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Bellinger dies of suspected drug overdose
Chicago Tribune
Mark Bellinger, the former executive director of the Okaloosa County Tourist Development Council, died of a suspected drug overdose Friday in Pelham, Ala. Officers with the Pelham Police Department found Bellinger in a car at the end of a dirt road ...
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Marika Mitsotakis, wife of former Greek PM, dies
Fox News
ATHENS, Greece – Marika Mitsotakis, the voluble, opinionated wife of a former Greek prime minister whose cooking skills were the stuff of political urban legend, died in Athens on Sunday as two of her children ran for re-election in Parliament.
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National Christmas Tree has died of 'transplant shock'
USA TODAY
By Jewel Samad, AFP/Getty Images file By Jewel Samad, AFP/Getty Images file WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials say the National Christmas Tree planted near the White House a year ago has died and is being removed. The National Park Service says the ...
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USA TODAY
Shrewsbury man charged in wife's death dies in custody
Worcester Telegram
By Jacqueline Reis TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF Jieming Liu, the 79-year-old Shrewsbury man suspected of having eaten some of his wife's flesh before killing her April 5, died at noon yesterday at a Department of Correction hospital. Mr. Liu died at Lemuel ...
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Briton dies in hotel balcony plunge
The Press Association
A British tourist has died after reportedly falling from a hotel balcony in Majorca - the third Briton to die on the Spanish island in less than a month. Charlotte Faris, 23, plunged to her death during the early hours of Saturday morning in the ...
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Brit girl dies after falling from hotel balcony in Magaluf
The Sun
A BRIT died yesterday from a hotel fall in the resort of Magaluf on Majorca — the third in less than three weeks. Charlotte Faris, 23, plunged from her third-floor room just hours after checking in with a female friend. Medics called to the three-star ...
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The Sun
Charlotte Faris: Third Briton dies in hotel fall in resort of Magaluf on ...
Daily Mail
By Gerard Couzens A third British tourist has died after falling from a hotel in Magaluf on the Spanish island of Majorca. Charlotte Faris, 23, fell from her room on the third floor of the Teix Hotel at 4.30am yesterday. Two other Britons have died in ...
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Daily Mail
Ump dies during softball game
FOXSports.com
An umpire died after suffering a heart attack during a girls' high school game in Aldine, Texas, the Houston Chronicle reported Saturday. Sixty-year-old Ricky Scearce Jr., of Katy, Texas, collapsed while working as the first-base umpire during Friday's ...
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BRIEF: Man dies after being thrown from car in Highway 99 crash
Chicago Tribune
A driver died early Friday morning after he was ejected in a crash on Highway 99. According to Sacramento County Sheriff's deputies, just after 1 am, the man's vehicle left the southbound side of the highway in Galt, near Arno Road.
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Swedish Count Carl Johan Bernadotte dies at 95
Boston.com
STOCKHOLM—Count Carl Johan Bernadotte, who lost his Swedish royal title and succession rights when he married a commoner, has died. He was 95. Bernadotte died on Saturday at a hospital in Angelholm, in southern Sweden, Royal Court spokesman Bertil ...
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Greek actor and lawmaker Costas Karras dies at 75
The Seattle Times
Costas Karras, a popular actor and former conservative politician, died Sunday in Athens of complications from cancer, his family announced. He was 75. The Associated Press No comments have been posted to this article. Costas Karras, a popular actor ...
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Bob Stewart dies at 91; TV producer created popular game shows
Los Angeles Times
(Handout / May 5, 2012) By Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times Bob Stewart, a television producer who created such popular game shows as "To Tell the Truth," "The $10000 Pyramid," and the enduring daytime hit "The Price Is Right," has died. He was 91.
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Los Angeles Times
Marika Mitsotakis, wife of former Greek PM and mother to 2 other politicians, dies
Washington Post
ATHENS, Greece — Marika Mitsotakis, the wife of Constantine Mitsotakis, who served as Greece's prime minister in 1990-1993, has died after a long illness. She was 81. She died at an Athens hospital on Sunday, her family said. Born on Nov.
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Third Briton dies in hotel fall: Woman plunges from a third floor terrace in...
Daily Mail
By Gerard Couzens A third British tourist has died after falling from a hotel in Magaluf on the Spanish island of Majorca. The 23-year-old woman fell from her room on the third floor of the Teix Hotel at 4.30am yesterday. Two other Britons have died in ...
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Daily Mail
Solider in Afghanistan dies during Skype chat with wife
WGNtv.com
An Army captain's wife witnessed her husband's death while the couple was engaged in one of their regular video chats -- he from his base in Afghanistan and she from the United States, some 7500 miles away -- the family said. Capt.
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Charles Higham, author of salacious biographies of Hollywood stars, dies at 81
Washington Post
Charles Higham, a poet, critic and prolific celebrity biographer who found political and sexual intrigue in the lives of such Hollywood icons as Cary Grant, Marlene Dietrich and, most controversially, Errol Flynn, died April 21 at his Los Angeles home.
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National Christmas Tree dies, is cut down
Washington Post
The National Christmas Tree, which stands on the Ellipse just south of the White House, has died and was cut down Saturday morning. The 28-foot-tall Colorado blue spruce was transplanted March 19, 2011 after high winds toppled a predecessor.
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Lafayette College freshman dies after being found in dorm, police say - UPDATE
The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com
A Lafayette College freshman who earned the nickname "Mr. Mayor" for his ability to make friends quickly died today after over-drinking on his birthday, his mother said. A prayer service for Everett Glenn, a standout fencer from Montclair, NJ, ...
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The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com
Santa Clara man dies in chain-reaction Willow Glen crash that injured two more
Chicago Tribune
A driver from Santa Clara died Friday morning after his car was T-boned near a Willow Glen shopping center, setting off a chain-reaction crash that injured his wife and one other person and blocked traffic in the busy area for hours, San Jose police ...
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Education pioneer Deane Bozeman dies
Chicago Tribune
SAND HILLS — Veteran School Board member and education pioneer Deane Bozeman has died. She will be remembered by her peers and other educators for her involvement in schools and volunteerism. She was 84. Bozeman retired in 1996 after serving as a ...
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Adam 'MCA' Yauch of the Beastie Boys dies at 47
Cherry Hill Courier Post
Yauch died Friday. / Associated Press file Associated Press NEW YORK — Adam Yauch, the gravel-voiced rapper who helped make the Beastie Boys one of the seminal groups in hip-hop, died Friday. He was 47. Mr. Yauch, also known as MCA, died in New York ...
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Lafayette Student Dies from Alcohol
Patch.com
A Lafayette freshmen died Saturday after over-indulging in alcohol at his birthday party, according to reports. By Tom Coombe Police were called to Lafayette College at 2:01 pm yesterday where they found an unresponsive student in his dorm at the Kirby ...
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Softball umpire dies during Cinco Ranch-MacArthur playoff
Houston Chronicle (blog)
Ricky Scearce Jr., a retired school athletic director, died Friday doing what his family said he loved -- umpiring a game. (Family photo) A retired Katy school athletic director died Friday evening doing what he loved — umpiring school sports, ...
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Houston Chronicle (blog)
Adam Yauch Dies at 47
AllAfrica.com
Adam Yauch, the gruff-voiced rapper, musician and video auteur known as MCA in the groundbreaking hip hop trio The Beastie Boys, has died after a lengthy illness, Billboard has confirmed. He was 47. The band's rep confirmed that Yauch passed away in ...
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Lodi fire captain dies in Amador motorcycle crash
Chicago Tribune
LODI — A fire captain who served with the Lodi and Woodbridge fire departments for the better part of three decades died in a motorcycle crash near the town of Pioneer in Amador County late Thursday night. Lodi Fire Capt. Joe Hansen, 51, was driving ...
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Nurse in Afghanistan dies in Skype chat with wife
Deseret News
The family Clark, a Texas-based Army medic serving in Afghanistan, says Clark's wife witnessed the officer's death, which happened Monday, April 30, 2012 as the two were video chatting via Skype. US Army, Associated Press The wife of an Army officer...
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Deseret News
Man dies in shooting near MSU
Springfield News-Leader
Two men were injured and one of them later died after a dispute on Saturday in the 1100 block of South Maryland Avenue. Nathan Papes/News-Leader / Nathan Papes/News-Leader A suspect remained at large Saturday evening after a midday shooting near ...
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Death On The White House Lawn: National Christmas Tree Dies Of Transplant ...
International Business Times
The National Park Service has now confirmed that the tree hasdied due to "transplant shock." When planted in March of last year, the tree stood 26 feet 4 inches tall, and it was still growing, the National Park Service said.
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International Business Times
Spotsy man dies after bridge jump
Chicago Tribune
A Spotsylvania County man died after he dared his friend to jump off a bridge over Lake Anna, then did it himself, authorities said. Louisa County Sheriff's Detective Mark Stanton said the 55-year-old victim and a 28-year-old man, ...
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National Christmas Tree Has Died Near White House
Huffington Post
05/05/12 11:43 AM ET AP WASHINGTON — Federal officials say the National Christmas Tree planted near the White House a year ago has died and is being removed. The National Park Service says the Colorado blue spruce diedof "transplant shock.
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Teenager dies in Japan tornado
Sydney Morning Herald
"A 14-year-old male died" as a result of the tornado, said a spokesman at the disaster headquarters of Tsukuba city in Ibaraki prefecture, about 60km northeast of Tokyo. The exact cause of thedeath was not clear immediately, but the boy was among 12 ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
Man accused of cannibalizing wife dies while held in hospital
Boston Herald
By Erin Smith An elderly Shrewsbury man accused of killing his wife and eating her forearm died yesterday in a Boston hospital, according to prosecutors. Jiemieng Liu died of natural causes yesterday in a secure floor under the watchful eye of a ...
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Florida Pearl dies at 20
Irish Times
Racing: Outstanding Irish chaser Florida Pearl died on Saturday evening, aged 20, the Irish National Stud said in a statement. Formerly trained by Willie Mullins, the Violet O'Leary-owned gelding won the 2001 King George VI Chase at Kempton and a ...
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Irish Times
Elderly woman dies in Sydney car park hit
Ninemsn
An elderly woman has died in hospital after being struck by a car at a western Sydney shopping centre. The 76-year-old was hit in the car park of the Westfield mall on Carlisle Avenue, Mount Druitt about midday (AEST) on Sunday.
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Former NFL team executive Dick Beam dies at 75
NFL News
AP By AP LOS ANGELES -- Dick Beam, an assistant on two of Southern California's national championship football teams and later an executive with the Los Angeles Rams and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, has died. He was 75. Beam died of cancer Thursday in the ...
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NFL News
Blues artist Muddy Fraser dies at 62
Victoria Times Colonist
A guitar player whose love of blues music took him all across North America after first blossoming in Ottawa more than 40 years ago has died. Robert Scrivens, better known by his stage name Muddy Fraser, suffered a cardiac arrest and died in Vancouver ...
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Jim McCrary dies at 72; photographer shot Carole King 'Tapestry' cover
Los Angeles Times
McCrary, a rock photographer who created more than 300 album covers for A&M Records, died April 29 of complications from a chronic nervous system disorder at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Palo Alto, said Colleen Pollard, his niece. He was 72.
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Los Angeles Times
Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys dies at 47: Veteran musician also co-founded ...
Chicago Tribune
Adam "MCA" Yauch, the rapper, musician, activist, filmmaker and film distributor who founded pioneering hip-hop trio the Beastie Boys, as well as indie film production company Oscilloscope Laboratories, died on Friday in New York after a three-year ...
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Softball umpire dies after heart attack during game
Your Houston News
Ricky Scearce Jr., 60, died Friday night of a heart attack while umpiring a softball playoff game at the Aldine ISD Softball Complex. Posted: Saturday, May 5, 2012 10:00 am | Updated: 9:09 pm, Sat May 5, 2012. A Katy resident diedFriday night while ...
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Passenger dies in WA bridge crash
Ninemsn
A 28-year-old man has died after the car in which he was a passenger crashed into a bridge in Western Australia's mid-west region. He was in a Holden Astra travelling south on Brand Highway in Greenough, about 400km north of Perth, ...
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Manipuri woman dies of poison consumption
E-Pao.net
Imphal, May 05 2012: Adding to the list of suspicious death occurring outside Manipur, a young woman from the state reportedly died in a hotel room in Rajasthan after consuming poison. The woman identified as Naorem Reshma (27), d/o (L) N.Manitomba of ...
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Frank H. Pearl, Publisher With a Zeal for the Serious, Dies at 68
New York Times
Frank H. Pearl, a lawyer and investor in Washington who entered the book business on a quest to publish the serious, quality literature that he felt large corporate publishing houses had neglected, died on Friday in Baltimore. He was 68.
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New York Times
American Press - Police: Leesville motorcyclist dies died in crash
Police: Leesville motorcyclist dies died in crash. Last Modified: Sunday, April 29, 2012 8:41 PM. ALEXANDER, la. (AP) — Police say a 58-year-old motorcycle ...
www.americanpress.com/BC-LA--Chase-Fatality-clone
Baseball bat beating victim dies; death ruled homicide - News ...
Susan Lombardi, 42, the victim of a baseball bat beating April 13, diedSaturday, the coroner said in a release Monday morning. Her death has been ruled a ...
www.news-sentinel.com/article/2012120429835
Death of a hero: paratrooper dies in motorcycle accident — Gazeta ...
A hero of Russia, lieutenant colonel Anatoly Lebed died in motorcycle crash this Friday, he was hurrying to the opening of motorcycle season.The accident...
en.gazeta.ru/news/2012/04/28/a_4567089.shtml

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