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Polio vaccine developer Koprowski dies in Pa.

Dr. Hilary Koprowski, a pioneering virologist who developed the first successful oral vaccination for polio, has died. He was 96.

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Jonathan Winters, comedian who defied categorization, dies at 87

Comic great Jonathan Winters was struggling to make a name for himself in the early 1950s when a man at the nightclub where he was performing offered some life-changing advice.

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Chi Cheng, former bassist for Deftones, dies at 42

A candlelight vigil is planned for Chi Cheng, the bassist of the Grammy-winning rock band Deftones who died after struggling to recover from serious injuries suffered in a car crash more than four...

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Frances Greer, first woman to head Miami’s Office of Health Services,...

Frances Kruvand Greer, Miami-Dade County’s top public health official in the 1980s, championed programs for the needy — because she could relate.

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Rosann Sidener, Miami Beach High principal, succumbs to cancer

Rosann Sidener, the beloved principal of Miami Beach Senior High School, died Monday after a year-long battle with ovarian cancer.

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Rock and soul songwriter George Jackson dies at 68

Songwriter George Jackson, co-author of "Old Time Rock and Roll" and hundreds of other soul, rock and rhythm and blues tunes, has died. He was 68.

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Founder of Wienerschnitzel chain John Galardi dies

John Galardi, who opened a Wienerschnitzel hot dog stand in Los Angeles in 1961 and expanded it into a chain with more than 300 outlets in 10 U.S. states, has died, his company said Sunday.

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Former US Rep. Charlie Wilson of Ohio dies at 70

Former U.S. Rep. Charlie Wilson, a Democrat who represented eastern Ohio in Washington for two terms after winning a write-in campaign, died Sunday in a Florida hospital, the Ohio Democratic Party...

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Perry remembered as titan of political spending

Once in a rare interview, the Texas tycoon who gave at least $75 million in political contributions over his lifetime argued that writing big checks didn't buy big influence.

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London Symphony conductor Colin Davis dies at 85

Colin Davis, the former principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra and one of Britain's elder statesmen of classical music, has died at 85.

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Los Angeles Chicano rights activist Castro dies

Sal Castro, a social studies teacher who played a leading role in 1960s Chicano student walkouts, has died at age 79.

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Super voice gone: Pat Summerall dead at 82

The voice of football. The NFL's narrator for generations. A master of restraint.

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'Leave It to Beaver' actor Frank Bank dies

Frank Bank, who played oafish troublemaker Lumpy on the sitcom "Leave It to Beaver," has died. He was 71.

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Actor who played choked Death Star commander dies

Character actor Richard LeParmentier, who as a young Death Star commander learned the hard way that Darth Vader brooks no disrespect, died Tuesday. He was 66.

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George Beverly Shea dies; sang at Graham crusades

George Beverly Shea, whose booming baritone voice echoed through stadiums, squares and souls during a decades-long career with evangelist Billy Graham, died Tuesday. He was 104.

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Biographical details on George Beverly Shea

NAME: George Beverly (Bev) Shea

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Tire company heir Anne Firestone Ball dies at 79

Tire company heir and philanthropist Anne Firestone Ball has died from injuries she suffered during a fire in her Connecticut home. She was 79.

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Award-winning architect Barry Sugerman dies

Well known South Florida architect Barry Sugerman, who designed dozens of capacious luxury homes with tropical touches in a prolific career that spanned more than four decades, died Tuesday.

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Margarita Dosal, tobacco company president, dies

Margarita Chavez Dosal, the flamboyantly fancy, gleefully generous matriarch of a family that reestablished its Cuban tobacco company in Opa-locka after fleeing the Castro regime, died Monday night at...

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Pink Floyd album designer Storm Thorgerson dies

English graphic designer Storm Thorgerson, whose eye-popping album art for Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin encapsulated the spirit of 1970s psychedelia, died Thursday. He was 69.

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