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Former Red Sox lefty Mel Parnell dies at 89
Atlanta Journal Constitution
By MARY FOSTER AP NEW ORLEANS — Mel Parnell, the left-handed pitcher who spent his entire 10-year career with the Boston Red Sox and faced some of the best hitters of the 1940s and early 1950s, has died. He was 89. FILE - In this June 9, ...
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Atlanta Journal Constitution
Ballerina dies after being struck in hit-and-run, allegedly by teen facing ...
Fox News
A 22-year-old ballerina struck on a Philadelphia street in a hit-and-run, allegedly by a teenager facing drunken driving charges, has died. Polina Kadiyska, who was attending the prestigious Rock School for Dance Education in South Philadelphia, ...
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Dorothy Townsend dies at 88; LA Times reporter broke newsroom barrier
Los Angeles Times
Townsend, who wrote for The Times from 1954 to 1986, diedMarch 5 of cancer at her Sherman Oaks home, said her cousin, Louise Hagan. She was 88. "I don't think any of us at that time realized what she had accomplished merely by making it to the ...
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Los Angeles Times
Sanford McDonnell dies at 89; former McDonnell Douglas CEO
Los Angeles Times
(Associated Press) By WJ Hennigan, Los Angeles Times Sanford "Sandy" McDonnell, the former chief executive of aerospace giant McDonnell Douglas Corp. who in the 1970s helped turn around the company started by his uncle, died Monday. He was 89.
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Los Angeles Times
Adventurer who survived Everest dies from asbestos exposure
Sydney Morning Herald
Lincoln Hall 'cheated death' in 2006 during a Mount Everest climb and will be remembered for his intellect and determination says close friend, Simon Balderstone. AUSTRALIAN mountain climber Lincoln Hall has died from mesothelioma. He was 56.
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Ulu Grosbard, 83, Broadway and Film Director, Dies
New York Times
Ulu Grosbard, a director whose affinity for naturalistic drama shaped critical successes like the original Broadway production of David Mamet's “American Buffalo” and the film version of John Gregory Dunne's novel “True Confessions,” has died in ...
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Longtime Red Sox pitcher Parnell dies at age 89
SI.com
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Mel Parnell, the left-handed pitcher who faced the infamous Green Monster at Fenway Park and some of the best hitters of the 1940s and early 1950s, has died at age 89. His son, Dr. Mel Parnell Jr., said Wednesday he informed the ...
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Pa. woman dies from injuries suffered in 2008 after being dragged behind NJ ...
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
By The Star-Ledger Continuous News Desk A Pennsylvania woman who was pushed from a moving truck in 2008 by her then-boyfriend has died from injuries sustained in the accident, according to a report on PhillyBurbs.com.
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Former aerospace company exec McDonnell dies
The Seattle Times
Sanford "Sandy" McDonnell, a former Boy Scout who went on to work on the first atomic bomb before heading aerospace behemoth McDonnell Douglas Corp., has died, according to Boeing Co., which bought McDonnell Douglas in 1997. He was 89.
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Schoolboy dies in rugby match
Telegraph.co.uk
A 15-year-old schoolboy has died after apparently "swallowing his tongue" during a rugby match after another player fell on his head. Luke Chapman, a student at Haybridge High School, Worcs., died after collapsing during the match in Kidderminster.
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Telegraph.co.uk
Pioneering LA Times writer Dorothy Townsend dies
The Seattle Times
Dorothy Townsend, the first female staff writer for the Los Angeles Times' city section and the lone woman on a team of dozens of reporters, photographers and editors that won a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the Watts riot, has died, the newspaper ...
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Nueces County woman dies of H1N1 flu virus, the first such death since 2010
Corpus Christi Caller Times
By Rhiannon Meyers CORPUS CHRISTI — A Nueces County woman hasdied of the H1N1 flu virus, the first such death in two years. The woman diedMarch 2 after a 10-day hospital stay, according to the Corpus Christi-Nueces County Public Health District.
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Furman Bisher, dean of Southern sportswriters, dies at 93
Washington Post
Furman Bisher, an Atlanta sports columnist for 59 years who wrote evocatively about golf, car racing, college football and the sad fate of baseball's “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, died March 18 at his home in Fayetteville, Ga. He was 93.
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Pioneering variety TV producer Bob Henry dies
Boston.com
Bob Henry, a producer and director of television variety shows including "The Nat King Cole Show" and "The Flip Wilson Show," has died. A Tuesday statement from the Pageant of the Masters art festival where he was a director says Henry died Sunday at ...
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Boy, 15, dies after rugby collapse
The Press Association
A 15-year-old boy has died after collapsing on a rugby pitch. The teenager, named locally as Luke Chapman, was a pupil at Haybridge High in Hagley, Worcestershire, and was playing in a match at Baxter College in Kidderminster when he collapsed on ...
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Naperville man dies in Michigan motorcycle crash
Rockford Register Star
Authorities say an Illinois man died after the motorcycle he was riding collided with a vehicle in southwestern Michigan. The Berrien County sheriff's department says 54-year-old Angelo Egizio of Naperville was knocked from the motorcycle in the ...
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Sportswriter Furman Bisher dies at 93
FederalNewsRadio.com
Bisher died Sunday, March 18, 2012, of a massive heart attack. He was 93. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, File) MARIETTA DAILY OUT, GWINNETT DAILY POST OUT FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. (AP) - Famed Georgia sportswriter Furman Bisher, ...
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Nonprofit exec dies after being indicted on theft charges
Austin American-Statesman
By Jazmine Ulloa The former chief financial officer of an Austin nonprofit that provides assistance to people with disabilities died days after she was charged this month with funneling more than $100000 from the group into her personal credit card ...
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Tibet protest monk dies in detention
Times of India
BEIJING: A 20-year-old Tibetan Buddhist monk has died in detention after he set himself on fire in a town in southwest China that has become a flashpoint for such protests, a US-based rights group said Wednesday. Lobsang Tsultrim, a monk from the Kirti ...
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Sandy McDonnell dies; the former head of McDonnell Douglas Corp.
STLtoday.com
The former head of McDonnell Douglas Corp., died Mar. 19, 2012. The day in 1948 that Sandy McDonnell started work at the McDonnell Aircraft Co., his uncle and company founder, the legendary "Mr. Mac," suggested that his nephew start at the very bottom: ...
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DA mulls new charge after Pa. dragging victim dies
The Times Herald
(AP) — An eastern Pennsylvania prosecutor says more charges are possible following the death of a suburban Philadelphia woman severely injured more than three years ago when she was dragged by a pickup truck. Authorities in Bucks County said Christine ...
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Montana mining town's last madam dies at 94
Boston.com
Garrett, who ran the last brothel standing in the mining town's once-lively red-light district, died Saturday March 17, 2012. She was 94. (AP Photo/The Montana Standard, Walter Hinick) BUTTE, Mont.—Ruby Garrett ran the last brothel standing in this ...
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Boston.com
Triplets mum dies eight days after births
The Sun
German-born Isabel – known as Izzy - died on March 10 after giving birth to the babies on March 2. An inquest was opened on March 16 and a possible cause of death given as haemopericardium, which is the rupture of the pericardial sac around the heart ...
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The Sun
Construction worker dies after being struck by falling bracket
The Union Leader
By KATHRYN MARCHOCKI Friends mourned the 19-year-old carpenter whodied Monday after a metal staging bracket fell from a house he was helping build and pierced his skull. Tyler Walsh died at Elliot Hospital, where he went by ambulance with a piece of ...
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Sanford McDonnell, Former CEO of McDonnell Douglas, Dies at 89
BusinessWeek
By Ed Dufner on March 20, 2012 Sanford “Sandy” McDonnell, whose career spanned from the World War II Manhattan Project to build the first atomic bomb to running the aerospace company that bore his family name, has died. He was 89.
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Man dies following Cavan house party
BBC News
Gardai in County Cavan are investigating the death of a man following a house party at the weekend. He died on Wednesday morning at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, after his life support machine was switched off. On St Patrick's Night, 17 March, ...
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Parnell spent 10 season with Red Sox
FOXSports.com
Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Mel Parnell died Tuesday at the age of 89 after a lengthy battle with cancer, The New Orleans Times-Picayune reported. Looking for the latest on the Red Sox? Get the schedule, scores, standings and more right here.
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Furman Bisher Dead: Award-Winning Sportswriter Dies At 93
Huffington Post
(Associated Press) -- Famed Georgia sportswriter Furman Bisher, who covered everything from major golf tournaments to the Triple Crown during a career that spanned six decades, died Sunday of a massive heart attack outside Atlanta. He was 93.
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Snowboarder who dies after fall at Sugar Bowl ski resort in Northern ...
The Republic
Authorities have identified the 20-year-old Placer County man who died while snowboarding with friends at the Northern California ski resort where he worked. The Placer County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday that Justin McCollom of Roseville died Monday ...
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Driver in crash with police car dies
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
FORT WAYNE – A man died after the minivan he was driving was involved in a crash Monday with an Allen County Sheriff's Department officer. Elmo Portee, 27, died from blunt force trauma Monday shortly after arriving at Parkview Regional Medical Center, ...
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School: Ballet student hit by car in Philly dies
The Times Herald
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A dancer from Bulgaria studying ballet in Philadelphia has died after being injured in a traffic accident over the weekend, school officials said. The Rock School for Dance Education in Philadelphia called Polina Kadiyska, 22, ...
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Zollie's Gang leader dies
Statesman Journal
KOBBI R. BLAIR | Statesman Journ Zollie Volchok, born in Salem in 1916, diedon Feb. 26, 2012 in Seattle at age 95. / Special to the Statesman Journal The Statesman Journal would like to hear from former members of Zollie's Gang, or from anyone who may ...
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Woman dies of dragging injuries; death ruled homicide, coroner ...
A young woman has died more than three years after being seriously injured while being dragged by a truck driven by her ex-boyfriend, authorities said.
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Calif. inmate dies; death under investigation
By Thadeus Greenson Eureka Times Standard HUMBOLDT COUNTY, Calif. A Humboldt County jail inmate died early Thursday morning, just hours after a ...
www.correctionsone.com/.../5267701-Calif-inmate-dies-death-...
Reigning World's Ugliest Dog Dies - Death, Dogs, Pet News ...
Yoda, the winner of 2011's World's Ugliest Dog contest at the Sonoma Marin Fair, was 15.
www.peoplepets.com/people/pets/article/0,,20578685,00.html
Ex-Nazi death camp guard Demjanjuk dies in Germany - CNN.com
Former Nazi death camp guard and onetime Ohio autoworker John Demjanjuk has died in Germany, a police spokesman said Saturday.
www.cnn.com/2012/03/17/world/europe/...nazi.../index.html
John Demjanjuk, convicted Nazi death camp guard, dies aged 91 ...
Retired American factory worker, convicted in 2011 for role in Sobibor deathcamp, protested his innocence for three decades.
www.guardian.co.uk/.../john-demjanjuk-nazi-camp-guard-dies
Oregon physician behind Death With Dignity dies - USATODAY.com
A physician who campaigned for an Oregon state law that allows patients with terminal conditions to end their lives died.
yourlife.usatoday.com/health/story/2012-03-13/.../1
William Hamilton, Known for 'Death of God' Idea, Dies at 87 ...
Taking part in a scholarly discussion among academic theologians won Mr. Hamilton mainstream fame — and notoriety — after a Time magazine cover.
www.nytimes.com/.../william-hamilton-known-for-death-of-g...
Death row inmate dies in cell at San Quentin - latimes.com
Dennis Lawley, 69, who had been trying to overturn his murder conviction in a 1989 contract killing, dies of natural causes.
www.latimes.com/.../la-me-0314-inmate-dies-20120314,0,775...
John Demjanjuk, Convicted Death Camp Guard, Dies - ABC News
John Demjanjuk was convicted of being a low-ranking guard at the Sobibordeath camp, but his 35-year fight on three continents to clear his name — a legal ...
abcnews.go.com/.../convicted-nazi-criminal-john-demjanjuk-d...
Scholar known for “Death of God” dies « The Deacon's Bench
William Hamilton was a tenured professor of church history at a small divinity school in Rochester in April 1966 when Time magazine created a sensation with a ...
www.patheos.com/.../scholar-known-for-death-of-god-dies/
John Demjanjuk dies ahead of appeal against Nazi death camp ...
Police said John Demjanjuk passed away at a care home in southern Germany where he was staying. He was sentenced to five years in prison but freed ...
www.dailymail.co.uk/.../John-Demjanjuk-dies-ahead-appeal-N...
John Demjanjuk, convicted death camp guard, dies - Washington ...
John Demjanjuk, a retired U.S. autoworker who was convicted of being a guard at the Nazis' Sobibor death camp despite steadfastly maintaining over three ...
www.washingtontimes.com/.../john-demjanjuk-convicted-deat...
Former Alabama Death Row inmate dies after bout with cancer | al ...
State prosecutors fought to keep Holladay on Death Row, despite the U.S. Supreme Court's 2002 ban on executing the mentally retarded.
blog.al.com/spotnews/.../former_death_row_inmate_dies_a.ht...

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