‘Dr. Zhivago’ composer Maurice Jarre dies at 84 (AP) Posted on March 31st
AP – In a Feb. 15, 2009, file photo French composer Maurice Jarre reacts with ...He Served His Country With Music
At the last minute, Anthony A. Mitchell was told he would not have to fly from Buenos Aires to Rio ... Continue
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Betsy Blair: actress
Betsy Blair created one of cinema’s greatest mousy women when she played the lonely, tongue-tied spinster who begins a hesitant ... Continue
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Jeffrey D. Hoke, 1967-2009: Percussionist who led champion drum line
Jeffrey D. Hoke, who committed to a career in percussion after getting a college degree in communications, carved out a ... Continue
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Hall of Famer George Kell dies at 86
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - George Kell, the Hall of Fame third baseman who edged Ted Williams for the 1949 American ... Continue
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Harriet Camden “Cammy” White, Faculty Member and Counselor at Northern Virginia Community College, Dies at 72
Harriet Camden "Cammy" White, 72, a faculty member and counselor at Northern Virginia Community College who was involved in the ... Continue
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Lives remembered: Sir Nicholas Henderson
Malcolm Dougal writes: I served under Sir Nicholas Henderson in the embassy in Paris for a few months. Your obituary ... Continue
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Rachel Sweitzer, 1915-2009: Army nurse, honored for work during WW II
Rachel Sweitzer landed on Utah Beach in Normandy in June 1944, just a couple weeks after the Allied invasion.The battle ... Continue
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Joseph Brancato | Bank manager, 41
Joseph Brancato, 41, of Northeast Philadelphia, a bank manager and motorcycle enthusiast, died of cancer at the Fox ... Continue
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Churchill’s stenographer Patrick Kinna dies at 95 (AP)
LONDON – Patrick Kinna, whose wartime duties as stenographer to Winston Churchill included taking dictation while the prime minister bathed, ... Continue
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Natasha Richardson, Tony Award-Winning Actress, Dies at 45
Tony Award-winning actress Natasha Richardson, 45, a member of a British acting dynasty, died March 18 from a head injury ... Continue
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Patrick Kinna: confidential assistant to Winston Churchill
While accompanying Winston Churchill as confidential assistant on every foreign trip he made as Prime Minister during four years, 1941-45, ... Continue
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Ron Silver, 1946-2009: Tony-winning actor
Ron Silver, the Tony Award-winning actor who amassed an impressive list of roles based on real-life figures in movies including ... Continue
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Rev. Joseph C. Martin; gave hope to alcoholics
BALTIMORE - The Rev. Joseph C. Martin, 84, a recovering alcoholic and an international leader in the fight ... Continue
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