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Remembering Reg Presley of the Troggs: Unsung hero of rock & roll
Los Angeles Times Pop Music CriticRaise a pint to Reg Presley, the singer and co-founder of the Troggs, who died Monday at age 71 after a battle with lung cancer. Yes, of course, stand at attention for the band’s mega-hit, “Wild Thing,” and for the primal pleasures of...Tags: The Who (music group), The Rolling Stones (music group), Entertainment, Music, Iggy Pop
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Racial gaps remain in cancer rates
Cancer death rates among African American men declined faster than those of white men in the last decade, even though overall survival rates for black men and women remained the lowest of all racial groups for most types of cancer, according to a recent...
Tags: Prostate Cancer, Breast Cancer, Death, Colon Cancer, American Cancer Society
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Reg Presley dies at 71; sang Troggs' 'Wild Thing'
The structure is simple, the guitar riffs basic, the lyrics at best inane, but the Troggs' "Wild Thing" remains a garage-rock classic more than 45 years after its 1966 release made the British group and lead singer Reg Presley international stars....
Tags: Satellite and Cable Service, Television Industry, Sting, Unexplained Phenomena, England
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Joe Paterno's widow to appear on Katie Couric's talk show
Joe Paterno's widow is to give her first interview since the Jerry Sandusky scandal and her husband's subsequent death, appearing on Katie Couric's daytime talk show in an episode scheduled to air Monday. Sue Paterno, who was married to the legendary...
Tags: Manti Te'o, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Pennsylvania Statue University Sexual Abuse Scandal (2012), Penn State Nittany Lions, Joe Paterno
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Keiji Nakazawa dies at 73; Japanese artist of comic 'Barefoot Gen'
Images of a city smoldering and a river clogged with pale, radioactive cadavers never left Keiji Nakazawa's mind. The Japanese manga, or comic-book, artist used those images and other memories of surviving the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, to create...
Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Cartoons, Arts and Culture, Japan, Arts
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'Parenthood's' Monica Potter reflects on 'draining and challenging' season
The season finale of NBC’s “Parenthood” brings more than a little relief for Monica Potter. The 41-year-old actress has seen her character, Kristina Braverman, through an emotionally grueling season, complete with everything from a...
Tags: Parenthood (tv program), Breast Cancer, Dax Shepard, Monica Potter, Holidays
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From the archives: Dave Brubeck at 90: 'I'm very fortunate'
Two years before Dave Brubeck died, the Los Angeles Times published an interview with the great jazzman on the occasion of his 90th birthday. With Brubeck's death at 92, we share our visit to his home in this profile from Dec. 5, 2010. WILTON, Conn --...
Tags: Clint Eastwood, Bruce Springsteen, Documentary (genre), Colleges and Universities, Duke Ellington
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Vigil to honor Joe Paterno is planned on anniversary of his death
Hall of Fame college football coach Joe Paterno died of lung cancer on Jan. 22, 2012, at age 85. His reputation was in tatters because of the Jerry Sandusky child molestation case, and one year after his death, his reputation is still tarnished. But...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Sports, Football, Joe Paterno, Jerry Sandusky
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National cancer forecast: 1.66 million new cases in 2013
More thanĀ 1.66 million new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in 2013, while more than 580,000 Americans are expected to die of the disease, according to the annual statistics report of the American Cancer Society. The report, released Monday, notes that...
Tags: Skin Cancer, Death, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses
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Pancreatic, other dire cancers get a legislative nudge
Deep in the fine print of a $633-billion defense bill signed by President Obama on Wednesday, a provision aimed at the National Cancer Institute may hasten the development of earlier detection and treatment methods for deadly malignancies such as...
Tags: Research, Pancreatic Cancer, Barack Obama, Medical Research, Science and Technology
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Death with dignity
FrameworkMaintaining control of when and how they die is an important desire for those who wish to avoid burdening loved ones at the end of their lives.... -
Singer in famed Vietnamese musical family dies in O.C.
L.A. NOWAs the eldest son, born to Vietnam's most legendary singing family, Duy Quang stepped lithely on stage and held his audience enthralled. His voice amplified the ballads of yesteryear, many from his father, composer Pham Duy, who knew how to......
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