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  • Former Five-time Lebanese Prime Minister Salim Hoss Dies at 94

    BEIRUT (AP) — Five-time former Lebanese Prime Minister Salim Hoss, who served during some of the ...

    August 26, 2024

  • Yoshimi Ishikawa, Author of ‘Strawberry Road,’ Dies at Age 77; Previously Won Oya Soichi Nonfiction Award

    Author Yoshimi Ishikawa, known for books such as “Strawberry Road,” passed away from a myocardial...

    August 21, 2024

  • Yaeko Maruhashi, Who Developed Square Container and Liquid Sauce for ‘Peyoung’ with Husband, Passes Away at 90

    Yaeko Maruhashi, the chairwoman of Maruka Foods in Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture, which produces Peyo...

    August 21, 2024

  • Phil Donahue, Whose Pioneering Daytime Talk Show Launched An Indelible Television Genre, Has Died

    Phil Donahue, whose pioneering daytime talk show launched an indelible television genre that brou...

    August 20, 2024

  • French Film Legend Alain Delon Dies at 88 (Update 1)

    French film legend Alain Delon, a divisive star known to some as a sex symbol and to others an eg...

    August 18, 2024

  • Walz Touts Nebraska Roots in Visit to His Home State Where There’s a Battle over One Electoral Vote

    OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Tim Walz touted his Nebraska roots Saturday in his first trip back to his home...

    August 18, 2024

  • Gena Rowlands, Acting Powerhouse and Star of Movies by Her Director-husband, John Cassavetes, Dies

    Gena Rowlands, hailed as one of the greatest actors to ever practice the craft and a guiding ligh...

    August 15, 2024

  • Takashi Morita, Who Led Efforts to Help A-Bomb Survivors Overseas, Dies at 100

    Tokyo, Aug. 14 (Jiji Press) — Takashi Morita, a survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima ...

    August 14, 2024

  • Oldest Rakugo Performer Katsura Yonemaru Dies at 99

    Rakugo storyteller Katsura Yonemaru, the oldest rakugo performer, died at a Tokyo hospital on Thu...

    August 5, 2024

  • Mari Sono, Singer, One of ‘Sannin Musume,’ Dies of Heart Failure at 80

    Singer Mari Sono, known as one of “sannin musume” (three girls) with Mie Nakao and Yukari Ito, di...

    August 1, 2024

  • Masanori Matsugawa, Mayor of Ginowan, Okinawa Pref., Dies at Hotel in Tokyo, Aged 70; Met with Chief Cabinet Secretary at Prime Minister’s Office Thursday

    Masanori Matsugawa, 70, mayor of Ginowan City, Okinawa Prefecture, was found unresponsive on Frid...

    July 26, 2024

  • Shannen Doherty, ‘Beverly Hills, 90210′ Star, Dies at 53

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shannen Doherty, the "Beverly Hills, 90210" star whose life and career were ro...

    July 15, 2024

  • Richard Simmons, a Fitness Guru Who Mixed Laughs and Sweat, Dies at 76

    NEW YORK (AP) — Richard Simmons, television's hyperactive court jester of physical fitness who bu...

    July 14, 2024

  • Dr. Ruth Westheimer, America’s Diminutive and Pioneering Sex Therapist, Dies at 96

    NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the diminutive sex therapist who became a pop icon, media st...

    July 14, 2024

  • Founder of Japan’s Medical Group Tokushukai Torao Tokuda Dies at 86

    Torao Tokuda, founder of Japan's medical group Tokushukai and former member of the House of Repre...

    July 11, 2024

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