Journalist, Farmers Market Founder John C. Hyde of Takoma Park Dies at 64 Posted on March 14th
John C. Hyde, 64, a journalist and author who established a farmers market targeted to immigrants and that allows shoppers to use food stamps and other federal food assistance coupons, died March 6 at Washington Adventist Hospital after injuring his head in a fall at his home in Takoma Park. Read more Tagged as Obituaries News Review | No Comments » | Continue
Sydney Chaplin: actor who had a successful career on Broadway
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Norman C. Tischhauser, 1931-2009: Owned auto repair shop in Virgil
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Barbara Parker | Mystery novelist, 62
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Kenneth K. Takemoto Dies; National Institutes of Health Virologist
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John Rodda: veteran sports reporter at The Guardian
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James Tillman, 1946-2009: Loyola basketball star, trucking company owner
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Horton Foote; dramatist won Pulitzer, 2 Oscars
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Italian sex-comedy director dies (AP)
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Socialite Virginia Warren Daly, 80, Dies
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João Bernardo Vieira
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Dr. Robert W. Ollayos, 1917-2009: Research helped babies with blood disorder
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Diane A. Pfaltzgraff, 71, professor
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Norwegian architect Sverre Fehn dies at 84 (AP)
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Pioneering Reporter Covered Vietnam War
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