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Obituaries in the news
article 2009-03-16 | Author: The Associated PressJoanne Gore DavisLOS ANGELES (AP) — Altovise Joanne Gore Davis, a dancer and actress and the widow of Sammy Davis Jr., died Saturday. She was 65.Davis died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after suffering a stroke, said Amy Malone, a publicist for her family.Davis worked her way to the ......
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Giving birth is fraught with danger in Haiti
article 2009-03-16 | Author: Jonathan M. KatzThe pain was different from before — deeper, sharper. Everyone else was sleeping in the banana grove shack, but Yslande Aristide could not bear it. She stood on the dirt floor and started to scream.In rushed her sisters with candles and water. Then came the midwife, who made tea from ......
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Obituaries in the news
article 2009-03-12 | Author: The Associated PressPeter BacsoBUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Peter Bacso, a scriptwriter and film director whose best-known films satirize life in Hungary during the Stalinist era, died Wednesday. He was 81.The Association of Hungarian Film Artists announced Bacso's death, but gave no cause or other details.A major figure in Hungary's film industry, Bacso ......
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Obituaries in the news
article 2009-03-11 | Author: The Associated PressJimmy BoydSANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — Jimmy Boyd, the child singer and actor best known for the original rendition of the Christmas novelty hit "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" in 1952, died Saturday. He was 70.Boyd died of cancer at a Santa Monica convalescent hospital, longtime friend ......
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Mexico morgues crowded with mounting drug-war dead
article 2009-03-09 | Author: Julie WatsonDeath froze his exhausted face.The attackers lashed or punctured nearly every part of his body. Then they cut off the dead man's head, wrapped it in a plastic grocery bag and dumped it with his body between two tractor-trailers on a city street.As with most murders in Ciudad Juarez, police ......
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R&B, jazz guitarist Snooks Eaglin dies at age 72
article 2009-02-19 | Author: Stacey PlaisanceR&B singer and guitarist Snooks Eaglin, a local legend who counted platinum-selling rockers among his fans, died Wednesday. He was 72.The blind musician died of a heart attack at Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans after falling ill and being hospitalized last week, said John Blancher, a close ......
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Schwarzenegger seeks end to prison oversight
article 2009-01-29 | Author: Judy LinA fight over California's prison health care system escalated Wednesday as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger sought to throw out an $8 billion spending plan for inmate medical facilities, saying it's illegal and too costly.Attorney General Jerry Brown and Schwarzenegger administration officials filed a motion in U.S. District Court in San Francisco ......
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'Plow' producers file grievance against Piven
article 2009-01-17 | Author: Michael KuchwaraThe producers of "Speed-the-Plow" have filed a grievance with Actors' Equity Association, the stage actors' union, against Jeremy Piven for abruptly leaving the Broadway revival last month.News of the filing was announced Friday by lead producer Jeffrey Richards, who declined further comment.The actor quit the David Mamet comedy less than ......
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Obituaries in the news
article 2008-12-28 | Author: The Associated PressDelaney BramlettLOS ANGELES (AP) — Delaney Bramlett, the singer-songwriter-producer who penned classic rock songs such as "Let it Rain" and worked with musicians George Harrison and Eric Clapton, died Saturday. He was 69.Bramlett died shortly before 5 a.m. at UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center in Los Angeles as a result ......
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Pinup Bettie Page hospitalized after heart attack
article 2008-12-06 | Author: James BeltranBettie Page, a 1950s pinup known for her raven-haired bangs and saucy come-hither looks, was hospitalized in intensive care after suffering a heart attack, her agent said Friday."She's critically ill," Mark Roesler of CMG Worldwide told The Associated Press.He said the 85-year-old had been hospitalized for the last ......