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Wayne M. Hoffman, chairman of Flying Tiger Line cargo carrier, dies at 89

Wayne M. Hoffman, the retired chairman of Tiger International, the Los Angeles-based parent company of the Flying Tiger Line, which was once the world's largest air cargo carrier, has died. He was 89.

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Elan Steinberg, former head of World Jewish Congress, dies at 59

The son of Holocaust survivors, Elan Steinberg preferred to keep his family history private. But the fierce strategist and former leader of the World Jewish Congress was clearly motivated by it,...

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Ahmed Ben Bella, father of Algerian independence, dies at 95

Algeria's first post-independence president, Ahmed Ben Bella, who died Wednesday at the age of 95, was a charismatic revolutionary who fought alongside the French during World War II before becoming a...

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Algeria's first president dies at 95

Ahmed Ben Bella, Algeria's first president and a historic leader of its bloody independence struggle from France, died at his family home in Algiers on Wednesday. He was 95.

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Stanley Kassal, Crown Wine & Spirits founder, dies

Stanley Frederick Kassal was born during Prohibition in New York, then built a liquor-store empire in South Florida, where he died Monday at 81.

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Bishop Agustin Roman, spiritual leader of Cuban exile community, dies at 83

Auxiliary Bishop Agustin Roman, considered the spiritual leader of Miami's Cuban exile community, died Wednesday in Miami of a heart attack. He was 83.

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Actor, pioneer of Mexican telenovela, dies at 78

Mexican television and movie actor Julio Aleman, who starred in the first telenovela ever produced in the country, died Wednesday. He was 78.

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Bishop Agustin Roman, hero to Cuban exiles, dies at 83

Agustin Roman, the beloved emeritus auxiliary bishop of Miami who was considered the spiritual leader of South Florida's Cuban exile community, died Wednesday night of a heart attack. He was 83.

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Bishop Agustin Roman, hero to Cuban exiles, dies at 83

Agustin Roman, the beloved emeritus auxiliary bishop of Miami who was considered the spiritual leader of South Florida's Cuban exile community, died Wednesday night of a heart attack. He was 83.

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Beloved Cuban bishop Agustin Roman dies in Miami

Agustin Roman, the first Cuban to be appointed bishop in the United States, has died in Miami. He was 83.

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Faithful mourn beloved Cuban Auxiliary Bishop Agustín Román

The auxiliary bishop, an advocate for Cubans and all refugees, died of a heart attack Wednesday night.

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Ed Savko, proprietor of biker hangout in L.A. that drew celebrities, dies at 86

Ed Savko, who bought a small-town grocery known as the Rock Store on Mulholland Highway in 1961 and turned it into an internationally recognized motorcycle mecca frequented by celebrities, businessmen,...

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Jack Tramiel, founder of Commodore computers, dies at 83

Jack Tramiel, the tough and aggressive Commodore International founder who brought millions of people into the world of personal computers in the late 1970s and early '80s with his low-cost PCs, has...

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Canadian author Roger Caron dies at age 73

Canadian author and notorious bank robber Roger Caron has died at age 73.

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South Florida says goodbye to Bishop Román

The chapel he helped build will stay open round-the-clock until Saturday’s funeral Mass for Augustín Román.

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Canadian author Roger Caron dies at age 73

Canadian author and notorious criminal Roger Caron, who broke out of prison more than a dozen times, has died at age 73.

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Author of 'Miss Read' books dies at 98

Dora Saint, a prolific and gentle chronicler of English village life who wrote under the pen name Miss Read, has died at age 98.

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Girlfriend of Clark Gable's son found dead in CA

The girlfriend of Clark Gable's only son has died in the couple's Malibu home.

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Fitness magazine publisher Robert Kennedy dies

Robert "Bob" Kennedy, the man behind the Canadian-based publisher of popular health books and fitness magazines including "Oxygen," ''MuscleMag" and "American Curves," has died. He was 73.

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Saxophonist Love dies; part of Memphis Horns duo

Tenor saxophonist Andrew Love, who formed the award-winning Memphis Horns duo with trumpeter Wayne Jackson and played unforgettable lines behind the royalty of soul, rock, pop and R&B, has died at...

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