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Former U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, an Oklahoma family doctor who rallied against federal earmarks and subsidies for the rich, has died. He was 72.
Joseph E. Lowery, civil rights leader who co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with Martin Luther King Jr., has died. He was 98.
All-Star hitter helped the Dodgers reach the World Series in 1974.
His fight to enroll his son in a largely white school sparked the use of busing as a means of desegregation
He wrote books on Nixon, Kennedy and other presidents, was a frequent commentator on PBS and appeared on ‘The Tonight Show’ with Johnny Carson.
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Actor Orson Bean, local theater mainstay who rose to fame as a 1950s TV personality, dies at 91. -
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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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Fred “Curly” Neal, the dribbling wizard who entertained millions with the Harlem Globetrotters for parts of three decades, has died. He was 77.
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Mark Blum, who was in several recent episodes of ‘You’ and was known for his role in ‘Crocodile Dundee,’ died from coronavirus-related complications.
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A ‘Top Chef Masters’ winner and renowned restaurateur Chef Floyd Cardoz has died of complications from the coronavirus.
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Dr. Murray led the Pulmonary and Critical Care Division at UC San Francisco for 23 years and helped set up the study of lung disease as its own field.
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Stuart Gordon, the theater and film director who died Tuesday at age 72, was known for cult horror films and his support of up-and-coming filmmakers.
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Berger, a curator and writer who organized exhibitions that explored whiteness and civil rights, has died in upstate New York after COVID-19 illness.
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Holocaust survivor Rachmil ‘Ralph’ Hakman spent three years at Auschwitz-Birkenau as a teen. He then spent decades teaching others about the atrocities.
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His character Asterix captured the spirit of the French of the 1960s and grew into a worldwide phenomenon.
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Lee Green, a defensive standout who played on two NCAA Tournament basketball teams for St. John’s, has died. A former teammate says Green had coronavirus.
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Terrence McNally, whose varied and prolific career as a playwright, musical librettist and screenwriter earned him five Tony Awards and an Emmy, died Tuesday.
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Manu Dibango, who fused African rhythms with funk to become one of the most influential musicians in world dance music, died Tuesday of an illness linked to the coronavirus.
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Jonathan Gold, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Los Angeles Times restaurant critic who richly chronicled the city’s vast culinary landscape and made its food understandable and approachable to legions of fans, has died.
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Joseph E. Lowery, civil rights leader who co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with Martin Luther King Jr., has died. He was 98.
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Grace Bradley Boyd dies at 97; actress, widow of William ‘Hopalong Cassidy’ Boyd
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Former U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, an Oklahoma family doctor who rallied against federal earmarks and subsidies for the rich, has died. He was 72.
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David Nelson dies at 74; last surviving member of the TV sitcom family
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Judy Garland, who paid a tragic price for the life of the show-business superstar, died in London Sunday.
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Terrence McNally, whose varied and prolific career as a playwright, musical librettist and screenwriter earned him five Tony Awards and an Emmy, died Tuesday.
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