Obituaries
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Jeanne Cooper, 'Young and Restless' star, dies at 84
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Jeanne Cooper, the enduring soap opera star who played grande dame Katherine Chancellor for nearly four decades on "The Young and the Restless," has died. She was 84.
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Chris Kelly, of Kris Kross, dies in Ga.
CommentInvestigator Betty Honey of the Fulton County Medical Examiner's office said the 34-year-old Kelley was pronounced dead around 5 p.m. Wednesday at the south campus of the Atlanta Medical Center.
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Richie Havens dies of heart attack
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Richie Havens, who sang and strummed for a sea of people at Woodstock, has died of a heart attack Monday, his family said in a statement. He was 72.
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Boston University grad student killed in Boston Marathon attack
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The Chinese Consulate in New York says a Chinese national was among those killed in the marathon bombings in Boston, but did not identify the person. Boston University said the victim was one of its graduate students.
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Jonathan Winters dies at age 87
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Comedian Jonathan Winters, whose breakneck improvisations inspired Robin Williams, Jim Carrey and many others, has died at age 87.
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Jane Nebel Henson, Muppets co-creator, dies at 79
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Jane Nebel Henson, the wife of the late Muppets creator Jim Henson, has died.
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Chinua Achebe dies: Nigerian author, dissident passes away at 82
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Chinua Achebe, the internationally celebrated Nigerian author, statesman and dissident who gave literary birth to modern Africa and continued for decades to rewrite and reclaim the history of his native country, has died.
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Bonnie Franklin, 'One Day At a Time' star, dies
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Bonnie Franklin, who played divorced mom Ann Romano on the long-running sitcom "One Day at a Time," died Friday at her home due to complications from pancreatic cancer, family members said in a statement. She was 69.
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Van Cliburn dies at age 78
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Van Cliburn skyrocketed to fame when he won the first International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow at age 23 in 1958, six months after the Soviets' launch of Sputnik embarrassed the U.S. and propelled the world into the space age.
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C. Everett Koop dies
CommentC. Everett Koop, who raised the profile of the surgeon general by riveting America's attention on the then-emerging disease known as AIDS and by railing against smoking, has died in New Hampshire at age 96.
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Underdog creator dies: William Watts Biggers dies at 85
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William Watts Biggers, the co-creator of the cartoon "Underdog," the mild-mannered shoeshine boy who turned into a caped superhero to rescue his girlfriend, has died.
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Caleb Moore dies: X Games snowmobiler after Colorado crash
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Caleb Moore, an innovative freestyle snowmobile rider who was hurt in a dramatic crash at the Winter X Games in Colorado, died Thursday morning.
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Ed Koch dies: Former New York City mayor dies at 88
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Former Mayor Ed Koch, the combative, acid-tongued politician who rescued the city from near-financial ruin during a three-term City Hall run in which he embodied New York chutzpah for the rest of the world, died Friday.
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Patty Andrews of Andrews Sisters dies at 94
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Patty Andrews, the last surviving member of the singing Andrews Sisters trio whose hits such as the rollicking "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B" and the poignant "I Can Dream, Can't I?" captured the home-front spirit of World War II, died Wednesday.
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Dear Abby dies: Pauline Philips, advice columnist, dies at 94
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Pauline Friedman Phillips, who under the name of Abigail Van Buren, wrote the long-running "Dear Abby" advice column that was followed by millions of newspaper readers throughout the world, has died.
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Conrad Bain of 'Diff'rent Strokes' dead at 89
Conrad Bain died Monday of natural causes in his hometown of Livermore, Calif., according to his daughter, Jennifer Bain. He was 89.
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Etty Allen, mother of former Va governor, dies
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Henriette "Etty" Allen, matriarch of one of America's most storied football families and the mother to former Virginia Gov. George F. Allen, has died.
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Charles Durning, king of character actors, dies in NYC
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Charles Durning, the two-time Oscar nominee who was dubbed the king of the character actors, died Monday at his home in New York City. He was 89. The actor and Army veteran will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
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