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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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Vida Blue, Led Oakland to 3 World Series Titles, Dies at 73
Vida Blue, a hard-throwing left-hander who became one of baseball's biggest draws in the early 1970s...
May 8, 2023
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Harry Belafonte, Activist and Entertainer, Dies at 96
NEW YORK (AP) — Harry Belafonte, the civil rights and entertainment giant who began as a groundbreak...
April 26, 2023
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Famed Animal Researcher Masanori Hata Dies at 87
Author and animal researcher Masanori Hata, known by the nickname “Mutsugoro,” has died at 87. He e...
April 6, 2023
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Award-winning Musician Sakamoto Dies at 71
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Ryuichi Sakamoto, an Academy Award-winning Japanese musician who composed music...
April 3, 2023
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Ryuichi Sakamoto Transcended Borders, Genres with His Music
The death of Ryuichi Sakamoto on March 28, which was announced Sunday, has reverberated across the g...
April 3, 2023
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Ryuichi Sakamoto, Oscar-Winning Japanese Musician, Dies at 71
TOKYO(Reuters) - Ryuichi Sakamoto, the Oscar-winning Japanese composer famed for his scores for "The...
April 2, 2023
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Actress Tomoko Naraoka Dies at 93
Actress Tomoko Naraoka died from pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital on March 23. She was 93. Naraoka, wh...
March 29, 2023
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Darcelle, World’s Oldest Working Drag Queen, Dies at 92
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Walter Cole, better known as the iconic drag queen who performed for decades a...
March 25, 2023
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Intel Co-Founder Gordon Moore, Prophet of the Rise of the PC, Dies at 94
Intel Corp INTC.O co-founder Gordon Moore, a pioneer in the semiconductor industry whose "Moore's La...
March 25, 2023
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Ex-Foreign Minister Taro Nakayama Dies
Taro Nakayama, a former Liberal Democratic Party and House of Representatives lawmaker, died at abou...
March 23, 2023
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Late Kenzaburo Oe Spun Stories of Humanism, Coexistence
Japan’s second Nobel laureate in literature, Kenzaburo Oe, died on March 3 at 88. Throughout his li...
March 15, 2023
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