Former Medellin drug trafficker Porras dies at 62 (AP)
AP - Evaristo Porras, a former high-flying Medellin cartel drug trafficker associated with Pablo Escobar in the 1980s, has died at age 62, reportedly in economic ruin.
[Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:48:31 GMT]
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Israeli spy Kimche dead at 82 (AP)
AP - David Kimche, the Israeli spy-turned-diplomat who played a key role in the Iran-Contra scandal that rocked President Ronald Reagan's administration, has died. He was 82.
[Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:51:38 GMT]
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Greek scholar Sir Kenneth Dover dies at 89 (AP)
AP - Sir Kenneth Dover, a distinguished historian of Greek culture who gained wider fame by admitting his wish to kill a troublesome colleague, has died at 89.
[Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:05:30 GMT]
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Architect of Chicago's former Sears Tower dies (AP)
AP - Bruce J. Graham, the pioneering architect who designed the iconic Chicago skyscraper formerly named the Sears Tower, has died. He was 84.
[Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:20:48 GMT]
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Conservationist Edgar Wayburn dies at 103 (AP)

In this undated photo provided by the Sierra Club,  Dr. Edgar Wayburn, a five-term president of the Sierra Club is seen.  Wayburn who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom for working to preserve vast tracts of U.S. wilderness, has died. He was 103. Wayburn died Friday, March 5, 2010, at his home in San Francisco, surrounded by family, the Sierra Club said.  (AP Photo/Sierra Club)AP - Dr. Edgar Wayburn, a five-term Sierra Club president who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom for working to preserve vast tracts of U.S. wilderness, has died. He was 103.



[Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:27:41 GMT]
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Mark Linkous, leader of Sparklehorse, dies at 47 (AP)
AP - Mark Linkous, the singer-songwriter who released his music under the band name Sparklehorse, has died after shooting himself in the chest in Tennessee. He was 47.
[Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:36:24 GMT]
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Actor Richard Stapley dies at 86 (AP)
AP - Richard Stapley, the actor who appeared alongside Elizabeth Taylor in "Little Women" and with Gene Kelly in "The Three Musketeers," has died. He was 86.
[Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:14:25 GMT]
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Former head of Johnson Space Center dies in Texas (AP)
AP - Aaron Cohen, the former director of NASA's Johnson Space Center who helped create the space shuttle program, has died in College Station after a long fight with cancer. He was 79.
[Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:34:49 GMT]
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'Boggy Creek' filmmaker Pierce dies in Tenn. at 71 (AP)
AP - Charles B. Pierce, an independent filmmaker whose inexpensively made documentary-style drama "The Legend of Boggy Creek" influenced the hit film "The Blair Witch Project" decades later, has died at age 71.
[Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:18:53 GMT]
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Johnny Alf, a Bossa Nova founder, dies at 80 (AP)
AP - A founder of Bossa Nova music has died in Brazil after fighting prostate cancer. He was 80.
[Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:01:37 GMT]
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Vladislav Ardzinba, 1st leader of Abkhazia, dies (AP)

FILE - In this Sept. 3, 1992 file picture, from left: Vladislav Ardzinba, leader of the breakaway Georgian province of Abkhazia, the then Russian President Boris Yeltsin and his Georgian counterpart Eduard Shevardnadze talk to the press in Moscow. Vladislav Ardzinba, the first leader of the breakaway Georgian province of Abkhazia, has died in Moscow, Thursday March 4, 2010, a Russian news agency reported. He was 64.  (AP Photo/Boris Yurchenko)AP - Vladislav Ardzinba, who led the breakaway Georgian province of Abkhazia to de facto independence through a bloody war and ethnic cleansing, died on Thursday, his doctor said. He was 64.



[Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:49:04 GMT]
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Calif. transportation activist found dead in creek (AP)
AP - A former adviser to former Gov. Jerry Brown who became an activist on transportation issues has died in what California authorities believe was a suicide.
[Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:16:57 GMT]
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Former UK Labour Party leader Michael Foot dies (AP)

FILE - This is a March 1983 file photo of British politician Michael Foot. Foot, a bookish intellectual and anti-nuclear campaigner who led Britain's Labour Party to a disastrous defeat in 1983, died Wednesday March 3, 2010 officials said. He was 96. (AP Photo/John Redman)AP - Michael Foot, a bookish intellectual and anti-nuclear campaigner who led Britain's Labour Party to a disastrous defeat in 1983, died Wednesday morning, officials said. He was 96.



[Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:03:44 GMT]
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Winston Churchill, WWII leader's grandson, dies (AP)

FILE - This Oct. 20, 2002 file photo shows Winston Churchill a former member of Parliament and grandson of Britain's wartime leader Winston Churchill, who died Tuesday March 2, 2010 at his home in London. Churchill was a member of the House of Commons from 1970 to 1997. Earlier he had been a foreign correspondent for The Times, The Daily Telegraph and other publications.  (AP Photo/ John Stillwell/PA Wire, File)AP - Winston Spencer Churchill, a former member of Parliament and grandson of Britain's wartime leader, died Tuesday, an associate said. He was 69.



[Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:18:05 GMT]
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Author Barry Hannah dies at 67 in Mississippi (AP)

In this photo provided by the University of Mississippi, Barry Hannah is shown in his home in Oxford, Miss. in 1991. Lafayette County Coroner Rocky Kennedy said Hannah died Monday March 1, 2010. He was 67.   (AP Photo/University of Mississippi, Robert Jordan)  NO SALES. EDITORIAL USE ONLY.AP - Author Barry Hannah, whose fiction was laced with dark humor and populated by hard-drinking Southerners, died Monday at his home in Oxford, Miss. He was 67.



[Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:04:36 GMT]
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Coutaz, founder of Harmonia Mundi label, dies (AP)
AP - Bernard Coutaz, who founded the respected independent classical record label Harmonia Mundi and ran it for five decades, has died, his company said Monday. He was 87.
[Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:56:53 GMT]
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Last daughter of Mexican revolutionary Zapata dies (AP)
AP - The last surviving child of Mexican revolutionary hero Emiliano Zapata has died at 94.
[Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:17:46 GMT]
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T-Bone Wolk, bass player for Hall & Oates, dies (AP)
AP - Tom "T-Bone" Wolk, who performed with scores of musicians but was best known as the longtime bass player for the band led by pop-rock stars Daryl Hall and John Oates, has died. He was 58.
[Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:24:04 GMT]
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Mexican author Carlos Montemayor dies at 62 (AP)
AP - Mexican author and guerrilla movement scholar Carlos Montemayor died Sunday, his publisher said. He was 62.
[Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:26:48 GMT]
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Holocaust researcher David Bankier dies at 63 (AP)
AP - David Bankier, a prominent Holocaust scholar and head of Yad Vashem's International Institute for Holocaust Research, has died after a lengthy illness. He was 63.
[Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:49:29 GMT]
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