Corazon Aquino, Ex-Leader of Philippines, Is Dead. Former Philippines President Corazon Aquino, who swept away a dictator with a "people power" revolt and then sustained democracy by fighting off seven coup attempts in six years,
died on Saturday, her son said, The Associated Press reported. She was 76.
Friday, July 31, 2009
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Frank McCourt
Sunday, July 19, 2009 -- 6:42 PM ET
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Frank McCourt, Author of 'Angela's Ashes,' Dies at 78
Frank McCourt, a former New York City schoolteacher who
turned his miserable childhood in Limerick, Ireland, into a
phenomenally popular, Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir,
"Angela's Ashes," died on Sunday, his publisher said.
Read more...
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Frank McCourt, Author of 'Angela's Ashes,' Dies at 78
Frank McCourt, a former New York City schoolteacher who
turned his miserable childhood in Limerick, Ireland, into a
phenomenally popular, Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir,
"Angela's Ashes," died on Sunday, his publisher said.
Read more...
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Walter Cronkite
Walter Cronkite, Longtime Anchor, Is Dead at 92
Walter Cronkite, who pioneered and then mastered the role of
television news anchorman with such plain-spoken grace that
he was called the most trusted man in America, died Friday at
his home in New York. He was 92.
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/walter-cronkite-iconic-anchorman-dies/?emc=na
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/us/18cronkite.html?emc=na
Walter Cronkite, who pioneered and then mastered the role of
television news anchorman with such plain-spoken grace that
he was called the most trusted man in America, died Friday at
his home in New York. He was 92.
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/walter-cronkite-iconic-anchorman-dies/?emc=na
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/us/18cronkite.html?emc=na
Monday, July 6, 2009
Robert McNamara
Former Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara Dies at 93
Former Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara died Monday,
according to his wife, The Associated Press reported. Mr.
McNamara, who led the Defense Department during the Vietnam
war under presidents Kennedy and Johnson, was 93.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Karl Malden
Wednesday, July 1, 2009 -- 4:12 PM ET
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Karl Malden, Everyman Actor, Dies at 97
Karl Malden, the Academy Award-winning character actor whose
half-century in show business carried him from the theater to
films and then to television, where he policed the streets of
San Francisco and became indelibly identified with a
commercial for traveler's checks, died Wednesday at his home
in Los Angeles. He was 97.
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Karl Malden, Everyman Actor, Dies at 97
Karl Malden, the Academy Award-winning character actor whose
half-century in show business carried him from the theater to
films and then to television, where he policed the streets of
San Francisco and became indelibly identified with a
commercial for traveler's checks, died Wednesday at his home
in Los Angeles. He was 97.
Michael Jackson
Thursday, June 25, 2009 -- 6:32 PM ET
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Michael Jackson Is Dead, A.P. Reports
Michael Jackson, the pop star, has died, The Associated Press
reported, citing a person with knowledge of the situation.
Earlier, Mr. Jackson, unconscious, had been rushed to a Los
Angeles hospital.
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Michael Jackson Is Dead, A.P. Reports
Michael Jackson, the pop star, has died, The Associated Press
reported, citing a person with knowledge of the situation.
Earlier, Mr. Jackson, unconscious, had been rushed to a Los
Angeles hospital.
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