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Dr. William Lamers Jr. dies at 80; championed modern hospice care
"I'm not sick; I'm only dying," a friend told Dr. William Lamers Jr. The man had inoperable cancer and wanted to go home to die, but his doctor wouldn't let him out of the hospital.
It was the early 1970s, when most people with incurable illnesses died...Tags: Morphine (drug), Health and Medical Professionals, Diseases and Illnesses, Religion and Belief, Health
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Monster Mash: Michael Jackson art donated to children's hospital
Culture MonsterArts news: Children's Hospital Los Angeles gets artwork from Michael Jackson's family. New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art reported that its recent Alexander McQueen fashion exhibition drew 661,509 visitors, making it the eighth-most-visited show in the... -
Terrance McGarry dies at 72; reporter, editor at UPI and L.A. Times
Terrance W. McGarry, a former Los Angeles Times Valley edition reporter and assistant city editor whose previous work for United Press International included coverage of the assassination of President Kennedy, died Tuesday of a rare brain disease at his...Tags: Bank Robbery, Dallas, John F. Kennedy, Dallas County Administration Building, Brain
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The 'contagion' of social networks
The old folk concept that our personal health behaviors rub off on those around us has received a staggering amount of scientific support of late. Over the last few years, study after study has shown that weight gain, drug and alcohol use, even loneliness...Tags: Education, Health and Medical Professionals, Society, Suicide, Science and Technology
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Monster Mash: Salvador Dalí museum opens in Florida; Metropolitan Museum of Art gets $10 million
Culture MonsterSurreal: A new museum devoted to artist Salvador Dalí officially opened on Tuesday in St. Petersburg, Fla. (Reuters) Big bucks: Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch are giving a gift of $10 million to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York...... -
Maurice Lucas dies at 58; menacing power forward in the NBA
Maurice Lucas, the menacing NBA power forward who was dreaded on the floor and beloved off it, died Sunday of bladder cancer in Portland, Ore. He was 58.
An icon in Portland, Lucas was a four-time NBA All-Star, playing 12 seasons with six teams,...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Basketball, Health, National Basketball Association, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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'Wifredo Lam' at the Museum of Latin American Art
Times Art CriticIN 19th CENTURY EUROPE, when modern science bumped aside the Christian God as the primary artistic foundation for meaning and moral value, artists lost a subject that had preoccupied them for hundreds of years. "Show me an angel and I'll paint one," the...Tags: Europe, Henri Matisse, Death, Africa, Arts
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PASSINGS
Carmelita Durio Sister of O.J. Simpson Carmelita Durio, O.J. Simpson's sister, who collapsed in a Las Vegas courtroom when he was convicted of robbery and kidnapping last October, died Monday in a Sacramento hospital. She was believed to be in her early...Tags: Crimes, Finance, Silver Spring (Montgomery, Maryland), Johns Hopkins University, Heart Attack
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Dick McGuire dies at 84; Hall of Famer spent decades with the Knicks
Dick McGuire, a basketball Hall of Famer and longtime member of the New York Knicks organization, died Wednesday of natural causes at Huntington Hospital in Long Island, the team announced. He was 84.
McGuire, who was still working as the team's senior...Tags: Obituaries, Bill Bradley, Death, Basketball, Health
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Dorothy Kamenshek dies at 84; women's baseball league star
Former New York Yankee first baseman Wally Pipp called Dorothy "Dottie" Kamenshek "the fanciest-fielding first baseman I've ever seen, man or woman."
Spurred by the personal philosophy that "anything less than my best is failure," she was known to jump...Tags: Education, All Stars, World War II (1939-1945), Death, Minor League Baseball
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LATFOB: Raymond Carver biographer Carol Sklenicka [Updated]
Jacket CopyThe biography "Raymond Carver: A Writer's Life" by Carol Sklenicka, released in 2009, took more than 10 years to research. To get to know the master of the modern American short story, who died at age 50 in 1988, Sklenicka...... -
Escape to Milwaukee
Chicago Tribune ReporterWhen it comes to winter getaways, many of us think warm: Cabo, Jamaica, Miami. These are the literal hot spots, where bone-chilling winter blahs melt like so many snowflakes into sandy beaches, tropical drinks and balmy sunsets. But a quick jaunt to Cabo,...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Frank Sinatra, Milwaukee, Arts, James Beard
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