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Tom Bosley dies at 83; star of stage and TV's 'Happy Days'
Tom Bosley, a Tony Award-winning actor who was best known for playing Howard Cunningham, the amiable father on the hit TV series "Happy Days," has died. He was 83.
Bosley died early Tuesday at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage after a brief...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Entertainment, Henry Winkler, Comedy (genre), Ron Howard
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Lakers blog profile: Jon K explains how Derek Fisher's clutch shooting saved his life
Lakers BlogThis is the third post in a weekly series that helps you get to know members of the L.A. Times Lakers blog community. Feel free to send submissions to mgmedin@gmail.com. Screen name: Jon K. Real name: "I've been told every week for the last 15 years... -
Benoit Mandelbrot dies at 85; mathematician known as the father of fractals
What do coastlines, clouds, cauliflower and the stock market have in common?
Mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot may not have conceived the question, but he provided an answer — one that was compelling in its originality and startling in its usefulness...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Entertainment, Nazi Party, Internists, Colleges and Universities
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Album review: Robert Plant's 'Band of Joy'
Pop & HissThe natural and the supernatural have long co-mingled in the world Robert Plant inhabits, as far back as his days fronting Led Zeppelin on through his bar-raising 2007 collaboration with Alison Krauss, âRaising Sand.â So it comes as no surprise...... -
Bob Guccione dies at 79; founded Penthouse magazine
Bob Guccione, who founded Penthouse magazine and created a corporate empire around it, only to see it crumble as his investments soured and the world of pornography turned toward video and the Internet, died Wednesday at a hospital in Plano, Texas. He was...Tags: Brooklyn (New York City), Economy, Business and Finance, Entertainment, Hugh Hefner, Colleges and Universities
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PASSINGS: Shannon Tavarez, Denise Borino-Quinn, Liang Congjie, Harry Mulisch
Shannon Tavarez
Young actress in 'Lion King'
Shannon Tavarez, an 11-year-old girl who starred on Broadway in "The Lion King" and whose battle with leukemia won the hearts of many, died Monday at Cohen Children's Medical Center in New Hyde Park, N.Y. She...Tags: Nazi Party, Human Body, Endangered Species, African Americans, HBO (tv network)
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Manning Marable dies at 60; historian and author of forthcoming Malcolm X biography
Manning Marable, an influential historian whose forthcoming biography of Malcolm X could revise perceptions of the slain civil rights leader, has died only days before the book described as his life's work was to be published. He was 60.
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Dr. David Sencer dies at 86; CDC director from 1966 to '77
Dr. David Sencer, a prominent former federal health official whose career was tainted by controversy over a swine flu vaccination campaign in the 1970s, died Monday in an Atlanta hospital after a bout with pneumonia. He was 86.
Sencer was director of the...Tags: Epidemics and Plagues, Health and Safety at School, Colleges and Universities, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Gerald Ford
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UC seeks to intervene in court battle over stem cell research
L.A. NOWThe University of California has entered the legal battle surrounding the use of human embryonic stem cells in research, filing a motion formally seeking to intervene in the case, officials announced Monday. UC is trying to become the nationâs first....... -
Video: Cubs outfielder Tyler Colvin's season over after freak accident with broken bat
The Fabulous ForumChicago Cubs outfielder Tyler Colvin's season ended Sunday when a shattered bat punctured the player's chest as he was running from third base to home during Sunday's game at Florida. Colvin actually scored on the double by Welington Castillo but...... -
Viagra can help with altitude sickness, report says
I have heard that Viagra is effective for altitude sickness. Is this true?
Viagra is best known as a treatment for erectile dysfunction. But there are reports that it has off-label uses in treating a number of other conditions, including pulmonary...Tags: Internists, Stress, Human Body, Anthropology, Potatoes
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Richard 'Scar' Lopez dies at 65; founder of East L.A. vocal band Cannibal & the Headhunters
Richard "Scar" Lopez, a founding member of Cannibal & the Headhunters, the East Los Angeles vocal group that scored a national hit in the mid-1960s with "Land of 1000 Dances," has died. He was 65.
Lopez died of lung cancer July 30 in a convalescent...Tags: Entertainment, Documentary (genre), Drug Trafficking, Keith Richards, Stranger Than Fiction
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