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Sheila MacRae of 'Honeymooners' fame dies at 92

Sheila MacRae starred on the Broadway stage and in films, yet it was her small-screen role as the tolerant and brassy wife of a Brooklyn bus driver for which she is most remembered.

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GOP fundraiser Welch dies at 80

Ted Welch, a prolific fundraiser in Tennessee Republican politics for four decades, has died. He was 80.

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Afghan VP, ex-Northern alliance commander, dies

Afghanistan's influential Vice President Mohammad Qasim Fahim, a leading commander in the alliance that fought the Taliban who was later accused with other warlords of targeting civilian areas during...

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Revolutionary opera director Gerard Mortier dies

Gerard Mortier, a Belgian opera director whose nonconformist style often grated the tradition-bound elite and who became a fiercely avant-garde impresario, has died. He was 70.

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Lions owner William Clay Ford dies at 88

William Clay Ford was born into a fortune and spent much of his life staying away from fame as he steered the family business and owned an NFL franchise.

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'Band of Brothers' vet William Guarnere dies at 90

William "Wild Bill" Guarnere, one of the World War II veterans whose exploits were dramatized in the TV miniseries "Band of Brothers," has died. He was 90

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William Clay Ford, car-company leader and Detroit Lions owner, dies at 88

DETROIT - William Clay Ford, owner of the NFL Detroit Lions, a philanthropist and the last surviving grandson of Henry Ford who helped steer the company into a modern design era, died Sunday morning of...

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Hernandez, heroine of Cuban revolution, dies at 92

Melba Hernandez, one of two women who helped Fidel Castro launch his revolutionary battle with a failed 1953 attack on a military barracks, and who was later named a "heroine of the Cuban Revolution"...

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Marie Elia Chery, research nurse and Haitian humanitarian, dies at 59

The road to better quality of life and improved healthcare in Haiti’s Central Plateau is a long, arduous one. And no one knew it better than humanitarian activist and research nurse Marie...

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'Fatal Vision' author Joe McGinniss dies at age 71

Joe McGinniss, the adventurous and news-making author and reporter who skewered the marketing of Richard Nixon in "The Selling of the President 1968" and tracked his personal journey from sympathizer...

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British transit union leader Bob Crow dies at 52

British transit union leader Bob Crow — a hero to many of his members but a scourge to London commuters — has died at the age of 52.

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'Fatal Vision' author Joe McGinniss dies at age 71

Joe McGinniss wasn't one to let a story tell itself.

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Pioneering paramedic developed priority system for mass-casualty scenes

Mark Bonawitz had already spent a decade as one of Miami’s earliest certified paramedics when he realized that scenes of mass casualties needed to be handled with precision to maximize the...

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Dr. Catherine Poole, the first female to lead UM’s radiology...

Dr. Catherine Poole’s first impression of Miami was hot.

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Czech filmmaker Vera Chytilova dies at 85

Czech film director Vera Chytilova, one of the leading filmmakers of the new wave of Czechoslovak cinema in the 1960s, has died. She was 85.

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Player who inspired 'Kuykenstrong' dies at age 32

Former D.C. United midfielder Shawn Kuykendall has died from a rare form of cancer at the age of 32.

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Pioneering bodybuilder Larry Dee Scott dies at 75

Larry Dee Scott, a trailblazing bodybuilder who rose to fame in the 1960s and became the first Mr. Olympia by winning the top international competition, has died at the age of 75.

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El Portal activist and volunteer Libby Bowen dies at 94

Whether it was cooking for 400 people or assisting the mentally disabled, Elizabeth "Libby" Bowen dedicated her life to volunteering.

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Former Florida Gov. Reubin Askew dies

Former Florida Gov. Reubin Askew, who guided the state through a period of school busing to achieve integration in the 1970s, died early Thursday. He was 85.

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Former Florida Gov. Reubin Askew dies at 85

Reubin Askew, one of the most popular and effective governors in Florida history and a fiercely determined advocate for tax reform, racial equality, managed growth and ethical government, died early...

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