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Former Mariners GM Hal Keller dead at 85

Former Mariners general manager Hal Keller has died at the age of 85 at his home in Sequim, Wash.

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Lucky, a little dog with a big mission, dies in NY

A little dog with a big mission and a pack of celebrity sidekicks has lost her battle with cancer.

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Key dates in the life and work of Ray Bradbury

Some key dates from the life and work of Ray Bradbury:

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Herb Reed. founder of popular 1950s music group the Platters, dies

LOS ANGELES - Herb Reed was in his 20s when he founded the Platters in Los Angeles in 1953, naming his vocal group after the term used by radio DJs for the vinyl records of the day.

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Ray Bradbury, author who lifted fantasy to literary heights, dies at 91

Ray Bradbury, the writer whose expansive flights of fantasy and vividly rendered space-scapes have provided the world with one of the most enduring speculative blueprints for the future, has died. He...

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Prince Tomohito dies of cancer at age 66

Prince Tomohito of Mikasa passed away at a Tokyo hospital Wednesday after a long battle against cancer. He was 66.

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Historian, author William Lee Miller dies in NYC

Writer and historian William Lee Miller has died in New York City at age 86.

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Writers, filmmakers react to Ray Bradbury's death

Reaction to the death of author Ray Bradbury:

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Ray Bradbury, author of 'Fahrenheit 451,' dies

Ray Bradbury imagined the future, and didn't always like what he saw.

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Ray Bradbury, author who lifted fantasy to literary heights, dies at 91

Ray Bradbury, the writer whose expansive flights of fantasy and vividly rendered space-scapes have provided the world with one of the most enduring speculative blueprints for the future, has died. He...

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Korvette store founder Eugene Ferkauf dies in NYC

Before the advent of the big box discount store, there was Eugene Ferkauf.

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Eminent South African anthropologist Tobias dies

Anthropologist Phillip Tobias, internationally renowned as an authority on human evolution and remembered for his love of humanity, died Thursday, South Africa's University of the Witwatersrand said....

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Bob Welch, Fleetwood Mac guitarist and singer, dies at 66

Guitarist and singer Bob Welch, whose work in the early 1970s for Fleetwood Mac set the stage for the band's multi-platinum success later in the decade, died on Wednesday at his home in Nashville,...

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Phillip Tobias, South African expert on early man, dies at 86

Phillip Tobias, a renowned South African paleoanthropologist and expert on early man and hominids, died Thursday. He was 86.

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Bob Welch, Fleetwood Mac guitarist and singer, dies at 66

Guitarist and singer Bob Welch, whose work in the early 1970s for Fleetwood Mac set the stage for the band's multi-platinum success later in the decade, died on Thursday at his home in Nashville,...

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Former Fleetwood Mac guitarist/singer Bob Welch dead at 65

Beset by health issues, Bob Welch, whose departure from Fleetwood Mac preceded the group’s greatest success, apparently committed suicide in Nashville.

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Paula Hays Harper, feminist art historian, dies

Paula Hays Harper, a recently retired University of Miami professor, <span class="italic">Art in America </span>magazine contributor and former Miami News art critic who was considered the...

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Former Fleetwood Mac member Bob Welch dead at 65

Bob Welch, a former member of Fleetwood Mac who went on to write songs and record several hits during a solo career, died Thursday of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said. He was 65.

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Stan Jolley, one of the designers of Disneyland, dies at 86

Stan Jolley was a senior set designer at 20th Century Fox in 1953 when he got a call from his artist friend Herb Ryman at Walt Disney Studios.

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Innovative blues, jazz guitarist Pete Cosey dies

Pete Cosey, an innovative guitarist who brought his distinctive distorted sound to recordings with Miles Davis, Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters, has died, his daughter said. He was 68.

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