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Vladimir Nabokov’s classic about a literature professor’s obsession with a 12-year-old girl inspired shock and admiration when it was released in 1955.
Roberto Clemente died in a 1972 plane crash while trying to deliver supplies to Nicaragua quake victims. Vera Clemente because an MLB goodwill ambassador.
Created iconic portraits of Elton John, Brigitte Bardot and Winston Churchill
Harrison Dillard, the former Buffalo Soldier and only Olympic runner to win gold medals in both the sprints and high hurdles, has died. He was 96.
Gloria Vanderbilt: 1934-2019
Gloria Vanderbilt experienced both loss and triumph on a grand scale.
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Fashion designer Gloria Vanderbilt died Monday morning at age 95 of stomach cancer.
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Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, the independent-minded jurist whose bright bow ties and courteous manner symbolized an old-fashioned style of integrity, died Tuesday after suffering a stroke a day earlier. He was 99.
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Bill Buckner played 22 major league seasons, including eight with the Dodgers and two with the California Angels.
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Doehner was the only person left of the 62 passengers and crew members who survived the 1937 aviation accident.
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Jorge Vergara, who owned Mexican soccer club Chivas of Guadalajara and was owner of failed MLS club Chivas USA, died at 64 of cardiac failure, his son said.
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Raymond Poulidor repeatedly came up just short of the Tour’s yellow jersey but won the hearts of his French countrymen.
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Jerry Hirshberg, the founding director of Nissan Design International in La Jolla, died Sunday at the age of 80.
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As a photographer he shot defining images of Southern California; as an editor he looked for images that told stories about the world.
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Noel Ignatiev, a historian who wrote “How the Irish Became White” and co-edited the journal Race Traitor, dies at 78.
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The soft-spoken former NBC entertainment executive Rick Ludwin wasn’t a household name. But he gave a big boost to a little gem that became “Seinfeld.”
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Charles Rogers, a former star wide receiver at Michigan State who was selected No. 2 overall in the 2003 NFL Draft by the Detroit Lions, has died at 38.
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Gregory A. Adams, an executive vice president at Kaiser Permanente, was named interim chairman and CEO by the board.
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He shot the black-and-white cover for the 1963 album “With the Beatles,” picturing the Fab Four’s faces in part-shadow and several others.
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Gebre helped end nearly all cases of female genital mutilation in areas where her organization worked.
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Billy Milligan, an Ohio man believed to be the first person to use multiple personality disorder in an insanity defense, has died.
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Noel Ignatiev, a historian who wrote “How the Irish Became White” and co-edited the journal Race Traitor, dies at 78.
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Vladimir Nabokov’s classic about a literature professor’s obsession with a 12-year-old girl inspired shock and admiration when it was released in 1955.
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David Janssen, television’s quintessential actor, died early Wednesday morning after apparently suffering a massive heart attack.
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When he got his start in the 1940s, Stan Lee was embarrassed by his profession.
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Jim Henson, creator of Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and the other Muppets who entertained and educated millions of preschoolers and their parents around the world, died early Wednesday of pneumonia.
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