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Legendary car designer, racer Shelby dies at 89
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Shelby, the legendary race driver and Shelby Cobra sports car designer, has died at age 89. Shelby's company Carroll Shelby International says Shelby died Thursday, May 10, 2012, at a Dallas hospital. He had received a heart transplant in 1990 and a...
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Atlanta Journal Constitution
Lawndale man dies in house fire (updated)
Los Angeles Times
A Lawndale man died in a fire at his home early Saturday morning, authorities said. The victim, who has not been identified, was believed to be in his 80s, according to the Los Angeles County coroner's office. When county firefighters were called to ...
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Horst Faas, AP combat photographer, dies at 79
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Faas, a prize-winning combat photographer who carved out new standards for covering war with a camera and became one of the world's legendary photojournalists in nearly half a century with The Associated Press, died Thursday May 10, 2012. He was 79.
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Atlanta Journal Constitution
Horst Faas, prizewinning war photographer, dies at 79
Washington Post
Horst Faas, a German-born combat photographer whose calm under fire helped him capture searing portraits of life and death in Vietnam and other war zones in Asia, earning him two Pulitzer Prizes, died May 10 at a hospital in Munich. He was 79.
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Carroll Shelby dies at 89; cult classic car designer
Los Angeles Times
(Associated Press / December 31, 1969) By Shav Glick and Jerry Hirsch, Special to The Times Carroll Shelby, the charismatic Texan who parlayed a short-lived racing career into a specialized business building high-performance, street-legal cars, died ...
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Couple Dies After Not Being Able To Call For Help
ABC News
When he got out of the car, he fell into an 8-inch space between the door and the ground, and died from asphyxiation. That's when his wife, Madeline, 89, attempted to call 911 one more time. Cell Phone Database Would Help Prevent Theft Watch Video Bus ...
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Carroll Shelby, muscle car designer, dies at 89
San Francisco Chronicle
Dallas -- Carroll Shelby, the legendary car designer and champion auto racer who built the fabled Shelby Cobra sports car and injected testosterone into Ford's Mustang and Chrysler's Viper, has died. He was 89. Mr. Shelby's company, Carroll Shelby ...
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Pit Pass: Auto 'icon' Shelby dies
Indianapolis Star
Carroll Shelby, a giant in all things cars, died Thursday night in a Dallas hospital. He was 89. Shelby is best known for building the famed Cobra sports car and putting muscle in the Ford Mustang and the Dodge Viper. He was twice the Indianapolis ...
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Design great Shelby dies
Tampabay.com
DALLAS — Carroll Shelby, a legendary car designer and champion racer who built the fabled Shelby Cobra sports car and injected testosterone into Ford's Mustang and Chrysler's Viper, died Thursday (May 10, 2012). He was 89. Mr. Shelby died at a Dallas ...
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Automotive legend Carroll Shelby dies; services are pending
Longview News-Journal
Famed racecar driver and Leesburg native, Carroll Shelby died Thursday night at the age of 89. Mr. Shelby's took his first auto ride with his father, the Leesburg postmaster, in a dark green Willys-Overland. That was the beginning of a lifelong love ...
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Teenager dies from crash injuries
The Press Association
An 18-year-old man has died in hospital after a crash involving a car and a van. The accident happened on Beach Esplanade, which runs by the North Sea in Aberdeen, at 7.45am. Grampian Police said the teenager, who was driving a red car, ...
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Carroll Shelby, cult classic designer, dies at 89
Kansas City Star
By SHAV GLICK AND JERRY HIRSCH Carroll Shelby, the charismatic Texan who parlayed a short-lived racing career into a specialized business building high-performance, street-legal cars, died Thursday. He was 89. Shelby died at Baylor Hospital in Dallas, ...
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Auto driver, designer, Carroll Shelby dies
UPI.com
DALLAS, May 12 (UPI) -- A legend of auto racing and auto design Carroll Shelby has died at age 89 in Baylor Hospital in Dallas, his company said. The cause of death was not released, but Shelby's health had been in decline for years, The Wall Street ...
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East Side man dies in overnight fire
Buffalo News
By Harold McNeil A 59-year-old man died in a fire early today at Bailey Avenue between Millicent Street and Phyllis Avenue. The victim, who has not been officially identified, lived in a rear apartment of the two-story building at 2972 Bailey.
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Buffalo News
Wife of ex-congressman's brother dies
Daily Comet
William Jefferson died early Saturday after suffering a severe head injury at her home, coroner's officials said. Sandra Peters Jefferson, 58, was pronounced dead at 1:30 am at the Interim LSU Public Hospital, said John Gagliano, an investigator for ...
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Joyce Redman, Actress Who Feasted on Many Roles, Dies at 96
New York Times
Her son, the actor Crispin Redman, told the BBC that Ms. Redman died of pneumonia after a brief illness. Ms. Redman was employed almost nonstop in British theater and television from the 1940s through the 1970s, working with virtually every major ...
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Carroll Shelby, father of Cobra sports car, dies at 89
Reuters
By Deepa Seetharaman | DETROIT (Reuters) - Carroll Shelby, designer of the Shelby Cobra and other sports cars that placed him in the pantheon of auto industry legends, has died at age 89, his company said on Friday. Hedied on Thursday at Baylor ...
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UO student dies of bacterial meningitis
KATU
A University of Oregon spokesperson said a UO student diedFriday, and the probable cause of death is bacterial meningitis. Officials are not releasing the student's identity or age. Julie Brown with the University of Oregon said the university is ...
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KATU
'Mama Bird,' famed female pilot, dies at 102
Knoxville News Sentinel
By Lance Coleman Aviation legend Evelyn Bryan Johnson of Morristowndied Thursday, May 10. Known as "Mama Bird," Johnson was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 2007. She was 102. (Morristown Regional Airport/Special to the News ...
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Evelyn B. Johnson, Pilot and Instructor, Dies at 102
New York Times
But the loss of a leg and glaucoma conspired to end the flying career of the woman who at her death at 102, on Thursday in Jefferson City, Tenn., had piloted an airplane more hours than anybody else alive — 57635.4 hours, or more than 6 1/2 years.
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New York Times
A mother dies, a way of life recedes
The Seattle Times
When his 89-year-old mother died, Peter Eng buried the last living link to his family' Chinese culture, save for a shoebox of old photos and letters in a forgotten language. By Peter Eng Lai Wau Chiu Eng poses with five of her seven sons in Hong Kong's ...
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EJ Potter, 'Michigan Madman' of Motorcycle Racing, Dies at 71
New York Times
EJ Potter, aka the Michigan Madman, a legend of the American drag strip who earned his nickname riding 170 miles per hour on a motorcycle he fitted with a Chevy V-8, and who later went nearly 200 mph on a three-wheel bike powered by a jet engine, died ...
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Auto designer, racer Carroll Shelby dies
KTVQ Billings News
Carroll Shelby, most famous for creating high-performance road and racing cars bearing his name, died Thursday in Dallas, Texas. He was 89 years old. Shelby's name is probably most associated with the Cobra, a car that combined a lightweight British ...
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Man dies from heart attack in boat off Half Moon Bay coast
San Jose Mercury News
By Chris De Benedetti HALF MOON BAY -- A 48-year-old man diedSaturday morning after suffering a heart attack while on a boat near Half Moon Bay, a US Coast Guard official said. About 8:40 am, authorities in the San Mateo County Harbor District ...
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CMU student, 19, dies after positive meningitis...
The Morning Sun
By SUSAN FIELD Central Michigan University officials offered sympathies Friday to the family of a 19-year-old freshman who died a day earlier. Nicholas Collind died Thursday at St. Mary Mercy Livonia hospital after being diagnosed with meningitis ...
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Elderly NY couple dies; car stuck, no cell service
The Associated Press
ANDES, NY (AP) — An elderly Manhattan couple whose car became stuck near their wooded Catskills vacation home died after nine fruitless attempts to make a cellphone call for help and after the woman searched in vain for a neighbor.
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Creator of Shelby Cobra dies
Richmond Times Dispatch
By: AP , Times-Dispatch Staff | The Associated Press Carroll Shelby, the legendary car designer and champion auto racer who built the fabled Shelby Cobra sports car and put muscle into Ford's Mustang and Chrysler's Viper, has died. He was 89.
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State Senate candidate dies of heart attack
Las Vegas Review - Journal
By Kristi Jourdan Voters can still choose David Lee Wallace Jr. for Nevada Senate, even though the Democratic candidate died of a heart attack less than a month before the June primary election. Wallace died at a Las Vegas hospital Thursday afternoon, ...
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Carroll Shelby, muscle-car legend, dies at 89
msnbc.com
By msnbc.com news services Carroll Shelby, the legendary car designer and champion auto racer who built the fabled Shelby Cobra sports car and injected testosterone into Ford's Mustang and Chrysler's Viper, has died. He was 89.
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Carroll Shelby, Car Builder Who Added Muscle to American Racing, Dies at 89
New York Times
His death was announced by his company, Carroll Shelby International. In the 1960s, Shelby raised the profile of American racing machines on the international sports-car circuit by packing powerful Ford V-8 engines into lightweight British roadsters, ...
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Fourth person dies after southeast Kansas plane crash
Kansas.com
By RICK PLUMLEE A fourth person involved in Friday's plane crash near Chanute has died, a spokeswoman at Via Christi Hospital on St. Francis said Saturday. Austin G. Anderson, 27, Ringwood, Okla., died at the Wichita hospital.
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Man dies following single-vehicle crash
Springfield News-Leader
JOPLIN — A Buffalo man died Thursday night after a single-vehicle accident north of Springfield, the Missouri State Highway Patrol reported. Linvell Deckard, 66, died after failing to stop at a stop sign on Route H, about five mile north of ...
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Tennessee doctor dies diving the 'Vandenberg'
KeysNet
By KEVIN WADLOW Dr. Ollie Smithwick from Tennessee was diving off Key West when he died. He has family that lives in Marathon. A doctor from Tennessee died in a diving accident Thursday, apparently while fighting a speared fish on the Vandenberg ...
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Civilian Dies After Scuffle With Naval Officer - Navy Spokesman
AllAfrica.com
The Nigerian Navy said on Friday that a civilian, Mr Pedro Ikhajagbe, hasdied from injuries sustained in a scuffle he had with a naval officer in Satellite Town, Lagos. The spokesman of the Nigerian Navy, Lt.- Cdr. Jerry Omodara, said in a statement ...
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Philanthropist Jack Benaroya dies
The Desert Sun
AP SEATTLE — Jack Benaroya, a philanthropist and developer for whom Seattle's symphony hall was named, died Friday. He was 90. He died in his sleep, according to a statement from his family. Benaroya, who had a winter home in Rancho Mirage, ...
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Clarence 'Clancy' Cassell, radio newscaster, dies
San Francisco Chronicle
Clarence "Clancy" Cassell, a San Francisco radio newsman for more than 40 years, died of complications of cancer at age 92 on April 17. Mr. Cassell was a fixture on KCBS, where he broadcast the morning, midmorning and noon news from the mid-1940s until ...
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Child dies after vaccination, Indian authorities halt vaccine use
In another case of death following vaccination, an Indian child died after getting vaccination for polio and other diseases collectively called DPT. ...article image Child dies after vaccination, Indian authorities halt vaccine use...
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