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Abraham Woods (2008)
Birmingham, Ala. - Longtime Birmingham civil rights leader Abraham Woods, who stood behind Martin Luther King Jr. during his "I Have a Dream" speech, died Friday. He was 80. He was pronounced dead at Princeton Baptist Medical Center in Birmingham, hospital spokeswoman Jennifer Dodd said. He had battled cancer for several years. Woods helped coordinate the March on Washington and...
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James Riehle, 83 (1924 - 2008)
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - The Rev. James Riehle, a longtime chaplain of Irish athletic teams who appeared in the movie "Rudy," died Wednesday. He was 83. He died at Holy Cross House on the Notre Dame campus following a brief illness, the university said. Riehle, a native of Saginaw, Mich., served as executive director of the school's Monogram Club from 1978-2002. He began as the chaplain in...
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Sister Emmanuelle, 99 (1908 - 2008)
PARIS - Sister Emmanuelle, a nun whose decades of service to scavengers in Cairo's slums and other needy causes won France's heart, died Monday, a spokeswoman for her association said. She was 99. Sandrine de Carlo said the Belgium-born nun died in her sleep at a retirement home in Callian, a town in southeastern France. Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, co-founder of humanitarian aid...
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Imam W.D. Mohammed (2008)
CHICAGO, IL -- Imam W.D. Mohammed, who succeeded his father as leader of the Nation of Islam but abandoned its teachings of black supremacy and moved thousands of its followers into mainstream Islam, died Tuesday. He was 74. Mohammed died at his home in Markham, Ill., according to a family statement issued late Tuesday by his nephew, Sultan Muhammad. Details of his death were not...
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Taktser Rinpoche (2008)
Dharmsal, India - Taktser Rinpoche, the oldest brother of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, has died in his home in the U.S. state of Indiana after a prolonged illness, the office of the Tibetan government-in-exile in India said Saturday. He was 86. Rinpoche, a former representative of the Dalai Lama in Japan and a former abbot of Kumbum monastery in Amdo, Tibet, died Friday...
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Bishop Wilhelm Egger (2008)
Castel Gandolfo, Italy - Pope Benedict XVI is mourning the death of a bishop who was his host during an Alpine vacation this month. Benedict told pilgrims at his summer palace in Castel...
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C.A.W. Clark, Sr., 93 (1914 - 2008)
DALLAS - The Rev. C.A.W. Clark Sr., who spent more than half a century preaching from the pulpit of the Good Street Baptist Church, one of Dallas' first black megachurches, has died. He was 93. ...
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Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, 91 (1917 - 2008)
Vlodrop, Netherlands -- Mahesh Yogi, a guru to the Beatles who introduced the West to transcendental meditation, died Tuesday at his home in the Dutch town of Vlodrop, a spokesman said. He was...
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Archbishop Christodoulos, 69 (1939 - 2008)
Athens, Greece -- Greece's Orthodox Church leader, Archbishop Christodoulos, who eased centuries of tension with the Vatican but angered liberal critics who viewed him as an attention-seeking...
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Stephen Fumio Hamao, 77 (1930 - 2007)
Japanese Cardinal Stephen Fumio Hamao, who headed the Vatican's office for migrants for eight years, has died at age 77, the Vatican said Friday. Hamao died Thursday in Tokyo, according to a...
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Sri Chinmoy, 76 (1931 - 2007)
As a spiritual guide to followers worldwide, Sri Chinmoy spread a message of peace through his lectures, his writings, his meetings with world leaders like Pope Paul VI and Nelson Mandela. The...
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Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger, 80 (1926 - 2007)
Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger, a Jew who converted to Catholicism and rose through church hierarchy to become one of the most influential Roman Catholic figures in France, died Sunday, the Paris...
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Carole Meyers, 50 (1957 - 2007)
Rabbi Carole Meyers, who became the first female rabbi to lead a congregation in the Los Angeles area, has died. She was 50. Meyers died of bone cancer Thursday at her home, 10 weeks after...
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Tammy Faye Messner, 65 (1942 - 2007)
RALEIGH, N.C.–Tammy Faye Messner, who as Tammy Faye Bakker helped her husband, Jim, build a multimillion-dollar evangelism empire and then saw it collapse in disgrace, has died. She was 65. ...
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Ruth Bell Graham, 87 (1920 - 2007)
Ruth Graham, who surrendered dreams of missionary work in Tibet to marry a suitor who became the world's most renowned evangelist, died Thursday. She was 87. Graham died at 5:05 p.m. at her...
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Jerry Falwell, 73 (1933 - 2007)
The Rev. Jerry Falwell, the television evangelist who founded the Moral Majority and used it to mold the religious right into a political force, died Tuesday shortly after being found unconscious...
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Abbe Pierre, 94 (1912 - 2007)
Abbe Pierre, a French priest praised as a living legend for devoting his life to helping the homeless, using prayer and provocation to tackle misery, died Monday, his foundation said. He was 94. ...
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Leonella Sgorbati, 65 (1940 - 2006)
Sister Leonella Sgorbati, who was slain outside a hospital where she worked as a missionary in Somalia's restive capital, was remembered Thursday as a devoted nun who was willing to die to help...
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Mary Luke Tobin, 98 (1908 - 2006)
Sister Mary Luke Tobin, the only American woman to participate in the Second Vatican Council, died Thursday. She was 98. Tobin was a former superior general of the Sisters of Loretto. She died...
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Alfonso Lopez Trujillo
Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, a Colombian prelate who helped lead the Vatican's campaign against abortion and insisted condoms do not prevent HIV transmission, has died, one of his assistants...
