Eric Florack on January 20th, 2007

Denny Doherty

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. Jan 20, 2007 (AP)—(via ABC) Denny Doherty, one-quarter of the 1960s folk-rock group the Mamas and the Papas, known for their soaring harmony on hits like “California Dreamin'” and “Monday, Monday,” died Friday at 66.  His sister Frances

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davidl on January 18th, 2007

Art Buchwald 

 The Associated Press has reported:

WASHINGTON – Columnist Art Buchwald, who chronicled the life and times of Washington with an infectious wit for over four decades and endeared himself to many with his never-say-die battle with failing kidneys, is dead

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davidl on December 27th, 2006

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Former President Gerald Ford has died:

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) – Former President Gerald R. Ford, who declared “Our long national nightmare is over” as he replaced Richard Nixon but may have doomed his own chances of election

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Eric Florack on December 25th, 2006

James Brown, the dynamic, pompadoured “Godfather of Soul,” whose rasping vocals and revolutionary rhythms made him a founder of rap, funk and disco as well, died early Monday, his agent said. He was 73.James Brown, in the early days Brown was hospitalized

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Eric Florack on December 13th, 2006

Peter Boyle,has died at age 71.

 A good serious actor AND a sense of humor? A hard combo to beat.

 

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Eric Florack on December 10th, 2006

SANTIAGO, Chile -AP- Gen. Augusto Pinochet, who overthrew Chile’s democratically elected Marxist president in a bloody coup and ruled this Andean nation for 17 years, died today, dashing hopes of victims of his regime’s abuses that he would be brought

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Eric Florack on December 8th, 2006

Respectful note is made:

WASHINGTON —AP– Former U.N. Ambassador Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, a one-time Democrat who switched to the Republican Party and warmly embraced Reagan era conservatism, has died. She was 80.

Kirkpatrick’s death was announced Friday at the senior

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