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PASSINGS: Iain Banks, David Jin, Dwight Opperman
Iain Banks Edgy Scottish novelist Iain Banks, 59, a Scottish writer who alternately wowed and disturbed readers with his dark jokes and narrative tricks, died Sunday. His publisher, Little Brown, announced his death but did not provide other details....
Tags: Fiction, Chinese Restaurants, Adele (music artist), Authors, Obituaries
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Charl Schwartzel leads Memorial; Tiger Woods is six shots back
Charl Schwartzel made sure one hole didn't ruin an entire round Thursday in the Memorial at Dublin, Ohio. Schwartzel hit the ball so consistently well at Muirfield Village that the former Masters champion twice had stretches of four consecutive birdies....
Tags: Golf, Chicago Bears, Triple Crown, New York Giants, PGA Tour
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Lewis Yocum dies at 65; Angels team doctor
Dr. Lewis Yocum, the longtime Angels team physician and nationally renowned orthopedic surgeon who saved or extended the careers of hundreds of major league baseball players, died Saturday after quietly battling liver cancer. He was 65. Yocum, who was...
Tags: Major League Baseball, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Jered Weaver, Bud Selig, Washington Nationals
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Dr. Lewis Yocum, longtime Angels team physician, dies at 65
This post has been corrected. Please see the note below.Dr. Lewis Yocum, the longtime Angels team physician and a giant in the world of sports orthopedic medicine, died over the weekend after quietly battling liver cancer, the team announced Tuesday. He was 65. Yocum, who was in his 36th season with the...Tags: Major League Baseball, General Practitioners, Sports, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Baseball
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Many with hepatitis C don't get needed follow-up tests, CDC says
Half of all patients who have tested positive for hepatitis C have not had follow-up testing to see if they are still infected, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That means many people are living with the disease and not...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Cirrhosis, Hepatitis C , Diseases and Illnesses, Hepatitis
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'Joe Turner's' actors share August Wilson's gift of gab
Among the pleasures of seeing an August Wilson play, it's often said, is just listening to the people talk. As Los Angeles Times theater critic Charles McNulty has noted, Wilson stocks his scripts with "natural raconteurs" and lets them soar in...
Tags: James Earl Jones, Ken Burns, Music, Celebrities, Fences (music group)
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Flip Wilson, a pioneer in prime time
Though his time in the national spotlight amounted to only about a decade, Clerow "Flip" Wilson was one of the great comic voices of the 20th century, a compact fireball whose early-1970s NBC variety series embedded characters such as the Reverend Leroy...
Tags: Saturday Night Live (tv program), Periodicals, Newspaper and Magazine, Book, Entertainment
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PASSINGS: Bob Turley
Bob Turley, 82, a hard-throwing right-handed pitcher who won the Cy Young Award in 1958 after rallying the New York Yankees past the Milwaukee Braves in the World Series, died of liver cancer Saturday in Atlanta, his family told the Baltimore Sun....
Tags: World Series, Sports, Awards and Prizes, Baltimore Orioles, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
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Court experts pass Sierra prison, pending improvements
Federal experts on Tuesday gave a potentially passing grade to the inmate medical care provided at a California prison in Tuolumne County, the third state prison to get such a review, despite lapses in care and the suspected carbon monoxide poisoning...
Tags: Prisons
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Flip Wilson: The Persistence of Geraldine Jones
Los Angeles Times Television CriticIn Sunday's Calendar (and online here), I review "Flip: The Inside Story of TV's First Black Superstar," a worthwhile new biography of the late comedian by Kevin Cook ("The Last Headbangers," "Titanic Thompson: The Man Who Bet on Everything"). The...Tags: Ronald Reagan, Eddie Murphy, Saturday Night Live (tv program), Seinfeld (tv program), Magic Johnson
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Ed Miller dies at 87; longtime D.A. for San Diego County
Ed Miller, who served as San Diego County district attorney for 24 years and, beginning in the scandal-ridden 1970s, was a major figure in reforming the city's political, business and law enforcement establishment, has died. He was 87. Miller died...
Tags: Richard Nixon, Justice System, Trials, U.S. Senate, Local Elections
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Ailing 'Star Trek' fan who got 'Into Darkness' sneak dies
A dedicated "Star Trek" fan with terminal cancer was granted his last wish with a private screening of "Star Trek Into Darkness" before dying just days later on Jan. 4. Daniel Craft, one of the directors of the New York Asian Film Festival, was able...
Tags: Movies, Zachary Quinto, Media Industry, J.J. Abrams, Entertainment
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