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Santa Fe legislator Stephen Easley dies at age 60

Rep. Stephen Easley, a Santa Fe Democrat in his first term in the New Mexico Legislature, has died at the age of 60.

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'That '70s Show' actress Lisa Robin Kelly dies

"That '70s Show" actress Lisa Robin Kelly has died at age 43.

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Former north coast lawmaker Patricia Wiggins dies

Patricia Wiggins, a former state lawmaker who represented areas north of San Francisco for more than a decade, died Thursday.

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Bert Lance, Ga. banker and Carter ally, dies at 82

Bert Lance, a Georgia banker and ally of former President Jimmy Carter who served as his first budget director before departing amid a high-profile investigation of his banking activities, died on...

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Mera, Spain's richest woman, dies at age 69

Rosalia Mera, a seamstress who co-founded a clothing store in northwestern Spain that grew into Zara, one of the world's largest retail chains, has died at the age of 69. She was Spain's richest woman.

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Verges, French 'Devil's advocate,' dies age 88

Jacques Verges, the flamboyant lawyer who earned the nickname the "Devil's advocate" for his defense of former Nazis, terrorist bombers and notorious dictators and their aides, has died. He was 88.

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'That '70s Show' actress Lisa Robin Kelly dies

"That '70s Show" actress Lisa Robin Kelly has died at age 43.

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'Free Willy' actor August Schellenberg dies at 77

Canadian-born actor August Schellenberg, who starred in the "Free Willy" films and appeared in numerous television roles, has died at his Dallas home after a fight with lung cancer, his agent said...

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Jazz vocalist Jane Harvey dies at 88

Jane Harvey, the jazz vocalist who performed with the likes of Desi Arnaz, Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman, has died. She was 88.

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Retired MDC professor Germán Muñoz dies of Lou Gehrig’s...

Germán Muñoz, a retired professor who headed Miami Dade College’s social sciences department and worked at the college since 1977, died Saturday morning after a seven-year...

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Fernando “Freddy’’ Figueredo, firefighter and movie-set...

Freddy Figueredo liked adventure, so he fought fires on land and sea, and patched up stunt actors on movie sets and television shoots — most recently on Miami-based Burn Notice.

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Burlesque museum founder Dixie Evans dies

Dixie Evans, a burlesque performer who in later years ran a striptease museum in the Southern California desert, has died. She was 86.

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Roger Miller, son of late Jazz owner, dead at 45

Family members say Roger Miller, the son of the late Utah Jazz owner Larry H. Miller, has died.

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Author-critic Albert Murray dead at 97

Albert Murray, the influential novelist and critic who celebrated black culture, scorned black separatism and was once praised by Duke Ellington as the "unsquarest man I know," died Sunday. He was 97.

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Actor Lee Thompson Young found dead at age 29

Lee Thompson Young, who began his acting career as the teenage star of the Disney Channel's "The Famous Jett Jackson" and was featured in the film "Friday Night Lights" and the series "Rizzoli &...

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Ex-Northeastern coach 'Tinker' Connelly dies at 85

John J. "Tinker" Connelly, who coached Northeastern baseball for 26 years and led the Huskies to the 1966 College World Series, has died. He was 85.

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Beatrice Kozera, girl in Kerouac book, dies at 92

Beatrice Kozera, the Los Angeles-born woman whose fleeting relationship with novelist Jack Kerouac was chronicled in "On the Road," has died. She was 92.

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Former Okla. lawmaker Dank dies at 74 after cancer

Odilia Dank, a former Oklahoma City legislator who became the first Republican to lead the House Education Committee, has died after a long battle with cancer, House officials said Monday.

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Terry Sullivan, judicial assistant to nine judges, dies at 83

Longtime Dade judicial assistant Terry Sullivan approached a rising young assistant public defender named Stanford Blake in the mid-1970s and said:

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Best-selling author Elmore Leonard dies at 87

He was the master of his genre, the Dickens of Detroit, the Chaucer of Crime.

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