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For years, families and friends have traditionally mourned their loved ones in private settings, mostly enclosed only to those who were relatively close to the deceased person. However, as social networks are becoming more of the everyday living for many people around the... Author Frank McCourt dies
Frank McCourt was an Irish-American raconteur and memoirist whose abilities gained a world-wide audience only after entering retirement. Prior to springing to international acclaim, Frank had been a public school teacher for 30 years and was fondly regarded as a jovial and... Tony Hart Children's TV Legend Dies
The artist and children's TV presenter Tony Hart has died aged 83. Hart was a regular on TV's Vision On and then had his own art programmes for children called Take Hart and Hart Beat. He inspired children all... Oliver Postgate Dies
It is a sad day for children of a certain age, that the creator of Bagpuss and Ivor the Engine has died, aged 83.With the help of artist Peter Firmin, Postgate created some of Britain's most popular children's... Silent Star, Anita Page dies, aged 98
Actress Anita Page has has died at her Los Angeles home, aged 98.New York born, she started her film career in her teens with a small role in the film A Kiss for Cinderella. In the 1930's, she became a... Steve Jobs is Dead! I Mean... Alive! (Erroneous Obituary Published)
What, is it that slow a news day that Bloomberg had to spice things up by declaring Apple honcho Steve Jobs dead? Or, more likely, to they have an ongoing obituary file on hand in case he doesn't live to reach eighty-something? INdeed, it's common practice for news outfits to...
created by Jordan Yerman | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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362 views | 24 recommendations | 6 comments
Solzhenitsyn passes away in Moscow
News just in:The Russian Gazeta is reporting the death of writer and Nobel Prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Initial reports suggest that he died of heart-failure. He was 89.This story has just...Veteran BBC correspondent Charles Wheeler dies
The BBC's longest-serving foreign correspondent, Charles Wheeler, has died from lung cancer at the age of 85. Wheeler was considered something of a legend at the BBC. As a reporter, presenter and producer, he had covered stories such as the assassination of Martin Luther King...Architect Of Carter Presidency, Hamilton Jordan, Dies
Architect Of Carter Presidency, Hamilton Jordan, Dies Hamilton Jordan, 63, a fun-loving political operative who helped propel a virtually unknown politician from the Georgia statehouse to the White House, died last night at his home in Atlanta, close friends said. He... Charlton Heston Dies at 84
Charlton Heston died Saturday at his home in Beverly Hills, Calif., after suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease for several years. Lydia, his wife of 64 years, was said to have been by his side at the time... Obituary : Former president Soeharto passes away
"Following are his biography and the milestones in his journey. Soeharto was born on June 8, 1921 in Kamusuk, a small hamlet or an offshoot of the village of Godean in Argomulyo district, 12 kilometers west of... Alternative Obituary: Benizar Bhutto
As usual the media is trying to present complex issues in the most simplistic way - good or bad, black or white etc. It's news by bumper sticker. Big T's article highlighting the British Times clearly...
created by The Anglo American | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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1325 views | 34 recommendations | 10 comments
Obituary - Pakistan`s Bhutto slain by suicide attacker
"Obituary - Pakistan`s Bhutto slain by suicide attacker Islamabad (ANTARA News) - Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, slain in a suicide attack in Rawalpindi on Thursday, knew very well the risks she ran...
created by imung satriani | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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438 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
The good die young: Rest in Peace Sam Miller
Sam was a quintessential artist and was a fixture of Grass Valley and Nevada City. At the risk of sounding presumptuous and cheesy, the contribution the Nevada County of Sam’s generation will make to the world is its art (is it appropriate to call it “Crit art”?): its...Obituary: George Melly
"With his flamboyant suits, oversize hats and Havana cigars, George Melly was a good-time Renaissance man who indulged, often over-indulged, his passions for jazz, film, art, fishing, writing, drink and sex. He...
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