Ravi Shankar – 7 April 1920 – 11 December 2012 Sad news this morning: Sitar player extraordinar, Ravi Shankar, who popularized Indian music around the world, dies in the United States at the age of 92. NEW DELHI (AP) — Ravi Shankar, the sitar virtuoso who became a hippie musical icon of the 1960s...
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R.I.P. 2012
RIP, Ravi Shankar: 7 April 1920 – 11 December 2012
RIP Dave Brubeck: Jazz pianist Dave Brubeck dead at age 91
Jazz piano legend Dave Brubeck died on Wednesday at the age of 91. Dave Brubeck: December 6, 1920 – December 5, 2012 Dave Brubeck: A jazz icon who reached a massive audience Dave Brubeck changed the sound of jazz in profound ways, unexpectedly becoming something of a pop star in the process. Starting in the...
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RIP, Vladka Meed
Vladka Meed, courier for the Jewish resistance during WWII, dies at 90. Vladka Meed, Who Infiltrated Warsaw Ghetto, Dies at 90 The Meeds helped start the Warsaw Ghetto Resistance Organization in 1962 and then the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors, which, beginning in 1981, rallied thousands to reunions in Jerusalem and in several...
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RIP Larry Hagman
RIP Larry Hagman September 21, 1931 – November 23, 2012 Actor Larry Hagman, who played the villain JR Ewing in the long running television soap Dallas, has died at the age of 81. Hagman died Friday in Texas from complications of cancer. Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin for wordpress.
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Paul Kurtz, Prominent American Skeptic and Secular Humanist, Dead At The Age of 86
Paul Kurtz, Prominent American Skeptic and Secular Humanist, Dead At The Age of 86 Paul Kurtz has died. Kurtz did more to spread Humanism and skepticism than anyone else in modern history. Kurtz was editor of The Humanist magazine from 1967 to 1978 and co-wrote the Humanist Manifesto II, as well as wrote the...
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Former Senator Arlen Specter Dies At Age 82
Former Sen. Arlen Specter, the longest-serving Pennsylvania senator, died of cancer Sunday at his home in Philadelphia at the age of 82. Specter died from complications of non-Hodgkins lymphoma, his son Shanin confirmed to the Associated Press. LONGTIME GOP SENATE MODERATE ARLEN SPECTER DIES HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — For most of his 30 years...
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RIP, Michael Clarke Duncan
RIP, Michael Clarke Duncan Just watched The Green Mile in memory of Michael Clarke Duncan… What an outstanding movie. RIP, Michael. Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin for wordpress.
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RIP, Malcolm Browne
Burning-monk photographer Malcolm Browne dies at 81 Malcolm Browne has died at a hospital in New Hampshire not far from his home. Malcolm Browne photographed Quang Duc, a Buddhist monk, burning himself to death on a Saigon street June 11, 1963 to protest alleged persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnamese government. NEW YORK...
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Astronaut Neil Armstrong Dies at 82
Astronaut Neil Armstrong Dies at 82 Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy First Moon Walk Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin for wordpress.
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RIP, Gore Vidal (1925-2012)
RIP, Gore Vidal (1925-2012) Writer Gore Vidal, 86, has died: Gore Vidal, the iconoclastic writer, savvy analyst and imperious gadfly on the national conscience, has died. He was 86. Vidal died Tuesday at his home in the Hollywood Hills of complications of pneumonia, said nephew Burr Steers. Vidal was a literary juggernaut who wrote...
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