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George Ballas dies at 85; intrepid inventor created the Weed Eater
While driving through an automatic carwash in 1971, George Ballas watched the whirling nylon bristles glide around the contour of his vehicle and wondered if he could adapt the technology to remove the weeds around trees in his yard.
At home, he...Tags: Fred Astaire, Entertainment, Dance, Lifestyle and Leisure, Homes
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PASSINGS: Robert C. Pierpoint, Aron Kupperman, Begum Nusrat Bhutto
ROBERT C. PIERPOINT CBS News correspondent covered six presidents Robert C. Pierpoint, 86, a CBS News correspondent who covered six presidents, the Korean War, the Kennedy assassination and the Iranian hostage crisis in a career that spanned more than...Tags: Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, Benazir Bhutto, IBM, Frank Sinatra
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Ira Michael Heyman dies at 81; led UC Berkeley, Smithsonian
Ira Michael Heyman, a champion of affirmative action who led UC Berkeley as its chancellor during the 1980s and later became the first non-scientist to lead the Smithsonian Institution, has died. He was 81.
Heyman died at his Berkeley home Saturday after...Tags: Horace Mann, Yale University, College Sports, University of California, Berkeley, Colleges and Universities
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PASSINGS: John Wood, Charles L. Gittens
John Wood
Award-winning British actor
John Wood, 81, a British actor who won a Tony Award in 1976 for his role in the Broadway production of Tom Stoppard's "Travesties," died Saturday in his sleep inEngland, his agent announced.
Best known for his...Tags: Tom Stoppard, University of Oxford, Tony Awards, Entertainment, Sherlock Holmes (movie)
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PASSINGS: Peter Breck, Philip Bruns, Jim Lloyd, Harry Keough, Antoni Tapies, Florence Green, Morgan Jones, Bill Hinzman
Los Angeles Times staff writerPeter Breck Actor on 'The Big Valley' Peter Breck, 82, an actor who played a son of ranch owner Barbara Stanwyck on the 1960s TV western "The Big Valley," died Monday in Vancouver after a long illness, his wife, Diane, announced on the website The Big...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Peter Breck, Entertainment, Cancer, Arts
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Richard Floyd dies at 80; tough-talking California lawmaker
Former state Assemblyman Richard E. Floyd, a tough-talking Democrat with a penchant for salty speech who was best known for championing a bill that requires motorcyclists to wear helmets, died Thursday. He was 80.
Floyd, who represented the South Bay...Tags: Government, Laws, Veterans Affairs, Diabetes, Human Interest
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Dr. Charles Edwards dies at 87; led Scripps foundation
Dr. Charles Edwards, a major figure in public health issues as a federal official and later as president of the Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation in San Diego, died Aug. 7 at his home in La Jolla after a lengthy illness. He was 87.
Edwards, the...Tags: File Sharing, Hospitals and Clinics, Science and Technology, Research, Food and Drug Administration
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Ralph Albertazzie dies at 88; Air Force One pilot for Nixon
Ralph Albertazzie's most memorable flight as President Richard Nixon's personal pilot on Air Force One was the final, history-making journey they took together.
Summoned to fly Nixon home to Orange County after the president resigned on Aug. 9, 1974,...Tags: People (magazine), Mining, Vietnam War (1955-1975), White House, Television Industry
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PASSINGS: Frank Potenza, John Howard Davies, Jack Layton
Frank Potenza
Jimmy Kimmel's uncle and comic foil
Frank Potenza, 77, a former New York City police officer who turned to comedy as "Uncle Frank" on his nephew Jimmy Kimmel's late-night talk show, died Tuesday.
In a statement, ABC's"Jimmy Kimmel Live!"...Tags: Entertainment, Frank Sinatra, Charles Dickens, Television, Talk Shows (genre)
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PASSINGS: Donald L. Taffner, Wardell Quezergue, Eve Brent
Donald L. Taffner
Distributor brought British TV shows to U.S.
Donald L. Taffner, 80, an independent television distributor and producer who adapted and delivered "The Benny Hill Show" and other British comedy programs for U.S. broadcasts, died...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Hurricane Katrina (2005), U.S. Army, Entertainment, Paul Simon
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Patt Morrison Asks: Memorial man Peter Walker
Berkeley landscape architect Peter Walker has designed bigger projects than the 9/11 memorial in New York, but probably none has carried more weight. The opening of the eight-acre plaza Sunday marks 10 years since the terrorist attacks, and almost as many...Tags: Employment, Retirement, Entertainment, Antonio Villaraigosa, Chicago Jobs
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Patt Morrison Asks: Balloteer Kim Alexander
The first California election that Kim Alexander cast a ballot in was a pip; voters decided 16 state propositions -- on creating a state lottery, capping welfare, limiting campaign contributions -- and gave their former governor, Ronald Reagan, a second...Tags: Referenda, File Sharing, Entertainment, Career and Workplace, Human Interest
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