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Notices of dead folks.
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Oldest Tokyo Man: Actually Dead for 30 Years
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[link] Man listed as Tokyo's oldest had been dead decades (AP) - 2 hours ago TOKYO - A man listed as the oldest living male in Tokyo in fact died some 30 years ago, city officials said after his body was found mummified in his... more »
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Music Critic Samuel Langford
 
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Samuel Langford was the chief music critic of Manchester Guardian from 1906 till his death in 1927. How is his name pronounced? Is it 'Long-ford'? Or 'lang' as in 'lang- uage' ? Would it be possible for his obituary in MG and/or The London Times to be posted here? I have read the brilliant three-page tribute paid to... more »
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(POL) "Outside of the metro areas, he's killing her" [Blunt over Carnahan, MO, U.S. Senate]
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x-no-archive: yes "Secretary of State Robin Carnahan, a Democrat, greets U.S. Rep. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., on the first day of primary election candidate filing Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010, at Carnahan's office in Jefferson City, Mo. The two are expected to face each other in the November 2010 general election for Missouri's open... more »
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OT Did Washington avert a depression?
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Did Washington avert a depression? By Paul Vieira, Financial Post July 28, 2010 OTTAWA -- With crucial U.S. Congressional mid-term elections just over three months away, a new study suggests Washington's multi-trillion-dollar stimulus scheme - vilified by President Barack Obama's political opponents -- worked to avert an economic disaster.... more »
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Maury Chaykin, Character Actor, Dies at 61
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[link] July 29, 2010 Maury Chaykin, Character Actor, Dies at 61 By BRUCE WEBER Maury Chaykin, a ubiquitous character actor who specialized in comic roles with disturbing undertones and disturbing roles with comic undertones, died in Toronto on Tuesday, his 61st birthday.... more »
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Nicolas Carone, Abstract Expressionist, Dies at 93
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[link] July 29, 2010 Nicolas Carone, Abstract Expressionist, Dies at 93 By ROBERTA SMITH Nicolas Carone, one of the last surviving Abstract Expressionist painters, died on July 15 at his home in Hudson, N.Y. He was 93. His death was confirmed by the Washburn Gallery on West 57th Street in... more »
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Willem Breuker, Dutch Composer and Bandleader, Dies at 65
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[link] July 29, 2010 Willem Breuker, Dutch Composer and Bandleader, Dies at 65 By NATE CHINEN Willem Breuker, a Dutch composer, multireedist and bandleader whose jump-cut style and theatrical panache made him a contrarian hero of European jazz, died on July 23 in Amsterdam. He was 65.... more »
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Al Goodman, R&B Singer, Dies at 67
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[link] July 29, 2010 Al Goodman, R&B Singer, Dies at 67 By DENNIS HEVESI Al Goodman, the soothing bass in the chart-topping rhythm-and-blues trio the Moments (later renamed Ray, Goodman & Brown), best known for the 1970 hit "Love on a Two-Way Street," died on Monday at a hospital in... more »
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