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PASSINGS: Jonathan 'Jack' Idema, Robert Fortune Sanchez
Jonathan 'Jack' Idema Convicted of running private Afghan jail Jonathan "Jack" Idema, 55, a former member of the U.S. Army Special Forces convicted of running a private jail in Afghanistan where he tortured terrorism suspects, died of AIDS on Saturday,...Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Afghanistan, Prisons, Sex Crimes, Defense
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Etta James: Beyonce, Roseanne Barr, more celebs note her passing
Ministry of GossipEtta James dead at 73: Etta James "was fearless, and had guts," Beyonce remembered Friday on her website. Beyonce was far from the only celebrity expressing condolences over the passing of Etta James, with Roseanne Barr getting a bit cranky over Beyonce's... -
PASSINGS: Jimmy Castor, Robert Dozier
Jimmy Castor
Wrote hit song 'Troglodyte (Cave Man)'
Jimmy Castor, a funk and soul saxophonist, singer and songwriter best known for "Troglodyte (Cave Man)" and "It's Just Begun," died Monday of apparent heart failure at a Las Vegas hospital. He was 71,...Tags: Obituaries, Spice Girls (music group), Kanye West, Landforms, Music
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PASSINGS: Jock Smith, Malam Bacai Sanha
Jock Smith Law partner of Johnnie Cochran Jock Smith, 63, who was a law partner with the late Johnnie L. Cochran Jr., died Sunday of an apparent heart attack while watching television at his home in Montgomery, Ala., said his law partner Sam Cherry....Tags: Obituaries, Guinea-Bissau, Laws, Justice System, Malam Bacai Sanha
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Robert A. Citron dies at 79; space visionary
Robert A. Citron, an aerospace engineer and intrepid entrepreneur, whose boyhood fantasy of traveling beyond Earth inspired pioneering ventures to commercialize space, died Jan. 31 at his home in Bellevue, Wash. He was 79.
The cause was complications...Tags: Aerospace Manufacturing, Prostate Cancer, Manufacturing and Engineering, Cambridge (Middlesex, Massachusetts), Endangered Species
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Actor James Farentino dies at 73
L.A. NOWJames Farentino, a stage, film and television actor who starred in "The Bold Ones: The Lawyers" TV series, died Tuesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after a lengthy illness, family spokesman Bob Palmer said... -
Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua dies at 88; archbishop of Philadelphia
Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua, who was accused by local prosecutors during his 15-year tenure as head of the Philadelphia archdiocese of ignoring sexual abuse of children by hundreds of priests, has died. He was 88.
The Roman Catholic archdiocese...Tags: Obituaries, Martin Luther King Day, Alzheimer's Disease, Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice
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Eiko Ishioka, designer for 'Spider-Man' and Cirque, dies at 73
Culture MonsterEiko Ishioka, the celebrated Japanese designer, has died at age 73. Her work included Broadway's "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," Cirque du Soleil's "Varekai" and the movie "Bram Stoker's Dracula," for which she won an Oscar.... -
PASSINGS: Richard J. Sheirer, Jiri Raska, Jack Lionel Warner
Richard J. Sheirer
NYC emergency official at time of 9/11
Richard J. Sheirer, 65, the former New York City emergency management chief who helped guide the city through the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, died Thursday after experiencing chest pains....Tags: Architecture, Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, Disasters and Accidents, Human Interest, Clubs and Associations
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Robert Hegyes, Juan Epstein of 'Welcome Back, Kotter,' dies at 60
Show TrackerRobert Hegyes, an actor whose character, Juan Epstein, was one of the Sweathogs on the 1970s TV sitcom "Welcome Back, Kotter," died Thursday of an apparent heart attack in New Jersey. He was 60.... -
PASSINGS: Mike deGruy, Zalman King
Mike deGruy
Award-winning nature cinematographer
Mike deGruy, 60, an award-winning marine scientist and nature cinematographer best known for documentaries featuring underwater footage that brought viewers up close to sea creatures, plants and...Tags: Passover, Transportation Accidents, Adrian Lyne, Disasters and Accidents, Movies
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PASSINGS: Joe Clarke, Ronald Searle
Joe Clarke
Youth basketball icon in Los Angeles
Joe Clarke, 75, a youth basketball icon in Los Angeles for nearly 40 years who founded the Watts Magicians travel team and helped dozens of boys and girls try to reach their basketball dreams on and off...Tags: Obituaries, Women's National Basketball Association, Malaria, Lisa Leslie, Walt Disney
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