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    Mar 19, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. PASSINGS: Bobbie Smith, Frank Thornton

    <strong>Bobbie Smith</strong>
    Bobbie Smith Original member of Spinners R&B group Bobbie Smith, 76, a singer with the Spinners soul music group since the 1950s, died Saturday in Orlando, Fla., of complications from pneumonia and influenza. He had been diagnosed with lung cancer...

    Tags: The Benny Hill Show (tv program) , Are You Being Served? (tv program), Entertainment, Television, Lung Cancer

    2. Feb 25, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. PASSINGS: Magic Slim, Cleotha Staples, Lou Myers, Donald Rutledge

    <strong>Magic Slim</strong>
    Magic Slim Singer of Chicago blues Magic Slim, 75, whose ragged voice and punchy guitar riffs made him a symbol of Chicago blues, died Thursday in Philadelphia after surgery for a bleeding ulcer, according to his family. A younger contemporary of...

    Tags: Photography, Justice and Rights, Religion and Belief, Chicago Tribune, Arts

    3. Mar 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Edwin Ramsey dies at 95; WWII Army cavalry officer in Philippines

    Historians have said that losing the Philippines in the early stages of World War II was a defining event in the career of Gen. Douglas MacArthur.
    Historians have said that losing the Philippines in the early stages of World War II was a defining event in the career of Gen. Douglas MacArthur. The same could be said of Edwin Ramsey. But Ramsey couldn't admit defeat. After MacArthur's retreat in...

    Tags: Abusive Behavior, Summer Olympics, Wars and Interventions, U.S. Military, U.S. Army

    4. Feb 27, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Van Cliburn's unusual night at the Hollywood Bowl

    Van Cliburn, the world-famous pianist who <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-van-cliburn-obit-20130227,0,6919189.story" target="_blank">died </a>Wednesday, made several appearances in Los Angeles through the years, including one unforgettable night at the Hollywood Bowl.
    Van Cliburn, the world-famous pianist who died Wednesday, made several appearances in Los Angeles through the years, including one unforgettable night at the Hollywood Bowl. A 1994 appearance at the Bowl tied to the World Cup soccer final and leading...

    Tags: FIFA World Cup, Human Accomplishments, September 11, 2001 Attacks

    5. Feb 27, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Van Cliburn, pianist 'who conquered Russia,' dies at 78

    Van Cliburn, a little-known pianist who in 1958 dazzled the music world by winning an international piano competition in Moscow,&nbsp; died Wednesday of bone cancer at his home in Fort Worth, Texas, said his publicist, Mary Lou Falcone.
    Van Cliburn, a little-known pianist who in 1958 dazzled the music world by winning an international piano competition in Moscow,  died Wednesday of bone cancer at his home in Fort Worth, Texas, said his publicist, Mary Lou Falcone. A child prodigy,...

    Tags: Moscow (Russia), Elvis Presley, Mikhail S Gorbachev, Entertainment, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

    6. Mar 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Remembering Chinua Achebe, a writer who connected us to the world

    When I think about Chinua Achebe, who died Thursday in Boston at age 82, I remember an event, five years ago, at Manhattan&rsquo;s Town Hall. The occasion was a commemoration, sponsored by PEN American Center, of the 50th anniversary of Achebe&rsquo;s first novel, &ldquo;Things Fall Apart,&rdquo; which opened the territory of African literature for many readers around the world.
    When I think about Chinua Achebe, who died Thursday in Boston at age 82, I remember an event, five years ago, at Manhattan’s Town Hall. The occasion was a commemoration, sponsored by PEN American Center, of the 50th anniversary of Achebe’s...

    Tags: Chinua Achebe, Joseph Conrad, Literature, Authors, Nobel Prize Awards

    7. Feb 27, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Van Cliburn was a Cold War cultural ambassador

    Van Cliburn, the lanky Texan pianist who died Wednesday at 78, was an unofficial cultural ambassador for the United States during much of the Cold War. His win at the 1958 International Tchaikovsky competition in Moscow made him a beloved musical figure both in the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.
    Van Cliburn, the lanky Texan pianist who died Wednesday at 78, was an unofficial cultural ambassador for the United States during much of the Cold War. His win at the 1958 International Tchaikovsky competition in Moscow made him a beloved musical figure...

    Tags: Moscow (Russia), Ronald Reagan, Mikhail S Gorbachev, Entertainment, Unrest, Conflicts and War

    8. Mar 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Robert Relyea dies at 82; film producer and MGM/UA executive

    Robert E. Relyea, who began producing films with actor Steve McQueen in the 1960s and rose to president of production for MGM/UA in the late 1990s, has died. He was 82.
    Robert E. Relyea, who began producing films with actor Steve McQueen in the 1960s and rose to president of production for MGM/UA in the late 1990s, has died. He was 82. The Hollywood veteran, who also worked with such actors as Elvis Presley and John...

    Tags: MGM Inc., Robert Wise, The Great Escape (movie), Peter Yates, John Sturges

    9. Apr 3, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Milo O'Shea, Irish actor of stage and screen, dies at 86

    Milo O&rsquo;Shea, an Irish stage and screen actor known for his roles in films as varied as &ldquo;Ulysses,&rdquo; &ldquo;Barbarella&rdquo; and Franco Zeffirelli&rsquo;s &ldquo;Romeo and Juliet,&rdquo; has died. He was 86.
    Milo O’Shea, an Irish stage and screen actor known for his roles in films as varied as “Ulysses,” “Barbarella” and Franco Zeffirelli’s “Romeo and Juliet,” has died. He was 86. O’Shea, who also had...

    Tags: James Joyce, Paul Williams, Franco Zeffirelli, Jane Fonda, Celebrities

    10. Feb 25, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Dr. C. Everett Koop, influential surgeon general, dies at 96

    WASHINGTON &mdash; Dr. C. Everett Koop, who as U.S. surgeon general in the 1980s led high-profile campaigns to highlight the dangers of smoking and to mobilize the nation against an emerging AIDS epidemic, has died. He was 96.
    WASHINGTON — Dr. C. Everett Koop, who as U.S. surgeon general in the 1980s led high-profile campaigns to highlight the dangers of smoking and to mobilize the nation against an emerging AIDS epidemic, has died. He was 96. Koop died Monday at his...

    Tags: AIDS, Epidemics and Plagues, Abortion, Social Issues, Abortion Issue

    11. Mar 26, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. PASSINGS: Deke Richards

    Deke Richards, 68, who as part of the songwriting and producing team known as the Corporation was responsible for many of the Jackson 5's early hit songs for Motown Records, died Sunday at a hospice in Bellingham, Wash., of esophageal cancer, according to a statement from the Universal Music record label.
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    Deke Richards, 68, who as part of the songwriting and producing team known as the Corporation was responsible for many of the Jackson 5's early hit songs for Motown Records, died Sunday at a hospice in Bellingham, Wash., of esophageal cancer, according to...

    Tags: Berry Gordy, Motown Records, Bobby Darin, Entertainment, The Supremes (music group)

    12. Mar 29, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Richard Griffiths dies at 65; actor appeared in 'Harry Potter' and 'The History Boys'

    Richard Griffiths, the nimble British character actor best known to American audiences as cantankerous, wizard-fearing Uncle Vernon in the blockbuster Harry Potter films, died Thursday at a hospital in Coventry, England. He was 65.
    Richard Griffiths, the nimble British character actor best known to American audiences as cantankerous, wizard-fearing Uncle Vernon in the blockbuster Harry Potter films, died Thursday at a hospital in Coventry, England. He was 65. The cause was...

    Tags: William Shakespeare, Movies, BBC, Nicholas Hytner, Gandhi (movie)

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