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Cuban pianist Bebo Valdes dies in Sweden at age 94

Renowned Cuban pianist Bebo Valdes, a composer and bandleader who recorded with Nat "King" Cole, was musical director at Havana's legendary Tropicana Club and a key participant in the golden age of...

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‘Quintessential doctor’ Jaime Parladé dies at 98

Pediatrician Jaime Parladé made medicine his life, from his native Santiago de Cuba to North Dakota and the northeast before retiring to South Florida.

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UK police: Russian tycoon Berezovsky found dead

Boris Berezovsky, a self-exiled and outspoken Russian tycoon who had a bitter falling out with Russian President Vladimir Putin, was found dead in southeast England on Saturday. He was 67.

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Hundreds gather for former state senator Larcenia Bullard’s funeral

Hundreds gathered to pay their respect at the funeral service for former state senator Larcenia Bullard Saturday morning at the South Dade Cultural Arts Center in Miami.

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Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe dies at 82

When Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe was in college, a European professor assigned "Mister Johnson," which portrayed Africa as a land of grinning, shrieking savages. Time magazine called it "the best...

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Pulitzer Prize-winner Anthony Lewis dies at 85

Two-time Pulitzer winner Anthony Lewis, whose New York Times column championed liberal causes for three decades, died Monday. He was 85.

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Motown songwriter-producer Deke Richards dies

Motown songwriter-producer Deke Richards has died at a hospice at age 68.

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Vilius Vilsaint, a Haitian super centenarian devoted to God and family, dies

Vilius Vilsaint lived through a great swath of world history: the invention of the automobile and the airplane, both world wars, a U.S. occupation of his Haitian homeland that began in 1915 and lasted...

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Gordon Stoker, member of Jordanaires, dies at 88

Gordon Stoker, a member of The Jordanaires vocal group that backed Elvis Presley, died Wednesday. He was 88.

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Award-winning screenwriter Fay Kanin dies at 95

Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated screenwriter Fay Kanin has died. She was 95.

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'The Simpsons' writer-producer Don Payne dies

Don Payne, an Emmy-winning writer and producer for "The Simpsons" who also wrote the hit movie "Thor," has died. He was 48.

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Robert Zildjian, Sabian cymbal manufacturer, dies

Robert "RZ" Zildjian, founder of the Sabian Inc. musical cymbal manufacturing company, has died. He was 89.

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'Harry Potter' actor Richard Griffiths dies at 65

Richard Griffiths was one of the great British stage actors of his generation, a heavy man with a light touch, whether in Shakespeare or Neil Simon. But for millions of movie fans, he will always be...

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Teague, one of NY's first black TV newsmen, dies

Bob Teague, a former news anchor, reporter and producer and one of New York City's first black television journalists, has died. He was 84.

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Phil Ramone, Grammy-winning producer, dead at 72

Phil Ramone, the masterful Grammy Award-winning engineer, arranger and producer whose platinum touch included recordings with Ray Charles, Billy Joel and Paul Simon, has died at 72, his family said...

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Longtime Alabama AD Mal Moore passes away

Former Alabama athletic director Mal Moore, who played and coached under Bear Bryant and hired Nick Saban as football coach, has passed away.

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Lessie Graham Pryor, nursing educator at Miami Dade College, dies at 68

Lessie Graham Pryor, retired from Miami Dade College, died after battling Lou Gehrig’s disease for three years.

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Richard Griffiths, actor from 'Harry Potter' and 'The History Boys,' dies at 65

Richard Griffiths, the nimble British character actor best known to American audiences as cantankerous, wizard-fearing Uncle Vernon in the blockbuster Harry Potter films, died Thursday at a hospital in...

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SC man who apologized for racist past dies

Elwin Wilson, the former Ku Klux Klan supporter who publicly apologized for years of violent racism, including the beating of a black Freedom Rider who went on to become a Georgia congressman, has...

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Pioneering rock writer Paul Williams dies at 64

Paul Williams, a pioneering rock music journalist whose Crawdaddy! Magazine is considered the first U.S. publication to write seriously about rock 'n roll, has died in California. He was 64.

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