"Hollywood star Arnold Schwarzenegger's mentor Joe Weider has passed away due to heart failure. He was 93.
Weider was the man who launched Schwarzenegger's Hollywood career. The body building guru was the creator of the Mr Olympia bodybuilding contest and also built a magazine empire that included publications like Muscle and Fitness, Shape and Men's Fitness, reported TMZ.
The 65-year-old 'Terminator' star paid tribute to the man he called "the godfather of fitness," on his website and said that he encouraged him throughout his career. "
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Mar 24, 2013
TV NZ - Two tourists die in Florida skydive - World News, Mar 24, 2013
"Two skydivers from Iceland, one an instructor and the other a student, have died after a skydiving jump, Florida media reports. The two men were part of a group of 22 skydivers who jumped from a plane in Zephyrhills, about 30 miles northeast of Tampa, according to the Tampa Tribune newspaper. When only 20 of those who jumped returned, authorities launched a search and found the bodies of the two men a few hours later, Florida media said."
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ND TV - Severe US storm brings baseball-sized hail, Mar 24, 2013
"Chicago: A major early spring storm brought heavy snow, severe thunderstorms and floods as it moved east across the United States on Saturday, closing highways, forcing flight cancellations and causing a pileup involving dozens of vehicles. The weather system forced the cancellations of more than 100 flights in and out of Denver International Airport on Saturday and blowing and drifting snow closed several roads in Colorado, including Interstate 70 in both directions east of Denver to the Kansas state line."
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FOX NEWS - UK police probe death of exiled Russian oligarch Berezovsky, Mar 24, 2013
"LONDON – British police said Saturday they have launched an investigation into the "unexplained death" of Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky, who was found dead at his home in southeast England on Saturday. "His death is currently being treated as unexplained and a full inquiry is under way. The area around the property has been cordoned off in order to allow the investigation to take place," police said in a statement obtained by Reuters. The statement did not directly identify the 67-year-old businessman, but Thames Valley police said they were investigating the death of a man of the same age at a property in Ascot, a town 25 miles west of London."
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NY Daily News - David Ranta stablized after heart attack less than two days following release for wrongful imprisonment on 1990 killing of Brooklyn rabbi, Mar 24, 2013
"Less than 48 hours after his first taste of freedom in two decades, David Ranta suffered a serious heart attack and had to be rushed to the hospital, his lawyer said Saturday. Ranta, 58, was freed Thursday after serving 23 years for a murder he did not commit — and Friday night was admitted to a New York hospital in the grip of a crushing heart attack, lawyer Pierre Sussman told the Daily News."
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Getty Images: Nickelodeon's 26th Annual Kids' Choice Awards, Mar 24, 2013
"LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 23: Singers (L-R) Carlos Pena Jr., James Maslow, Logan Henderson and Kendall Schmidt of Big Time Rush speak onstage during Nickelodeon's 26th Annual Kids' Choice Awards at USC Galen Center on March 23, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images for KCA) "
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