (1926 - 2011)
The Associated PressBERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel's father, a Protestant pastor who moved with his family to communist East Germany in the 1950s, has died. He was 85.The government...
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Scott Wannberg, 58 (1952 - 2011)
JOHN ROGERS, The Associated PressLOS ANGELES (AP) — Scott Wannberg's poems were wildly colorful, sometimes off the wall, frequently in your face and just as often very funny.In other words, they...
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Phillip Withem, 54 (1957 - 2011)
The Associated PressLOGAN, Ohio (AP) — A southern Ohio man who had hoped to use a $5 million lottery prize he won in June to pay for treatment for kidney failure has died.The Logan Daily News (http...
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Nancy Wake, 98 (1912 - 2011)
ROD McGUIRK, The Associated PressCANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Nancy Wake, who as a spy became one the Allies' most decorated servicewomen for her role in the French Resistance during World...
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Fred Imus, 69 (1942 - 2011)
The Associated PressTUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A spokesman for Don Imus says that the controversial radio personality's brother, Fred Imus, has died in his Tucson home. He was 69.Fred Imus co-hosted his...
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Ruth Perelman, 90 (1921 - 2011)
RON TODT, The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Ruth Perelman, who along with her philanthropist husband was a major donor to institutions in the city of Philadelphia, died Sunday at the...
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Rick Buckley (2011)
The Associated PressQUOGUE, N.Y. (AP) — The chairman and president of Buckley Broadcasting, parent company of the WOR Radio news and talk station, has died.Rick Buckley, who was believed to be in...
