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Bill Tapia, virtuoso ukulele player, dies at 103

Bill Tapia, a virtuoso ukulele player from Hawaii who learned to strum the instrument at age 7, performed for U.S. troops during World War I and was still touring and teaching well after hitting the...

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Former HP chair Dunn, 58, dies after cancer bout

Patricia Dunn, the former Hewlett-Packard Co. chairwoman who authorized a boardroom surveillance probe that ultimately sullied her remarkable rise from investment bank typist to the corporate upper...

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Poland's Villas, Las Vegas star in 1960s, dies

She was a coloratura soprano who spurned opera for popular music, a Polish singer who became a caberet star in Las Vegas, an artist trapped for years behind the Iron Curtain when she flew home to tend...

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James Robert Christian, first black Miami-Dade motorcycle officer, dies at 77

James Robert Christian, the first black graduate of the Miami-Dade Police Department’s police academy, as well as the first black officer on motorcycle and mounted patrol— aboard...

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Resurgent soul singer Howard Tate dies in NJ at 72

Soul singer Howard Tate, who got a second chance at a musical career three decades after being derailed by disputes with industry executives, personal tragedy and drug addiction, has died at age 72.

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Charlotte Barkan, 83, early UM law grad, dies

Charlotte Joy Barkan, who joined the Florida Bar when female lawyers were rare and went on to appear as co-counsel before the U.S. Supreme Court, has died. She was 83.

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Stanley Robertson, pioneering black TV executive, dies at 85

Stanley Robertson, who broke color barriers as a pioneering black network television program executive at NBC in the 1960s and '70s and later as a movie studio production executive, has died. He was 85.

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Barbara Orbison, widow of Roy Orbison, dies in LA

Barbara Orbison, widow of rock n' roll pioneer Roy Orbison, died Tuesday on the 23rd anniversary of her husband's death, a family spokeswoman said. She was 60.

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'M-A-S-H' star Harry Morgan dies at age 96

Harry Morgan never planned to be an actor, yet he spent 10 years on one of the top TV series of all time, made 50 films and appeared on Broadway. He became one of the best-known character actors in...

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Harry Morgan, star of TV's 'MASH,' dies at 96

Emmy Award-winning actor Harry Morgan, who played the crusty yet sympathetic Col. Sherman T. Potter in the sitcom "MASH" and the hard-nosed LAPD Officer Bill Gannon in the television drama "Dragnet,"...

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Pop singer Dobie Gray dead in Nashville at age 69

Dobie Gray was more than a smooth balladeer who recorded the timeless hit "Drift Away" in 1973.

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Obituary: Martha Gifford Parker Melahn, 87, of pioneering Coconut Grove family

During the 1950s, convention dictated that the wife of a prominent professional stay home to raise the children.

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Widow of singer Roy Orbison dies of cancer

When singer Roy Orbison was touring England in 1968, it had been four years since he last appeared at the top of the charts with "Oh, Pretty Woman." He had continued playing live and recording long...

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Diana Colbert, wife of author Charles Bock, dies

Diana Joy Colbert, the wife of author Charles Bock whose battle with leukemia inspired widespread sympathy and support among the New York literary community, died Thursday. She was 41.

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James Robert Christian, first black Miami-Dade motorcycle officer, dies at 77

James Robert Christian, the first black graduate of the Miami-Dade Police Department’s police academy, as well as the first black officer on motorcycle and mounted patrol— aboard...

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Jerry Robinson, 'Batman' illustrator, dies at 89

Jerry Robinson, a pioneer in the early days of Batman comics and a key force in the creation of Robin the Boy Wonder; the Joker; Bruce Wayne's butler, Alfred; and Two-Face, has died in New York City....

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Robert Lawrence Balzer, critic and author who championed Calif. wine...

Robert Lawrence Balzer, a wine critic and educator who wrote an influential column in the Los Angeles Times for three decades during a career that stretched from the post-Prohibition era through the...

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Jerry Robinson, Batman's Joker artist, dies in NY

Comic book industry pioneer Jerry Robinson, who helped create Batman sidekick Robin the Boy Wonder and their arch-nemesis The Joker, has died at age 89.

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Correction: Barbara Orbison obituary story

In a Dec. 7 obituary of Barbara Orbison, widow of Roy Orbison, The Associated Press, relying on information from a publicist, erroneously reported that she was 60 and died at Los Angeles County-USC...

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Hector Silva, moderate leftist San Salvador mayor

SAN SALVADOR (AP) – A Boston-born Salvadoran physician who helped the Central American nation recover from its 12-year civil war has died of a heart attack. Hector Silva was 64.

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