Pakistan says a captured Taliban commander known for beheading opponents has died from wounds sustained during his arrest last week. The army media centre says Sher Muhammad Qasab died in custody on Sunday. Qasab’s three sons were also killed in the gunbattle with security forces in the Swat
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Mary Travers RIP Peter, Paul & Mary Vocalist Dies
September 18th, 2009 |
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REMEMBERING MARY TRAVERS
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American music has lost one of its strongest, truest voices with the passing of Mary Travers on Thursday September, 17. As part of Peter, Paul And Mary, she was at the forefront of the ’60s folk renaissance, inspiring millions of people to greater activism on behalf of racial equality, peace, and opportunity for the oppressed.
Surely one of the most successful folk trios of all time, Peter, Paul And Mary has been a loved member of the Warner Music Group family for nearly 50 years. Their 1962 debut album brought folk music of consciousness to the top of the charts and was monumental in launching the fledgling Warner Bros. Records label. Their unprecedented string of gold and platinum albums, hit singles, and Grammy Awards was truly astonishing.
Mary was always a champion for human rights. Along with Peter and Noel Paul, she performed at the March on Washington in 1963 where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his legendary “I Have a Dream” speech. They also performed in support of Cesar Chavez and the UFW at Carnegie Hall in the late 1960s and for strawberry pickers in California in the 1990s. They performed at national marches for women’s choice in Washington and demonstrated in support of the Anti-Apartheid Movement, committing an act of civil disobedience that led to the trio’s arrest in front of the South African Embassy.
Although society’s challenges have changed since the legendary day on which “If I Had A Hammer” rang out at our nation’s Capitol, the need to engage in the process of improving our world remains just as great, and Mary’s music and life will continue to inspire generations to come to improve the world in which we live.
Mary is survived by her husband Ethan and her daughters Alicia and Erika.
Statement from Joe Smith, Former President of Warner Bros. Records:
“When we signed Peter, Paul And Mary in the early ’60s, we knew they had great taste in material and a distinctive sound, but the clincher was the visual impact of this gorgeous blond woman and with these two bearded guys. The woman of course was Mary Travers and her talent was huge. The three argued a lot but, when the music started, they were very much together and Mary was the difference maker. Super bright, super talented, and a pleasure to know and work with.”
U.S. film star Patrick Swayze dies
September 15th, 2009 |
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Dirty Dancing film star Patrick Swayze has died aged 57, his publicist says. Annett Wolf said that the U.S. actor, who had been battling pancreatic cancer for nearly two years, died with family at his side on Monday.
Man dies in Belgrade shooting
September 5th, 2009 |
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A 23-year-old man is dead today after a shootout in the Belgrade district of Karaburma. His suspected killer is on the run, reports said.
EMC Co-Founder Richard Egan Dies
August 30th, 2009 |
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Richard Egan, co-founder of data storage and data management technology company EMC, died Friday. The Boston Herald newspaper reported on its Website that Egan was battling terminal cancer and died of a shotgun wound to the head.
– NEW YORK (Reuters) – The billionaire co-founder of top data storage
equipment firm EMC Corp., Richard Egan, died on Friday, a spokesman for
the company said in an emailed statement.
Egan, the quot;E, quot; behind the EMC name, co-founded the Hopkinton,
Mass.-based company 30 years ago with Roge…
US Senator Edward Kennedy dies aged 77
August 26th, 2009 |
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US Senator Edward Kennedy, a towering figure in the Democratic Party who took the helm of one of America’s most fabled political families after two older brothers were assassinated, has died at age 77, his family said on Wednesday. “Edward M. Kennedy, the husband, father, grandfather,
Breakfast Club creator dies at 59
August 7th, 2009 |
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The US film director John Hughes, who created some of the most famous comedies of the 1980s and 1990s, has died at the age of 59.
The director died after a heart attack in New York, his spokeswoman said.
Mr Hughes was the director of such successful films as Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, The Breakfast Club and Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
He was also a leading script writer, penning films such as Pretty in Pink and Home Alone.
The spokeswoman, Michelle Bega, told Associated Press that Mr Hughes had been in Manhattan on a family visit and died after suffering the heart attack during a morning walk.
Mr Hughes lived in Illinois, with many of his films set in and around Chicago.
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Former Philippine president Corazon Aquino dies
August 1st, 2009 |
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The Philippines mourn the death of its first woman president, Corazon Aquino, who died early Saturday in Manila at the age of 76. Her son announced the death. His mother had been battling colon cancer for over a year. She is known as the woman who defeated a dictator.
Pioneering gay writer Harris dies
July 26th, 2009 |
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Bestselling US writer E Lynn Harris, a pioneer of black gay fiction, has died at the age of 54.
A former computer executive, Harris turned to writing and published his own first book before signing a deal.
Many of his novels, 10 of which made it on to the New York Times best-sellers list, dealt with the experiences of the gay African American man.
No cause of death has yet been given, but he fell ill on a business trip in Atlanta and could not be revived.
Harris wrote his first book in 1991, drawing on his own struggles with his sexuality.
‘Revealing accuracy’
His other works included A Love of My Own, Abide With Me and his memoir What Becomes of the Brokenhearted.
Gay advocate Herndon Davis called Harris a "pioneering voice" within the black lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities.
"Harris painted with eloquent prose and revealing accuracy the lives of African American men and the many complicated struggles they faced reconciling their sexuality and spirituality while rising above societal taboos within the black community," added Mr Davis.
His latest novel, Basketball Jones, was published in January, while another book was due for release in October. </p
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John “Marmaduke” Dawson: NRPS Founder Dies
July 22nd, 2009 |
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JOHN “MARMADUKE” DAWSON (1945-2009)
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John “Marmaduke” Dawson passed away peacefully on July 21, 2009 at the age of 64 in Mexico, where he had retired several years ago. Born John Collins Dawson, IV on June 16, 1945, he was best known as the leader and co-founder of the country rock band the New Riders of the Purple Sage. Dawson inspired legions of fans with his energy, passion and love of music.
Kimo Leopoldo Dead: UFC Legend Dies At 41
July 21st, 2009 |
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TMZ has confirmed former UFC superstar Kimo Leopoldo is dead. He was 41.
Several MMA websites are reporting Leopoldo died from a heart attack … we’re still trying to confirm that fact.
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Best-selling author McCourt dies
July 19th, 2009 |
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Frank McCourt, author of best-seller Angela’s Ashes, has died of cancer in a New York hospice.
The 78-year-old Irish-American writer was suffering from meningitis and had recently been treated for melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer.
Angela’s Ashes, a memoir of McCourt’s childhood in Ireland, sold millions of copies and won the Pulitzer Prize.
Before the book’s 1996 publication, McCourt was a New York high school teacher for 30 years.
Quoted by the New York Times newspaper, Susan Moldow of McCourt’s publisher Scribner said the cause of his death, on Sunday afternoon, was metastatic melanoma.
‘Epic of woe’
Born in New York, McCourt travelled to Ireland during the Great Depression with his parents at an early age.
Angela’s Ashes provides a graphic description of his childhood in abject poverty in the slums of the Irish city of Limerick.
HAVE YOUR SAY"Frank McCourt had a wonderful way of bringing his past to life"
Chris, UK
Send us your commentsDescribed by its author as an "epic of woe", the book was made into a Hollywood film in 1999 starring Emily Watson and Robert Carlyle.
The BBC’s Matt McGrath, an admirer of Frank McCourt’s work, says it shone a light on a dark period of Ireland’s social history.
His other works include ‘Tis and Teacher Man, which both draw on his later life in New York. </p
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U.S. TV anchor Walter Cronkite dies
July 18th, 2009 |
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Walter Cronkite, the broadcast journalist once called “the most trusted man in America”, has died late Friday at the age of 92 after a long illness. The longtime television news anchor kept Americans informed about the great news events of the second half of the 20th century.
Irene Rubaum-Keller: When Your Sibling Dies
July 15th, 2009 |
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I lost my Mom when I was seven so I have known since then, just how disorderly life can be. She was there one day and gone the next.
Transgender Woman Dies In Voodoo Ritual
July 15th, 2009 |
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LUCILLE HAMILTON paid $621 to have her “spiritual grime” removed by a voodoo high priest in an ordinary townhouse on a winding street in Camden County, a friend said.
Hamilton, 21, a male living as a woman, flew in on Friday from her home in …
Man Dies After Driving Into Grand Canyon
July 13th, 2009 |
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GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. — Authorities are investigating the death of a man who drove over the edge of the Grand Canyon.
Grand Canyon National Park spokeswoman Shannan Marcak says rescue personnel found the vehicle and the body…