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Space legend Neil Armstrong dies

Neil Armstrong, the American astronaut who made “one giant leap for mankind” when he became the first man to walk on the moon, died Saturday. He was 82.

“We are heartbroken to share the news that Neil Armstrong has passed away following complications resulting from cardiovascular procedures,” Armstrong’s family said in a statement. […]

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Ron Palillo, of ‘Welcome Back, Kotter,’ dies at 63

Ron Palillo, the actor best known as the nerdy high school student Arnold Horshack on the 1970s sitcom “Welcome Back, Kotter,” died Tuesday in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. He was 63.

Palillo suffered an apparent heart attack at his home about 4 a.m., said Karen Poindexter, a close friend of the actor. […]

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Medical examiner: Actor Sherman Hemsley had cancer

A Texas medical examiner’s office says cancer led to the death of actor Sherman Hemsley, who starred as George Jefferson in the hit television sitcom “The Jeffersons.” […]

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'Malcolm X' actor Albert Freeman Jr. dies at 78

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Albert Freeman Jr., who played Elijah Muhammad, the Nation of Islam leader and Malcolm X’s mentor, in Spike Lee’s epic 1992 biopic “Malcolm X,” died Thursday, Aug. 9. He was 78.
Howard U. in Washington, D.C., confirmed the death of the actor… […]

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'Chorus Line' composer Marvin Hamlisch dies at 68

NEW YORK – Marvin Hamlisch was blessed with perfect pitch and an infallible ear. “I heard sounds that other children didn't hear,'' he wrote in his autobiography. He turned that skill into writing and arranging […]

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Former Miss. lawmaker Rick Lambert dies at 60

GULFPORT – (AP) Paul Richard “Rick'' Lambert, who represented the Hattiesburg area in the Mississippi Senate from January 1980 to January 1992, died Monday, July 23, in Gulfport, where he had lived the past several […]

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Sherman Hemsley of TV's "The Jeffersons" dies

From Media Reports günstige private haftpflichtversicherung EL PASO, Texas – Sherman Hemsley, who as George Jefferson ensured that black folks would never again be invisible on television, died Tuesday at his home on the eastside […]

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Pulitzer-winning columnist William Raspberry dies

WASHINGTON – (AP) William Raspberry, who became the second black columnist to win a Pulitzer Prize for his widely read syndicated commentaries in The Washington Post, died Tuesday. He was 76. Raspberry had prostate cancer […]

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Funk Brothers bass player Bob Babbitt dies at 74

DETROIT – (AP) Prominent Motown studio musician and Funk Brothers member Bob Babbitt, whose bass playing pounded through the Temptations hit “Ball of Confusion” and Marvin Gaye’s “Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology),” has died. He […]