Today's Obituaries of Notable People
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Booth Gardner, 76 (1936 - 2013)
RACHEL LA CORTE, The Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Booth Gardner was a two-term governor whose biggest political effort came long after he left the Washington state Capitol. Gardner, who was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease two years after he ended his final term as the state's 19th governor, spearheaded a campaign that made Washington the second state in the country to...
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Jack Greene, 83 (1930 - 2013)
The Associated PressNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jack Greene, a longtime Grand Ole Opry star who earned fame with the hit "There Goes My Everything," has died in Nashville at 83.The song showed off his deep voice, made him a star and earned him the single of the year and male vocalist of the year awards from the Country Music Association in 1967.Grand Ole Opry spokeswoman Jessie Schmidt said Friday...
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Robert E. Relyea (1931 - 2013)
DERRIK J. LANG, The Associated PressLOS ANGELES (AP) — The film producer and director whose credits included "The Magnificent Seven" and "West Side Story" has died. Robert E. Relyea was 82.A spokeswoman for Relyea says he died March 5 of natural causes in Los Angeles.Relyea's career spanned over 40 years. He worked with stars such as John Wayne on "The Alamo" and Elvis Presley on "Jailhouse...
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Ruth Ann Steinhagen, 83 (1929 - 2012)
DON BABWIN, The Associated PressCHICAGO (AP) — A woman whose shooting of a former Chicago Cubs baseball player in 1949 inspired the Bernard Malamud book and the Robert Redford movie "The Natural" has died.Ruth Ann Steinhagen died of natural causes at 83 in late December in Chicago. She had lived more than half a century in obscurity. Her passing was not noticed by the media until three months...
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Mariam Farhat (2013)
The Associated PressGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A firebrand Palestinian lawmaker known as the "mother of martyrs" who championed her sons' attacks on Israelis has died.Health official Ashraf Al-Kidra says lawmaker Mariam Farhat died Sunday in a Gaza hospital of health complications including lung ailments and kidney failure.Farhat, who was 64, lost three sons in militant activities against...
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Clive Burr, 56 (1957 - 2013)
LONDON (AP) — Clive Burr, former drummer with heavy metal icons Iron Maiden, has died. He was 56 and had been suffering from multiple sclerosis. The band says on its official website that Burr...
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Jack Curran (1931 - 2013)
JIM O'CONNELL, The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jack Curran spent more than a half century compiling records in high school basketball and baseball that might never be toppled. The 82...
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Hugo Chavez, 58 (1954 - 2013)
FRANK BAJAK, The Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chavez was a former paratroop commander and self-styled "subversive" who waged continual battle for his socialist...
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Princess Lilian, 97 (1915 - 2013)
KARL RITTER, The Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — She was one of the better kept secrets of Sweden's royal household: a commoner and divorcee whose relationship with Prince Bertil was seen as a...
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Claude King, 90 (1923 - 2013)
STACEY PLAISANCE, The Associated PressNEW ORLEANS (AP) — Country singer-songwriter Claude King, an original member of the Louisiana Hayride who was best known for the 1962 hit "Wolverton Mountain,"...
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Bonnie Franklin, 69 (1944 - 2013)
FRAZIER MOORE, The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Bonnie Franklin, the pert, redheaded actress whom millions came to identify with for her role as divorced mom Ann Romano on the long-running...
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Alvin Lee, 68 (1944 - 2013)
CASSANDRA VINOGRAD, The Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British rock guitarist Alvin Lee, founder of the band Ten Years After who burst to stardom with a memorable Woodstock performance, has died...
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Jose Alfredo Martinez de Hoz, 87 (1925 - 2013)
The Associated PressBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Former economy minister Jose Alfredo Martinez de Hoz has died at age 87 while awaiting sentencing for human rights abuses during the military...
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Dr. Jacquelin Perry (2013)
The Associated PressDOWNEY, California (AP) — Dr. Jacquelin Perry, a world-renowned orthopedic surgeon who pioneered treatments to help polio patients regain movement, has died at age 94 in...
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Ieng Sary, 87 (1925 - 2013)
The Associated PressPHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Ieng Sary, co-founder of the Khmer Rouge regime responsible for the deaths of more than 1 million Cambodians in the 1970s, has died. The 87-year-old...
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Sybil Christopher (2013)
The Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — The woman Richard Burton left to marry Elizabeth Taylor has died. Theater producer and nightclub founder Sybil Christopher was 83.The Bay Street Theater on Long...
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Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist, 90 (1922 - 2013)
The Associated PressBERLIN (AP) — Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist, the last surviving member of the main plot to kill Adolf Hitler has died. He was 90.Von Kleist's wife, Gundula von Kleist, told The...
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Willy Switkes (2013)
The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A character actor who had minor roles in "Tootsie," ''Taxi Driver" and dozens of other films has died. Willy Switkes (SWIT'-kehs) was 83. His niece Ellen...
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George Saimes, 71 (1941 - 2013)
JOHN WAWROW, The Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — George Saimes, regarded as one of the American Football League's best safeties and a member of the Buffalo Bills' Wall of Fame, died after...
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Dirk Coetzee (1945 - 2013)
The Associated PressJOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African hospital says a former commander of an apartheid-era police unit that killed black activists has died of kidney failure.Dirk Coetzee died...
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Nathan Safferstein (1921 - 2013)
The Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — Nathan Safferstein was barely 21 when circumstances suddenly propelled him from his job as a supermarket manager into the stealth world of a counterintelligence...
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Giuliano Bignasca, 67 (1945 - 2013)
The Associated PressBERLIN (AP) — Giuliano Bignasca, the leader of a right-wing nationalist party in Switzerland who once advocated building a 13-foot (4-meter) wall between Switzerland and Italy...
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