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Rock guitarist Alvin Lee dies at 68

British rock guitarist Alvin Lee, founder of the band Ten Years After who burst to stardom with a memorable Woodstock performance, has died. He was 68.

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Canadian singer Stompin' Tom Connors dies at 77

Canadian country-folk singer Stompin' Tom Connors, whose toe-tapping musical spirit and fierce patriotism established him as one of Canada's biggest cultural icons, has died, his promoter said...

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Mary Ellen Miller, former chairwoman of Miami-Dade GOP, dies

As news of her unexpected death on Wednesday circulated among Florida’s Republicans, many offered tributes to Mary Ellen Miller, a revered party elder stateswoman who twice chaired the party...

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Manhattan Project agent Safferstein dies at 92

Nathan Safferstein was barely 21 when circumstances suddenly propelled him from his job as a supermarket manager into the stealth world of a counterintelligence agent on the project that produced the...

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Country singer Claude King dies at 90

Country singer-songwriter Claude King, an original member of the Louisiana Hayride who was best known for the 1962 hit "Wolverton Mountain," has died. He was 90.

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Erwin Harris, Miami businessman and adventurer, dies at 91

An archeologist, ad executive, military veteran, art enthusiast and world traveler, Erwin Harris was a true renaissance man.

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Francisco Gonzalez Aruca, founder of Marazul travel agency and radio...

Francisco Gonzalez Aruca was also a Miami radio commentator

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Princess whose forbidden love gripped Sweden dies

She was one of the better kept secrets of Sweden's royal household: a commoner and divorcee whose relationship with Prince Bertil was seen as a threat to the Bernadotte dynasty.

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'Taxi Driver' character actor Switkes dies in Md.

A character actor who had minor roles in "Tootsie," "Taxi Driver" and dozens of other films has died. Willy Switkes (SWIT'-kehs) was 83.

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Last survivor of plot to kill Hitler dies at 90

As a 22-year-old German army lieutenant, Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist volunteered to wear a suicide vest to a meeting with Adolf Hitler and to blow himself up along with the Nazi dictator.

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Richard Burton's ex, theater producer, dies at 83

The woman Richard Burton left to marry Elizabeth Taylor has died. Theater producer and nightclub founder Sybil Christopher was 83.

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Julius Littman, longtime North Miami Beach councilman, dies

Julius Littman led a life of service -- to veterans, the poor, the hungry, homeless and most notably, the citizens of North Miami Beach.

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Daughter's loving, humorous obituary for Mississippi man goes viral

He enjoyed buttermilk in a martini glass, garnished with cornbread. Not one to suffer cats, "Law and Order" or Martha Stewart gladly, he liked his women smart and his eggs deviled, and he eschewed...

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Former Iron Maiden drummer Clive Burr dies at 56

Clive Burr, former drummer with heavy metal icons Iron Maiden, has died. He was 56 and had been suffering from multiple sclerosis.

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Pioneering polio surgeon Jacquelin Perry dies

Dr. Jacquelin Perry, a world-renowned orthopedic surgeon who pioneered treatments to help polio patients regain movement, has died at age 94 in California.

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Country music's Jack Greene dies in Nashville

Jack Greene, a longtime Grand Ole Opry star who earned fame with the hit "There Goes My Everything," has died in Nashville at 83.

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'Bullitt' producer Robert E. Relyea dies

The film producer and director whose credits included "The Magnificent Seven" and "West Side Story has died. Robert E. Relyea was 82.

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Former Wash. Gov. Booth Gardner dies

Booth Gardner was a two-term governor whose biggest political effort came long after he left the Washington state Capitol.

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Larcenia Bullard, former Miami state senator with ‘biggest...

The former lawmaker, who left office in 2012, was well-liked on both sides of the aisle during her 18 years in the Legislature.

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Olen Burrage, suspect in 1964 Klan slayings, dies

Olen Burrage, who was acquitted in the case of three civil rights workers killed by Ku Klux Klansmen in Mississippi in the 1960s, has died. He was 82.

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