Suspected Nazi war criminal Peter Egner, whose extradition was requested by Serbia for murdering over 17,000 civilians during WW2, has died at the age of 88. Egner, who had been a resident of a retirement and assisted-living community in Bellevue, Washington, near Seattle, died there last week, according to a representative of the facility, Reuters reported.
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K. Albanian woman dies during illegal crossing
January 24th, 2011 |
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The frozen remains of a young woman were found on the Croatian side near the IzaÄić border crossing between that country and Bosnia. The woman was a Kosovo Albania from the town of Peć, said reports.
Doctor dies trying to help crash victim
January 24th, 2011 |
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A doctor who stopped to help a victim of a traffic accident on the Belgrade-Niš highway last night was killed himself. The man was attempting to help people involved in car crash near Belgrade, B92 has learned.
Jan. 21, 2008: Chief Marie Dies; So Does Her Language
January 21st, 2011 |
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2008: Marie Smith Jones, a chief of the Eyak Indian tribe in Alaska, dies. With her dies the Eyak language.
Chief Marie, 89, was the last person to speak this tribal tongue, which she learned from her parents as a little girl. She was also the last full-blooded Eyak. Following her elder sister’s death in the [...]
Bradley Cooper Dad Dies
January 19th, 2011 |
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The new year is off to a rough start for The Hangover actor Bradley Cooper. The screen stud is mourning the loss of his dad. Charles Cooper, a stockbroker for Merrill Lynch, passed away after a lengthy illness on Saturday, PEOPLE has learned. He was 71. Actress Renee Zellweger, who has been dating Bradley for [...]
John Dye — Andrew “Touched By An Angel†— Dies Of Heart Failure
January 14th, 2011 |
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Oh no — Not Andrew!! Actor John Dye has died. The actor, best known for playing Angel of Death Andrew alongside Della Reese and Roma Downey on CBS’ non-defunct Sunday night drama Touched by an Angel, passed away at his home in San Francisco on Monday. He was 47. News of Dye’s death spread across [...]
David Nelson, Last Surviving Star Of “Ozzie & Harriet†Fame, Dies
January 12th, 2011 |
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David Nelson, the last surviving family member from the 1950s sitcom The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, died this week after succumbing to complications of colon cancer. He was 74. The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet — a tale about an All-American nuclear family — began as a radio show called Here Come the Nelsons [...]
Former Czechoslovak dissident, FM dies
January 9th, 2011 |
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Former Czechoslovak dissident, Foreign Minister and UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in former Yugoslavia Jiri Dienstbier died in Prague.
His wife Jirina told Czech new agency ÄŒTK that he died at the hospital after a long illness at the age of 73.
Italian man dies in Belgrade crash
January 7th, 2011 |
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A 40-year-old Italian citizen died this morning in a traffic accident near NebojÅ¡a’s Tower in Belgrade.
Emergency services identified him as Christian Trotner.
Ex-justice minister and MP dies
December 29th, 2010 |
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Christian-Democratic Party of Serbia (DHSS) leader and MP Vladan Batić has died after a long illness, the Serbian parliament has announced.
The DHSS has confirmed that Batić died at the age of 62. He passed away after a long battle with throat cancer.
Teena Marie Dies!
December 27th, 2010 |
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Oh dear…The holiday season is winding down with a major case of The Sads! The R&B World is mourning the loss of blue-eyed soul songstress Teena Marie. The singer was found dead in her Pasadena home on Sunday. She was 54. The soprano songbird burst onto the recording scene after being discovered by fellow music [...]
Captain Beefheart dies aged 69
December 18th, 2010 |
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American rocker and painter Don Van Vliet, who recorded under the moniker Captain Beefheart, has died at the age of 69. According to a representative for the Michael Werner Gallery in New York, the star passed away on 17th Dec 2010, reports Contactmusic. The exact cause of his death was unknown, although he had long [...]
Blake Edwards Dies
December 16th, 2010 |
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Filmmaker Blake Edwards has died. The Hollywood movie director and Oscar-winner –- best known for his work on The Pink Panther and Audrey Hepburn’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s – – passed away in Los Angeles Thursday morning due to complications from pneumonia. He was 88. Blake was born in Oklahoma in 1922. He and his family [...]
Veteran U.S. diplomat Holbrooke dies
December 14th, 2010 |
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U.S special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke died Monday night after undergoing surgery over the weekend to repair a tear in his aorta. Holbrooke’s death comes as President Barack Obama is finalizing a strategy review of U.S. military operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Danish actor who inspired Belgian cartoonist to create ‘Tintin’ dies
December 6th, 2010 |
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Danish actor Palle Huld, who is apparently the inspiration behind Belgian cartoonist’s creation ‘Tintin’, has died at the age of 98. Huld died on November 26 in a retirement home in Copenhagen. The cause of death has not been mentioned. In 1928, he won a competition organised by Danish newspaper that wanted to send a [...]
Leslie Nielsen Dead: “Naked Gun,†“Airplane†Actor Dies Of Pneumonia
November 29th, 2010 |
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Film fans are ending the Thanksgiving Weekend on a somber note. Actor/comedian Leslie Nielsen passed away of complications of pneumonia at a hospital near his home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Sunday. The Canadian-born star had been hospitalized for almost two weeks before his death, according to his nephew, Doug Nielsen, who confirmed news of [...]
Busty ‘Queen of Horror’ Ingrid Pitt dies at 73
November 24th, 2010 |
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Ingrid Pitt, who shot to fame starring in a number of cult horror classics including ‘Countess Dracula’, has died at the age of 73. The Polish-born actress, often dubbed the ‘Queen of Horror’ for her roles in classic Hammer films, passed away at a South London hospital after collapsing a few days ago, reports the [...]
German Nazi suspect dies ahead of trial
November 22nd, 2010 |
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A Nazi suspect indicted on charges of involvement in the murders of 430,000 Jews at Belzec death camp has died aged 89. Samuel Kunz was third on the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s list of most wanted Nazi war crimes suspects and had been due to go on trial early next year.