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Former Venezuelan president Velazquez dead at 97

Former Venezuelan president Ramon Jose Velasquez, known for his role in opposing dictatorship in the South American country, has died. He was 97.

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Teenie Hodges, genre-defining Memphis player, dies

Teenie Hodges, the diminutive guitarist and "Take Me to the River" songwriter who became a towering figure in the Memphis music scene, has died. He was 68.

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Cushman School crossing guard dies, was ‘like family’ to...

Every weekday at 6:45 a.m., Leopoldo Amado arrived at work to set up traffic cones. For the rest of the day, he had one priority: protecting the students and staff at the Cushman School in Miami.

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Spanish writer Ana Maria Matute dies at 88

The award-winning Spanish author Ana Maria Matute, best known for her books set during the Spanish Civil War, died Wednesday. She was 88.

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Eli Wallach, veteran character actor, dies at 98

As a masterful character actor and early product of postwar, Method-style theater, Eli Wallach wore countless faces, disappearing into them all. But he was always propelled — in acting and...

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Eli Wallach, veteran character actor, dies at 98

Eli Wallach, the raspy-voiced character actor who starred in dozens of movies and Broadway plays over a remarkable and enduring career and earned film immortality as a conniving, quick-on-the-draw...

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Ringling Bros. circus performer Laura May Petrello, who co-starred in...

Amid the tell-tale smell of sawdust, greasepaint and, uh, elephant, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus performer Laura May Petrello stood by Charlton Heston’s side and gazed...

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Archie Ayers, one of Miami first black U.S. postmen, dies at 87

The U.S. Postal Service has no official slogan, but the creed scripted on the façade of New York’s main post office has become a familiar saying: “Neither snow nor rain...

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'Survivor' contestant dies on Alabama railway

Caleb Bankston, a former contestant on the "Survivor" reality show, has died in a railway accident in Alabama. He was 27.

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City Opera conductor Julius Rudel dies at 93

Julius Rudel, who was the general director and principal conductor of the New York City Opera for 22 years until 1979 and led other operas around the world, died Thursday morning, his representative...

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Sen. Baker, who posed famous Watergate query, dies

Howard Baker's question sliced to the core of Watergate: "What did the president know and when did he know it?"

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Politicians reflect on death of Sen. Howard Baker

Politicians and others across the nation are reacting to the death of former U.S. Sen. Howard Baker, who famously asked regarding the Watergate scandal, "What did the president know and when did he...

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Ex-US Sen. Howard Baker Jr. dies at 88

Former Sen. Howard H. Baker Jr., who cut to the core of the 1973 Watergate hearings when he asked, "What did the president know and when did he know it?" has died. He was 88.

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Humanitarian, nurse and mission worker in Jamaica, Zona O’Connor dies...

The Jamaican village that Zona “Sonia” Emozene O’Connor came from was so small, the mere notion of trying to find it on a map would prove futile.

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New York tourist known as plague survivor has died

A man who nearly lost his life in New York City's first instance of bubonic plague in more than 100 years has died of an unrelated illness in a Santa Fe, New Mexico, hospital, his wife said Thursday.

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'Once Upon a Mattress' composer Mary Rodgers dies

Mary Rodgers, the daughter of Broadway icon Richard Rodgers who found her own fame as composer of the 1959 musical "Once Upon a Mattress" and as the author of the body-shifting book "Freaky Friday,"...

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Longtime Star-Telegram cartoonist Etta Hulme dies

Etta Hulme, a onetime Walt Disney animator who went on to a 36-year career as editorial cartoonist for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram (http://bit.ly/1mjcIRO), has died at her Arlington home. She was 90.

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Haiti ex-president Leslie Manigat has died

Leslie Manigat, a prominent figure in the Haitian political establishment whose term as president was cut short by a military coup in 1988, has died. He was 83.

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Bobby Womack, singer with brave 2nd act, dies

Bobby Womack, a colorful and highly influential R&B singer-songwriter who influenced artists from the Rolling Stones to Damon Albarn, has died. He was 70.

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Latin music pioneer Fernando J. Montilla dies at 99

If it weren’t for Fernando J. Montilla, and his Montilla Records label, the American popular music landscape might never have been painted Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White).

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