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'Orajel' creator David Morris Kern dies at 103

The creator of Orajel, a medicine aimed at fighting toothaches that was later also used for mouth sores, has died, family members said Sunday. David Morris Kern was 103.

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Frederic Franklin, British-born dancer, dies at 98

Frederic Franklin, a British-born dancer who helped popularize modern ballet in the United States and performed until his mid-90s, has died. He was 98.

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Italy's ex-premier Giulio Andreotti dies at 94

Giulio Andreotti personified the nation he helped shape, the good and the bad.

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Newsman and "Rocky III" and "Scarface" actor dies

A Los Angeles television news anchor in the 1960s and 1970s who also appeared in movies such as "Rocky III" has died. Mario Machado was 78.

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Special effects master Ray Harryhausen dies at 92

When Ray Harryhausen was 13, he was so overwhelmed by "King Kong" that he vowed he would create otherworldly creatures on film. He fulfilled his desire as an adult, thrilling audiences with skeletons...

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'Young and Restless' star Jeanne Cooper dies at 84

Jeanne Cooper, the enduring soap opera star who played grande dame Katherine Chancellor for nearly four decades on "The Young and the Restless," has died. She was 84.

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British director Bryan Forbes dies at age 86

British film director Bryan Forbes, whose work includes the original 1970s horror classic "The Stepford Wives," has died at age 86 after a long illness, a family spokesman said Wednesday.

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Carl Lewis, teacher and Overtown barbecue manager, dies

At Hialeah Senior High School, Carl Avery Lewis was known as a veteran biology teacher.

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Ray Harryhausen, special-effects legend, dies at 92

Ray Harryhausen, the stop-motion animation legend whose work on "The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms," "Jason and the Argonauts" and other science fiction and fantasy film classics made him a cult figure and...

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'Monkeemobile' designer Dean Jeffries dies at 80

A celebrated car customizer who painted James Dean's Porsche and made the "Monkeemobile" for "The Monkees" TV show has died. Dean Jeffries was 80.

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Grandson of Malcolm X killed in Mexico City

Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of political activist Malcolm X, died in Mexico City after a violent dispute in a bar, Mexican authorities said Friday. He was 28.

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Grandson of Malcolm X dies in Mexico

A friend says the grandson of political activist Malcolm X died after he was beaten up during a dispute over a bill at a Mexico City bar.

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Dr. Cleide Suguihara, JMH neonatologist, dies

Dr. Cleide Suguihara, who helped save thousands of tiny lives in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Jackson Memorial Hospital, lost her own on Thursday to complications of breast cancer.

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Steelers Hall of Famer Jack Butler dies at 85

Jack Butler, who helped revolutionize the way cornerbacks played in the NFL during his Hall of Fame career with the Pittsburgh Steelers, died Saturday after a lengthy battle with a staph infection. He...

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Mummified body of Chicana author found in NM home

A 70-year-old woman whose mummified body was recently found in her Santa Fe apartment was identified as a Chicana activist, teacher and author.

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Popular psychologist Joyce Brothers dead at 85

Joyce Brothers, the pop psychologist who pioneered the television advice show in the 1950s and enjoyed a long and prolific career as a syndicated columnist, author, and television and film personality,...

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Dr. Joyce Brothers, popular TV psychologist, dies at 85

Fame was never her intent, Dr. Joyce Brothers often said.

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Flamboyant Texas swindler Billie Sol Estes dies

Billie Sol Estes' name was synonymous with Texas-sized schemes, greed and corruption.

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Hairdresser `Kenneth' Battelle dies at age 86

Kenneth Battelle, the hairdresser who gave both Jacqueline Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe their calling-card hairdos in the 1950s and '60s, has died at age 86, said Kevin Lee, creative director of...

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WIOD host, Miami News writer Billie O’Day dies

Billie Corinne Womack was an original from the day she was born — Oct. 1, 1919 — in Little Rock, Ark.

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