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Obituaries
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Ex-Tigers Outfielder Shintaro Yokota Dies at 28 from Battle with Brain Cancer
Former Hanshin Tigers outfielder Shintaro Yokota died on Tuesday. He was 28. ...
July 19, 2023
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Actor, Singer and Style Icon Jane Birkin Dies in Paris at Age 76
PARIS (AP) — Actor and singer Jane Birkin, who made France her home and charmed the country with her...
July 17, 2023
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(Update 1) TV Personality Ryuchell Found Dead in Suspected Suicide
TV personality Ryuchell was found unconscious in the office of an entertainment agency in Shibuya Wa...
July 12, 2023
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Gyoji Nomiyama, Renowned Japanese Painter of Western Style, Dies at 102
Gyoji Nomiyama, a Western-style painter who explored his own inner world with bold colors and brushs...
June 26, 2023
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British-born Herbalist Venetia Stanley-Smith Dies at 72
Venetia Stanley-Smith, a British-born herbalist and the author of popular books on living in harmon...
June 25, 2023
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Influential Japanese Business Leader Jiro Ushio Dies at 92
Jiro Ushio, former president of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, or Keizai Doyukai, a ...
June 21, 2023
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Sadao Nakajima, Japanese Director of ‘Gokudo no Onna-tachi’ Film Series, Dead at 88
Sadao Nakajima, a film director known for his “Gokudo no Onna-tachi” (Wives of yakuza) series, died ...
June 15, 2023
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Cormac McCarthy, Lauded Author of ‘The Road’ and ‘No Country for Old Men,’ Dies at 89
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Cormac McCarthy, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who in prose both dense a...
June 14, 2023
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Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has died
MILAN, June 12 (Reuters) - Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, a billionaire businessma...
June 12, 2023
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Mikio Aoki, Former Chief Cabinet Secretary, Dies at 89
Long-time influential politician Mikio Aoki, who served as chief cabinet secretary and chairman of t...
June 12, 2023
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Ryutaro Kamioka, Former Japanese TV Personality, Dies at 81
Former television personality Ryutaro Kamioka died from lung cancer and interstitial pneumonia on M...
June 2, 2023
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George Maharis, Star of TV’s ‘Route 66’ in the 1960s, Dies at 94
RED RIVER, N.M. (AP) — Three people were killed and five were wounded in a shooting at an annual mot...
May 29, 2023
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Ray Stevenson, of ‘Rome’ and ‘Thor’ Movies, Dies at 58
Ray Stevenson, who played the villainous British governor in “RRR,” an Asgardian warrior in the “Tho...
May 23, 2023
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Tadayoshi Yokota, Munich Olympic Gold Medalist in Volleyball, Dies at 75
Tadayoshi Yokota, the men's volleyball ace who led the Japan team to the gold medal at the 1972 Muni...
May 17, 2023
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Popular Pantomime Noppo-san Dies at The Age 88
Noppo Takami, popularly known as Noppo-san, who performed pantomime on NHK Educational TV’s children...
May 10, 2023
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