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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.
Doehner was the only person left of the 62 passengers and crew members who survived the 1937 aviation accident.
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.
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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More Notable deaths
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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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In a world of keyboards and touch screens, Krinke’s Fountain Pen Shop was a throwback to more elegant times.
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Wrote “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman” and other classics
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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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Dave Gold dies at 80; entrepreneur behind 99 Cents Only chain
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Editor’s note: Dolores O’Riordan, lead singer of the Cranberries, died in London on Jan. 15, 2018.
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Cynthia Lennon, who had a short, turbulent marriage to Beatles star John Lennon in the 1960s, died Wednesday at her home in Majorca, Spain.
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Decades before Pope Francis grabbed the world’s attention with his “Who Am I to judge?”
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Steven Smith, a Portland, Ore., entrepreneur whose enchantment with tea and wizardry at blending flavors helped turn the United States into a nation of tea connoisseurs, died Monday at his home in Lake Oswego, Ore.
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Diane Disney Miller, daughter of Walt Disney and a philanthropist who bucked powers-that-be in Los Angeles to keep architect Frank Gehry on the job during a crucial phase of planning the city’s new concert hall, has died.
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