DIED, Mar 30, 2012

Belgian Man Dies Under House Arrest in Beijing ABC News A Belgian art dealer who has been under house arrest for years in Beijing for antiquities smuggling has died of a heart attack, Belgium's Foreign Ministry said Friday. Kurt De Raedemaeker, 48, died in a Beijing hotel on March 6, Foreign Ministry ... See all stories on this topic »

Belgian Dies Under House Arrest in Beijing Wall Street Journal AP BEIJING—A Belgian art dealer who had been under house arrest for years in Beijing died of a heart attack, Belgium's Foreign Ministry said Friday. Kurt De Raedemaeker, 48 years old, convicted of smuggling antiquities in 2003, died in a Beijing hotel ... See all stories on this topic »

Gaza man dies as thousands protest against Israel The Associated Press By DIAA HADID, AP – 1 minute ago JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian protester in Gaza died Friday from Israeli army gunfire, a health official said, as thousands in the Palestinian territories, Israel and neighboring countries participated in an annual ... See all stories on this topic » The Associated Press

Victim of horrific rape Oksana Makar dies in Ukraine Fox News KIEV, Ukraine – An 18-year-old Ukranian woman died Thursday, two weeks after her grisly rape set off protests across the country against corruption and favoritism toward the wealthy. Prosecutors said Oksana Makar was raped by three young men on March 9 ... See all stories on this topic » Fox News

Author Harry Crews dies Cherry Hill Courier Post Author Harry Crews, who died Thursday at the age of 76, has been likened to a Southern Charles Bukowski. / AP GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Author Harry Crews, a hell-raiser and cult favorite whose hard and crazy times inspired his brutal tales of the ... See all stories on this topic »

Warren Stevens, Busy Character Actor, Dies at 92 New York Times Warren Stevens, a lanky, square-jawed actor with swept-back hair and a husky voice whose face became familiar through his more than 100 roles on television and in movies over six decades, diedon Tuesday at his home in Sherman Oaks, Calif. He was 92. See all stories on this topic » New York Times

'Forbidden Planet's' Warren Stevens Dies At 92 Airlock Alpha Ostrow uses the "plastic educator" in the film to help the rest of his crew, but dies in the process. That film also starred Leslie Nielsen (who died in 2010), Anne Francis (who died in 2011) and Walter Pidgeon (who died in 1984). See all stories on this topic » Airlock Alpha

Belgian art dealer convicted of smuggling in China dies BBC News A Belgian art dealer held under travel restrictions in China for smuggling antiquities has died, Belgium's foreign ministry says. Kurt de Raedemaeker, 48, died three weeks ago in a Beijing hotel, spokesmen said. He was arrested at Beijing airport in ... See all stories on this topic »

Hollywood man, 34, dies in fall from roof Orlando Sentinel By Nicole Brochu, Staff writer A Hollywood man plunged to his death last week while working on an air-conditioning job at a Boca Raton warehouse, according to a police report released to the Sun Sentinel on Thursday. Jason Baltzley, 34, was on the roof ... See all stories on this topic »

Earl Scruggs dies at 88 Mother Nature Network The American banjo legend who brought bluegrass to a mass audience and strummed along to a hit TV show and movie in the 1960s, has died. By Agence France-PresseThu, Mar 29 2012 at 8:39 AM EST EARL SCRUGGS: He is widely credited with inventing the ... See all stories on this topic » Mother Nature Network

Author Harry Crews dies in Florida at 76 The Associated Press GAINESVILLE, Florida (AP) — Author Harry Crews, a hell-raiser and cult favorite whose hard and crazy times inspired his extreme, but comic tales of the rural South, died Wednesday in Gainesville, Florida. He was 76 and had suffered from neuropathy, ... See all stories on this topic »

Author Harry Crews dies in Florida at 76; known for his gritty tales of the US ... Washington Post Author Harry Crews, a hell-raiser and cult favorite whose hard and crazy times inspired his extreme, but comic tales of the rural South, died Wednesday in Gainesville, Fla. He was 76 and had suffered from neuropathy, said his ex-wife, Sally Ellis Crews ... See all stories on this topic »

Little Carl Washington dies waiting for new heart New York Daily News By Michael J. Feeney / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Carl Washington IV, with his parents, died Tuesday at Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York-Presbyterian in Washington Heights. Little Carl Washington IV didn't get the heart he'd been waiting for. See all stories on this topic » New York Daily News

Belgian art dealer convicted of smuggling dies under house arrest in Beijing GlobalPost Kurt de Raedemaeker, a 48-year-old Sinologist, died in a Beijing hotel after spending years under house arrest in China for smuggling antiques. Kurt de Raedemaeker was arrested at Beijing airport in 2006 and convicted two years later of illegally ... See all stories on this topic »

Ukrainian teen dies after horrific gang rape Sydney Morning Herald Oksana Makar died as a result of horrific injuries suffered during an attack by three men. Photo: AP A UKRAINIAN teenager hasdied three weeks after being set on fire in a gang rape attack that raised doubts about the competence of police. See all stories on this topic » Sydney Morning Herald

Reginald E. Gilliam Jr., of Sodexo, dies at 67 Washington Post (blog) By Fahima Haque Reginald E. Gilliam Jr., a veteran African-American lobbyist and activist, died on March 28 after losing his battle with lymphoma, Sodexo announced. He was 67. Gilliam, a Harlem native, was a senior vice president for Sodexo's ... See all stories on this topic »

Feminist poet and essayist Adrienne Rich dies Cherry Hill Courier Post Adrienne Rich, whose socially conscious verse influenced a generation of feminist, gay rights and anti-war activists, has died. She was 82. / CHARLES KNOBLOCK, AP SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — Adrienne Rich, a fiercely gifted, award-winning poet whose ... See all stories on this topic »

Stranded man survives 10 days on snow; friend dies msnbc.com LAS VEGAS — A 76-year-old diabetic Colorado man survived 10 days in the remote Nevada desert by melting snow and using skills he learned as a Boy Scout, but a friend who was with him and ventured away to get help died. James Klemovich and Laszlo Szabo ... See all stories on this topic » msnbc.com

Stanford volleyball player Samantha Wopat dies at age 19 Los Angeles Times She died eight days later, surrounded by family and friends. The cause of herdeath has not been released. "We are deeply saddened by the passing of Sam Wopat," Stanford athletic director Bob Bowlsby said. "On behalf of our administration, ... See all stories on this topic »

Man dies after being struck by train in Ky. Bowling Green Daily News Lexington police say a man who appears to have been passed out on railroad tracks died after a Norfolk Southern Railway freight train struck him. Lt. Scott Blakely says the man who died at about 6:30 pm EDT Thursday appears to have been homeless and ... See all stories on this topic »

Woman thrown out of Missouri hospital for 'trespassing' dies in jail from ... Fox News A St. Louis hospital said it made every effort to help a homeless woman who sought treatment for a sprained ankle and subsequently died in police custody after being arrested for refusing to leave the facility. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that ... See all stories on this topic »

Bluegrass pioneer Earl Scruggs dies at 88 (video) Torrington Register Citizen Scruggs died Wednesday morning at age 88 of natural causes. The legacy he helped build with bandleader Bill Monroe, guitarist Lester Flatt and the rest of the Blue Grass Boys was evident all around Nashville, where he died in an area hospital. See all stories on this topic »

Feminist Poet Adrienne Rich '51 Dies at 82 Harvard Crimson By Jared T. Lucky, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER Adrienne C. Rich, Class of '51,died this week at the age of 82. Rich was internationally known for her explorations of the realities of womens' lives and of contemporary society with her pose and poetry. See all stories on this topic »

Longtime Raiders trainer George Anderson dies at age 82 Washington Post Longtime Oakland Raiders trainer George Anderson has died. He was 82. The Raiders said Anderson died Thursday morning. No cause of death was given. Anderson was the first head trainer for the Raiders and served in that role from 1960-94. See all stories on this topic »

Earl Scruggs, Pioneering Bluegrass Banjoist, Dies at 88 Bloomberg Earl Scruggs, whose banjo-picking technique on hits such as “Foggy Mountain Breakdown” changed the way people play the instrument, has died. He was 88. Scruggs died yesterday of natural causes at a hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, the Associated Press ... See all stories on this topic » Bloomberg

Man dies after suffering apparent medical distress while in Jacksonville ... Florida Times-Union By Jim Schoettler A 36-year-old man died this morning after apparently suffering some type of medical distress while in the custody of Jacksonville police, a Sheriff's Office official said. The incident involving four officers occurred at the ... See all stories on this topic »

Tiger dies at Niabi Quad City Times In this Quad-City Times file photo, Asia, right, the Niabi Zoo's Bengal tiger, plays with India, who died in 2008. Asia, the 12-year-old female, was found dead in her enclosure this morning. UPDATE: The second of two Bengal tigers that were adopted as ... See all stories on this topic »

Dr. Paul H. Crandall dies at 89; invented techniques for diagnosing, treating ... Los Angeles Times ... a UCLA neurosurgeon who pioneered now widely used techniques for diagnosing the source of epileptic seizures in the brain and removing the offending cells, died March 15 from complications of pneumonia at Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center. See all stories on this topic »

Renowned Longacres Trainer Bud Klokstad Dies At 79 Patch.com By Patch Staff Bud Klokstad, one of the greatest trainers in state history, diedearly Wednesday morning at his home in Northern California. Courtesy of Emerald Downs Bud Klokstad, one of the greatest trainers in state history,died early Wednesday ... See all stories on this topic »

US Soldier Dies Saving Life of Afghan Girl WTKR Your NewsChannel 3 The official Pentagon news release says he died "from injuries suffered in a noncombat related incident." But there is much more to the story. Weichel, 29, of Providence, died saving the life of a little girl. According to the Rhode Island National ... See all stories on this topic » WTKR Your NewsChannel 3

Woman dies after crash, county driver had multiple traffic violations WMBF CONWAY, SC (WMBF) The county employee Conway Police say caused an accident in which a woman later died had a lengthy record of traffic violations, according to Horry County court records. Mary Reutter, 76 of Conway, died in December after complications ... See all stories on this topic »

US soldier dies saving Afghan girl msnbc.com (blog) By msnbc.com staff Sgt. Dennis Weichel, 29, of the Rhode Island National Guard died saving the life of a little girl in northeast Afghanistan, according to the Rhode Island National Guard. According to the report, Weichel was in a convoy in Laghman ... See all stories on this topic » msnbc.com (blog)

Adrienne Rich, feminist poet, dies at the age of 82 CollegeNews Adrienne Rich has died at the age of 82 from complications with rheumatoid arthritis. Adrienne Rich was a Jewish poet whose works of literary art have influenced anti-war, feminist and gay rights activists for generations. Adrienne Rich was born to a ... See all stories on this topic » CollegeNews

Woman dies in house fire at Moxee The Seattle Times Police say a woman died in a house fire early Thursday in Moxee, in the Yakima Valley. The Associated Press No comments have been posted to this article. Police say a woman died in a house fire early Thursday in Moxee, in the Yakima Valley. See all stories on this topic »

Twin dies in second building collapse in as many weeks Independent Online DEATH TRAP: One of two bodies is carried out of the Caledonian Building after an inside wall collapsed yesterday. Picture: Matthews Baloyi TAFADZWA Mashumba heard a thunderous, cracking sound and went running towards the Caledonian Hall to save his ... See all stories on this topic » Independent Online

Homeless Mo. Mother Dies in Jail After Hospital 'Clears' Her Arrest Christian Post By Christine Thomasos , Christian Post Reporter A 29-year-old Missouri woman died in a jail cell after local hospital staff told police that she was trespassing for complaining about continual pain after receiving a clean bill of health. See all stories on this topic »

Earl Scruggs, banjo legend, dies Indianapolis Star By Peter Cooper, USA TODAY Country Music Hall of Famer Earl Scruggs, a singular talent of collective import, died Wednesday at a Nashville hospital. He was 88. A quietly affable presence, Scruggs popularized a complex, three-fingered style of playing ... See all stories on this topic »

Mount Vernon officer Reginald Velez dies in I-95 wrong-way crash; fellow cops ... The Journal News | LoHud.com Press conference for Mount Vernon Officer Reginald Velez, who died in a wrong-way crash on I-95 on 3-29-12. Video by Ricky Flores/The Journal News The Pelham Bay Diner on Gun Hill Road in the Bronx. Reginald Velez left from the diner, then made a wrong ... See all stories on this topic »

Justice Tom Glaze dies Arkansas Times (blog) Tom Glaze, a Supreme Court justice, Court of Appeals judge and chancellor for some 30 years and a lifelong scourge of voting fraud, died early this morning from complications of Parkinson's and Lewy body disease. He was 74. Glaze came to the public's ... See all stories on this topic » Arkansas Times (blog)

Former Arkansas justice Tom Glaze dies at 74 The Oshkosh Northwestern LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (WTW) — Former Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Tom Glaze, who served on the court for more than 20 years before his retirement in 2008, has died. He was 74. A spokeswoman for the Administrative Office of the Courts says Glaze died ... See all stories on this topic »

Worker dies at Dalton textile plant The Daily Citizen A Dalton man died Wednesday evening while cleaning a tank of latex at a south Dalton plant, Whitfield County Coroner Bobbie Dixon said. Apodaca worked for Global Textile for about 20 years but had clocked out by the time of the incident and was working ... See all stories on this topic »

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

Cincy killer dies on death row of natural causes | Cincinnati.com ... The state says a condemned Ohio inmate has died of natural causes after more than a year at a prison medical facility. Billy Sowell was sentenced todeath for ... news.cincinnati.com/.../Cincy-killer-dies-death-row-natural-ca...

John Demjanjuk obituary: Convicted Nazi death camp guard dies at ... Reporting from London -- John Demjanjuk, a retired Ohio autoworker convicted of serving as a guard at a Nazi extermination camp and being complicit in the ... articles.latimes.com/2012/.../la-me-john-demjanjuk-20120318

Convicted Nazi death camp guard dies, aged 91 - Europe - World ... John Demjanjuk, the retired US car-worker convicted of being a guard at the Nazis' Sobibor death camp, died yesterday. He was 91. Demjanjuk was convicted ... www.independent.co.uk/.../convicted-nazi-death-camp-guard-...