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Malaysia's ex-communist leader dies in Thailand

The tough former communist guerrilla who led a bloody but failed insurgency against British rule in Malaysia in the late 1940s and early 1950s died in Bangkok on Monday after decades in exile. He was 88.

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Eiji Toyoda, key figure in Toyota's rise, dies

Eiji Toyoda, a member of Toyota's founding family who helped create the super-efficient "Toyota Way" production method, has died. He was 100.

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Fla. attorney who worked for Gore on recount dies

Dexter Douglass, one of the lead attorneys who represented Al Gore during the chaotic presidential election recount of 2000, has died.

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Former AP correspondent Loyal Gould dead at age 86

Loyal Gould, a former Associated Press foreign correspondent who later chaired journalism programs at Ohio State, Wichita State and Baylor universities, has died. He was 86.

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William Dexter Douglass, Tallahassee lawyer and political adviser, dies at 83

Born Dec. 6, 1929, in Holmes County, Douglass was among the last of a breed of Florida public servants who guided the state from its rural roots to the diverse, multi mega-state it is today.

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Holocaust survivor, top German lit critic dies

Marcel Reich-Ranicki, who grew up in Poland and Nazi Germany, survived the Warsaw Ghetto and went on to become post-war Germany's best-known literary critic, has died at age 93.

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Singer Jackie Lomax dies in England at 69

Jackie Lomax, a singer-songwriter who worked with The Beatles and enjoyed a long solo career, has died at age 69.

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Patsy Swayze, dance teacher, mother of actor, dies

Choreographer and dance instructor Patsy Swayze, the mother of late actor Patrick Swayze, has died. She was 86.

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Former heavyweight champion Norton dies

He was the second man to beat Muhammad Ali, breaking Ali's jaw and sending him to the hospital in their 1973 heavyweight fight.

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Eiji Toyoda, who helped family's firm change auto industry, dies at 100

Back in 1950, Eiji Toyoda visited a Ford plant to learn how Americans made cars. The visit by a member of Japan's foremost manufacturing family changed the way Toyota Motor Corp. produced cars,...

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Nintendo's Yamauchi dies aged 85

Hiroshi Yamauchi, who ran Nintendo for more than 50 years and led the Japanese company's transition from traditional playing-card maker to video game giant, has died. He was 85.

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Former heavyweight champion Ken Norton dies at 70

One point on one card, a couple of points on some others. Ken Norton fought the greats, but the decisions he needed to be great never seemed to go his way.

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Prominent SARS doctor in Canada dies at 68

Dr. Donald Low, the public face of Toronto's response to the SARS outbreak in 2003, has died. He was 68.

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Sister Lucia Ceccotti, Marian Center founder, dies at 93

In October 1963, Sister Lucia Ceccotti and 10 Sisters of St. Joseph Benedict Cottolengo, the order she entered at 18, came from Italy to found the Marian Center School for people with intellectual...

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Designer James Merrick Smith, who introduced Miami to modern style, dies at 94

James Merrick Smith, an internationally recognized interior designer who ushered Miami into its modern style, died Friday.

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News Summary: Nintendo's Yamauchi dies aged 85

NINTENDO LEADER: Hiroshi Yamauchi, who ran Nintendo for more than 50 years and led the Japanese company's transition from traditional playing-card maker to video game giant, has died. He was 85....

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Writer Carolyn Cassady of Beat generation dies

Carolyn Cassady, a writer who was married to Jack Kerouac's travel companion and a lover of the famous Beat author, has died. She was 90 years old.

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Influential director Richard Sarafian dies at 83

Richard Sarafian, an influential film director whose 1971 countercultural car-chase thriller "Vanishing Point" brought him a decades-long cult following, has died in Southern California, his son said...

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Shulamit Katzman, Aventura pediatrician, dies at 49

Dr. Shulamit Katzman, a South Florida physician and philanthropist, has died of cancer at 49.

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Famed Colombian author Alvaro Mutis dies in Mexico

Prolific Colombian writer and poet Alvaro Mutis Jaramillo died in Mexico's capital Sunday. He was 90 years old.

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