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Jeff Blatnick dies at 55; won gold in Olympic wrestling in 1984
Jeff Blatnick, who overcame cancer to win a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, died Wednesday. He was 55. Blatnick died of complications from heart surgery, USA Wrestling said on its website, citing a report...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, College Sports, Lymphatic System, Cancer, Television Stations
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David Rakoff dies at 47; Thurber Prize-winning humorist
David Rakoff, a humorist whose cynical outlook on life and culture earned him the 2011 Thurber Prize for American Humor, died Thursday in New York City after a long illness. He was 47. The statement from Doubleday and Anchor Books announcing his death...
Tags: Comedy (genre), Diseases and Illnesses, Health Treatments, NPR, Radio
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Peter Goodwin dies at 83; doctor helped craft Death With Dignity Act
In 1970 a man with terminal bone cancer came to see Dr. Peter Goodwin, who practiced family medicine in Portland, Ore. The man had intractable pain and saw no point in prolonging his suffering. He pleaded with Goodwin for pills to end his life.
His...Tags: Parkinson's Disease, Diseases and Illnesses, Alzheimer's Disease, Lawyers, Health
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George Anderson dies at 83; Raiders trainer created a knee brace
George Anderson, the longtime athletic trainer for the Oakland and Los Angeles Raiders who devised an innovative knee brace that became standard for football players, died Thursday in Santa Fe, N.M., his daughter Kristi Anderson Ornstein said.
He was...Tags: Parkinson's Disease, Diseases and Illnesses, Football, Diabetes, Injuries and Wounds
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PASSINGS: Andy Whitfield, Frank Warner
Andy Whitfield Title actor in cable's 'Spartacus' series Andy Whitfield, 39, star of the cable series "Spartacus: Blood and Sand," died Sunday of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in Sydney, Australia, according to his manager, Sam Maydew. Whitfield, who was born...Tags: Raging Bull (movie), Entertainment, Starz, LLC, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg
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PASSINGS: Harry Lawenda, Axel Axgil, Phyllis Love
Harry Lawenda
Interior design firm's creative force
Harry Lawenda, 87, an interior designer who was the creative force behind the influential Kneedler Fauchere design firm founded by his late wife, Dorothy Kneedler Lawenda, died at his Los Angeles...Tags: Gay Rights, Diseases and Illnesses, Entertainment, Tennessee Williams, Punishment
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PASSINGS: Wyatt Knight
Wyatt Knight, 56, an actor best known for portraying Tommy Turner in the three "Porky's" films, committed suicide Oct. 25 in Maui, said Eileen O'Farrell, a family spokeswoman.
An autopsy determined that Knight died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound,...Tags: Health Treatments, Health, Radiation Therapy, Suicide
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John Marburger III dies at 70; science advisor to President George W. Bush
Physicist John H. Marburger III, who served as President George W. Bush's science advisor at a time when most researchers considered science to be under attack by the government, died July 28 at his home in Port Jefferson, N.Y. He was 70 and had non-...Tags: George W. Bush, State University of New York, University of Southern California, Stony Brook, Princeton University
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Scene & Heard: LACMA Collectors Committee and 'Taste for a Cure'
Special to the Los Angeles TimesFor the Collectors Committee of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, April 9 was a big day. The museum's curators packed the morning with presentations of artworks they hoped to acquire, Patina served up lunch beside the Resnick Pavilion, and the evening...Tags: Restaurants, Diseases and Illnesses, Matthew Morrison, Entertainment, The Walt Disney Co.
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Clothespin queen's new take on vintage
Special to the Los Angeles TimesIf clothes can tell a story, the mix of dresses, jewelry, boots, buttons, lace and beading at the West Hollywood boutique Clothespin add up to a novel of epic proportions. First, there are the never-worn vintage fabrics from the 1940s, cut in 18...Tags: Entertainment, Yves Saint Laurent, Education, Joel Schumacher, Whitney Museum
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Sam Chwat dies at 57; actors lost, and learned, accents under dialect coach's tutelage
Sam Chwat was a master of accents who taught Robert De Niro to talk like an Appalachian ex-convict, Olympia Dukakis to talk like a Holocaust survivor and Peter Boyle to talk like a bigot from the Deep South. A modern-day Henry Higgins, he also trained...Tags: Columbia University, Pakistan, Pathology, Glenn Close, Robert De Niro
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'Avatar' wins top Golden Globe
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe night belongs to "Avatar." The sci-fi blockbuster -- the most expensive movie ever made and on track to become the highest-grossing film ever made won the Golden Globe tonight for best dramatic film and best director for James Cameron. "Avatar"...Tags: Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Carpenter, Samuel L. Jackson, The White Ribbon (movie), Mike Tyson
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