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May 13, 2012

DIED, May 13, 2012

Arcadius dies after winning $150000 race
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Arcadius collapsed and died as he was being cooled down after winning the $150000 Iroquois Steeplechase at Percy Warner Park on Saturday. Arcadius is loaded into a trailer after collapsing and dying as he was being cooled down after winning the $150000 ...
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Atlanta Journal Constitution
Arcadius' death at Saturday's Iroquois Steeplechase was unusual because of ...
The Tennessean
Iroquois Steeplechase winner dies at finish: Veterinarian Monty McInturff describes how Arcadius died after winning Iroquois Steeplechase on Saturday. Equine medical staff work to save Arcadius as he suffered a heart attack and died after winning the ...
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Legendary MGs bassist Donald 'Duck' Dunn dies in Tokyo at age 700
Entertainment Weekly
by Clark Collis Legendary bassist and Booker T. and the MGs member Donald “Duck” Dunn died this morning in Tokyo at the age of 70. Dunn'sdeath was announced by his friend and fellow MG, guitarist Steve Cropper. “Today I lost my best friend, ...
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Mass. man dies in NH motorcycle crash
Boston.com
NASHUA, NH—New Hampshire State Police say a 23-year-old Massachusetts man has died in a single-car accident in Nashua. Police say Stewart Triehy of Pepperell, Mass., died Saturday night in the crash on the Exit 2 off ramp from the Everett Turnpike .
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Bass player Donald 'Duck' Dunn dies in Tokyo
San Jose Mercury News
AP TOKYO -- Bass player and songwriter Donald "Duck" Dunn, a member of the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame band Booker T. and the MGs and the Blues Brothers band, has died in Tokyo. He was 70. Dunn was in Tokyo for a series of shows. News of his death was ...
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'Sweet Joe' Russell dies at 72; singer with the Persuasions
Los Angeles Times
Russell died May 5 in a Brooklyn hospice after a long struggle with diabetes, said his wife, Arlena. "If the Persuasions were a single body, Joe was the heart and soul," said David Dashev, who was their manager and producer in the 1970s at the height...
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Los Angeles Times
Horse wins big steeplechase race, then collapses and dies
Reuters UK
By Tim Ghianni | NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - Arcadius won the prestigious $150000 Iroquois Steeplechase race in Nashville on Saturday, but the victory celebration for the 8-year-old gelding was short-lived, for the horse died soon after crossing ...
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Carroll Shelby, driver and designer of high-speed sports cars, dies at 89
Washington Post
Carroll Shelby, a failed chicken farmer who roared out of the hills of East Texas to become a champion race car driver and the father of the muscle car, building some of the fastest and sleekest sports cars ever to hit the highway, died May 10 at age ...
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Man dies in West Side car crash
Chicago Tribune
A man believed to be in his late teens to early 20s died in a car accident about 3:15 am Sunday on the West Side, according to police. A 14-year-old in the car with him was also injured. He's in stable condition atJohn H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook ...
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Pepperell, Mass. man dies in Nashua motorcycle crash
The Union Leader
NASHUA - A Pepperell man died in a single-vehicle motorcycle accident Saturday night at the Exit 2 southbound ramp of FE Everett Turnpike. State police arrived at the scene at 8:15 pm, where they found a motorcycle had left the road, killing its rider.
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Horst Faas, Photographer Who Showed Horrors of War, Dies at 79
New York Times
Horst Faas, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning war photographer who later was editor of the Associated Press staff in Saigon that produced the most haunting photographs of the Vietnam War,died Thursday in Munich. He was 79. His death was confirmed by ...
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New York Times
Topeka man dies after being pinned beneath mower
Kansas City Star
An elderly Topeka man has died after his riding lawnmower slid down an embankment, overturned in a pond and pinned him beneath it. WIBW (http://bit.ly/Kz7mTt) identified the man as 84-year-old Wilbur Johnson, who was a caretaker of the property he was ...
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Automotive legend Carroll Shelby dies at the age of 89
Longview News-Journal
Famed racecar driver and Leesburg native, Carroll Shelby died Thursday night at the age of 89. Mr. Shelby 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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Winning horse dies just past finish line
The Daily News Journal
NASHVILLE — Moments after denying Tax Ruling a third win in the Iroquois Steeplechase, Arcadius collapsed and died Saturday at Percy Warner Park. Track veterinarian Monty McInturff said Arcadius suffered a heart attack in the aftermath of the race.
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Man dies from rafting on Green River
KIRO Seattle
A man died Saturday afternoon from rafting on the Green River, the King County Sheriff's Office said. The sheriff's office said the 60 year-old-man was on the river with his wife and friends when one of the rafts flipped over.
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Pee Dee biker dies in Hwy. 544 collision
WMBF
Horry County Coroner Robert Edge tells WMBF News that an accident on Highway 501 at French Collins RoadMore >> MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) A motorcyclist has died after a collision on Highway 544 Saturday afternoon. The South Carolina Highway Patrol ...
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David Coleman Dead: Jay County Panthers Semi-Pro Football Player Dies After ...
Huffington Post
A semi-pro football player died Saturday after suffering a fatal hit in the middle of a game for charity. The Toledo Blade reports that 32-year-old David Coleman Jr. of the Jay County (Ind.) Panthers was injured in an afternoon contest against the ...
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15-year-old boy dies after falling in the East River
New York Daily News
The boy, whom police believe is 15 years old, was rushed to Metropolitan Hospital, where he died. A friend of the boy reported to 911 he'd fallen into the chilly river waters just before 8:30 pm, police said. The incident occurred just as the NYPD and ...
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New York Daily News
Man, 75, dies after fall from bike
San Jose Mercury News
By JM BROWN - Santa Cruz Sentinel SANTA CRUZ - A 75-year-old Santa Cruz man died Saturday after losing control of his bicycle, flipping over his handlebars and landing on the roadway, police said. The accident occurred at 10:30 am on King Street near ...
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Legendary car designer, racer Shelby dies at 89
KSAT San Antonio
When Shelby died Thursday night in a Dallas hospital, he also was one of the nation's longest-living heart transplant recipients, having received a heart on June 7, 1990, from a 34-year-old man who died of an aneurysm. Shelby also received a kidney ...
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Louisville woman dies in boating accident
WDRB
(WDRB) -- A Louisville woman died this evening in a boat accident at Lake Shelby. The Shelby County coroner says 34-year-old Amanda Frank was found unresponsive in the water. Other boatersMore >> LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- At graduation, a well-known ...
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Booker T bassist Donald Dunn dies in Tokyo aged 70
BBC News
Bass guitarist Donald "Duck" Dunn, who played with Booker T and the MGs, has died in Tokyo aged 70. The MGs were the house band for Stax Records, and Dunn can be heard on songs such as Otis Redding's Respect and Sam and Dave's Hold On, I'm Comin'.
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BBC News
Leominster man dies in early morning canoe capsize
Boston.com
By Gal Tziperman Lotan, Globe Correspondent A Leominster man diedwhen the canoe he was riding in with four other people capsized in the Notown Reservoir, near the Fitchburg line, early Saturday morning, officials said. A Worcester County district ...
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Coroner: Inmate dies at jail in Gaffney
WIS
The Newberry County Sheriff says officers from SLED, the South CarolinaMore >> Authorities are investigating the death of an 8-year-old girl found hanging from a tree in Ragland as a homicide. Katelynn Arnold, a third grader at Ragland Elementary, ...
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Hudson bicyclist dies in crash
Tampabay.com
HUDSON — A bicyclist died Saturday evening after riding into the path of a pickup truck, the Florida Highway Patrol reported, but then the pickup fled. Troopers said that shortly after 8 pm, the cyclist and two other pickups were headed north on US 19 ...
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Horse collapses and dies in winners' circle after Tennessee steeplechase
MyFox Washington DC
The winning horse in a Tennessee steeplechase Saturday collapsed anddied moments after crossing the finishing line. Arcadius, an eight-year-old gelding, had just won the $150000 Iroquois Steeplechase at Nashville's Percy Warner Park when it became ...
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UO student dies of bacterial meningitis
KVAL
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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KVAL
Famed Bass Player For Stax Records, Donald "Duck' Dunn, Dies at 70
Forbes
Duck Dunn, always teamed with Steve Cropper and Booker T and the MGs, died in his sleep last night after playing a gig at the Blue Note in Tokyo with Cropper and Eddie Floyd (“Kn0ck on Wood”). He was 70 years old, and much too young.
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Forbes
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
Teenager Pulled from East River Dies
NBC New York
The teen was taken to Metropolitan Hospital, where he died. The boys were apparently walking on a railing when one of them slipped and splashed into the river. The teen was underwater for at least 20 minutes before divers found his body, ...
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15-Year-Old Boy Dies After Falling Into East River
Gothamist
A 15-year-old boy has died after falling into the East River last night. CBS reports that Justin Smith was playing with his friends near the water around East 102nd and 105th Streets when he fell into river around 8:15 pm FDNY and NYPD divers responded...
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Gothamist
Attacker Dies After Jumping into Canal to Flee: Officials
NBC 6 Miami
A man died after he jumped into a canal in an attempt to flee authorities Saturday night, the Broward Sheriff's Office said. Officials said the man attacked a woman in the 8200 block of West Commercial Boulevard in Lauderhill then dragged her across ...
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Coroner: Inmate dies at jail in Gaffney
WACH
GAFFNEY, SC (AP) -- The coroner is investigating the death of an inmate who died while being held at the Cherokee County Detention Center in Gaffney. Coroner Dennis Fowler says he's investigating the death of Rickey Lanier Gay, who was found dead ...
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Arlington man dies after motorcycle crash
Fort Worth Star Telegram
A 48-year-old Arlington man died Saturday from injuries he suffered Wednesday in a motorcycle crash. Andrew Arnold died at 10:25 am in the intensive care unit of John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, according to the Tarrant County medical ...
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Man dies from injuries suffered in fire
Mohave Valley News
By RODD CAYTON/The Daily News BULLHEAD CITY — A 68-year-old mandied Saturday at a Las Vegas hospital from injuries suffered in a Bullhead City apartment fire, a battalion chief said. At about 1:33 pm Thursday, Bullhead City Fire Department units were ...
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Experienced female paraglider crashes and dies in La Jolla, California
Examiner.com
Harriet M. Hargett, an experienced paraglider from Inman, SC, died after crashing into a cliff south of the Torrey Pines Gliderport above Black's Beach in La Jolla, Calif. on Saturday, May 12, 2012 at about 12:05 pm near 9776 La Jolla Farms Road, ...
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Warsaw woman dies in crash
Coshocton Tribune
COSHOCTON -- A Warsaw woman died in a two-vehicle collision Saturday afternoon on US 36, said the Zanesville Post of the Ohio Highway Patrol. According to the patrol post, at 2:15 pm Saturday on US 36 near milepost 5, a gray 2007 Chevy Trail Blazer ...
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Horst Faas dies: Death of photographer whose pictures ... - Daily Mail
Pulitzer Prize winning combat photographer Horst Faas, who was badly wounded in Vietnam, has died. The German captured wars, revolutions and Olympic ...
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Stabbing Victim Dies, Death Ruled Homicide | Homicide, Ruled ...
Stabbing Victim Dies, Death Ruled Homicide Monday, 07 May 2012 10:59 Haligonia Editors News - Newsblog The victim of a stabbing last month in Halif...
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Horst Faas dies: Death of photographer whose ... - One News Page
Horst Faas dies: Death of photographer whose pictures defined Vietnam War: Pulitzer Prize winning combat photographer Horst Faas, who was badly wounded ...
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Horst Faas dies: Death of photographer whose pictures defined ...
Horst Faas, a prize-winning combat photographer who set new standards for covering war with a camera, has died aged 79. The German, who joined US- based ...
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Horst Faas dies: Death of photographer whose pictures defined - Digg
Pulitzer Prize winning combat photographer Horst Faas, who was badly wounded in Vietnam, has died. The German captured wars, revolutions and Olympic ...
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Isom Holman, one of Wake s oldest and last black farmers, dies at 92
Isom Holman, one of Wake's oldest and last black farmers, dies at 92 ...from the Army 1946: Married Naomi Hart 1986: Wife Naomi dies Died: April 18, 2012 ...
www.easternwakenews.com/.../isom-holman-one-of-wakes-old...
new! One of the BEASTIE BOYS has DIED: Adam Yauch of the ...
One of the BEASTIE BOYS has DIED: Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boysdies at 47 full video Beastie Boys (Musical Group), Adam, Yauch, the, Beastie, Boys, dies ...
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