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Ovadia Yosef, rabbi and Israeli kingmaker, dies
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the religious scholar and spiritual leader of Israel's Sephardic Jews who transformed his downtrodden community of immigrants from North Africa and Arab nations and their descendants into a powerful force in Israeli politics, died on Monday. He was 93. Yosef, who had suffered from a variety of ...
Boy who survived rare birth defect dies at 13
A boy who grew up in Indiana and overcame extraordinary odds to survive a rare congenital defect in which he was born with his heart outside his chest has died at age 13. Tyler Jacob Todd died unexpectedly Thursday at his family's home in Memphis, Tenn., where his family had ...
WWII vet, oldest Medal of Honor recipient, dies
A World War II veteran and the nation's oldest living Medal of Honor recipient has died in New Jersey. Nicholas Oresko, an Army master sergeant who was badly wounded as he single-handedly took out two enemy bunkers during the Battle of the Bulge in 1945, died Friday night at Englewood ...
Reports: Italy filmmaker Carlo Lizzani dies at 91
Filmmaker Carlo Lizzani, a much-lauded protagonist of Italian Neorealism, has died, Italian state news media reported Saturday. He was 91. There was an outpouring of condolences after his death was reported, including from President Giorgio Napolitano, who knew Lizzani for decades and honored him for his contributions to "cinema, to ...
Legendary Vietnam Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap dies at 102
Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap, the brilliant and ruthless commander who led the outgunned Vietnamese to victory first over the French and then the Americans, died Friday. The last of the country's old-guard revolutionaries was 102. A national hero, Giap enjoyed a legacy second only to that of his mentor, founding ...
NE Kansas prep player dies following stroke
A northeast Kansas high school football player has died of complications from a stroke he suffered during a game Thursday night. The Shawnee Mission school district said 17-year-old Shawnee Mission West wide receiver Andre Maloney died Friday afternoon at Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Mo. The Kansas City Star ...
'Breaking Bad' fans place Walter White obituary
The government is shut down. There was a deadly chase in the nation's capital. But the reason Albuquerque Journals are selling out across town has nothing to do with all that seriousness. Fans are clamoring for copies of Friday editions with a fake obit for Walter White. Placed by "Breaking ...
Photographer at RFK assassination dies in Conn.
Photojournalist Bill Eppridge, whose career included capturing images of a mortally wounded Robert F. Kennedy, has died at age 75. He died Thursday at a Danbury hospital after a brief illness, said his wife, Adrienne Aurichio. Eppridge was at the scene on June 5, 1968, when Kennedy, then a U.S. ...
Designer of pioneering Braille math code dies
Abraham Nemeth, the blind designer of the internationally recognized Nemeth Braille Math Code that simplified symbols for easier use in advanced math and science, has died at his home in suburban Detroit, relatives said Thursday. He was 94. Nemeth, who was originally discouraged from pursuing his passion for math because ...
Novelist Tom Clancy a master of military thrillers
With CIA analyst Jack Ryan, Tom Clancy created a character that spoke to audiences from both page and screen, representing the changing mood of a country facing growing geopolitical challenges. "Thrillers, like all art, are always a reflection of the culture," said fellow author Brad Meltzer. "No one captured that ...
'Red October' novelist Tom Clancy dies at 66
In 1985, a year after the Cold War thriller "The Hunt for Red October" came out, author Tom Clancy was invited to lunch at the Reagan White House, where he was questioned by Navy Secretary John Lehman. Who, the secretary wanted to know, gave Clancy access to all that secret ...
Former Epic Records president Polly Anthony dies
A former Epic Records president who worked with acts including Celine Dion, Michael Jackson and Rage Against the Machine has died. Epic Records announced on its official Twitter feed Tuesday that Polly Anthony died. She led Epic from 1997 to 2003. A rare female label head, Anthony went on to ...
Israeli Holocaust historian Israel Gutman dies
Israel Gutman, who survived the Nazi atrocities of World War II and dedicated his life to researching the Holocaust, has died. He was 90. Estee Yaari, spokeswoman for the Holocaust memorial Yad Vashem, said Gutman died in his sleep late Monday in Jerusalem. Gutman was born in Warsaw in 1923. ...
Veteran Hollywood producer A.C. Lyles dies
A.C. Lyles, who rose from mail boy to producer at Paramount Pictures and became the studio's longest-serving employee during a tenure that lasted more than three-quarters of a century, has died at age 95. Lyles, whose most recent title with Paramount was ambassador of goodwill, died Friday at his Los ...
Former Texas QB James Street dies at 65
Small, tough and determined, James Street for nearly 40 years was the standard of excellence that all Texas quarterbacks were measured by. A backup who took over the Texas wishbone offense in 1968 and led the Longhorns to the 1969 national title, Street won 20 straight games, including the 15-14 ...
Kleinert, pioneer in hand surgery, dies
An internationally known hand surgeon, Dr. Harold Kleinert of Louisville, has died. He was 91. Kleinert, who began his practice in hand surgery in Louisville in 1953, also was clinical professor of surgery emeritus at the University of Louisville and Indiana University-Purdue University. In a statement released by KentuckyOne Health, ...
Marcella Hazan, famed cookbook author, dies at 89
Marcella Hazan, the Italian-born cookbook author who taught generations of Americans how to create simple, fresh Italian food, died Sunday. She was 89. Hazan died in the morning at her home in Florida, according to an email from her son, Giuliano Hazan, and posts on Facebook and Twitter from her ...
Former Steelers DE L.C. Greenwood dies at 67
L.C. Greenwood, the relentless defensive end who made up one quarter of the Pittsburgh Steelers' "Steel Curtain" defense of the 1970s, has died. He was 67. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner's office said Greenwood died Sunday from undisclosed causes just before noon at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital. A six-time Pro Bowler ...
Former Tigers outfielder Gates Brown dies at 74
Gates Brown, an outfielder who played his entire 13-year major league career with the Detroit Tigers, has died. He was 74. The team confirmed Brown's death Friday. Brown, jailed for armed robbery in Ohio before starting his baseball career, played on Detroit's 1968 team that won the World Series, and ...
Nebraska sees first West Nile virus death in 2013
A southeast Nebraska man has died of West Nile virus, making him the first person in the state to die of the illness this year. The Lincoln Journal Star reports (http://bit.ly/1fw1TPh ) public health officials confirmed Friday that John Schintzel, of Crete, was the first Nebraskan to die of the ...
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