DEATHS ELSEWHERE

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Deaths elsewhere for Aug. 30, 2010

NEW YORK (AP) — For most of his four decades as a reporter, Jules Edward Loh traveled the United States, reaching every state and using his honeyed Georgia accent to charm his way into the hearts, minds and lives of Americans, famous and obscure.

August 30, 2010

Deaths elsewhere for Aug. 14, 2010

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — David L. Wolper, whose landmark 1977 miniseries “Roots” engrossed the nation with its saga of an American family descended from an African slave, has died. He was 82.

August 14, 2010

Deaths elsewhere for Aug. 9, 2010

New Orleans businessman Dave Dixon, who fought to bring an NFL team to the city in the 1960s and was a driving force behind construction of the Louisiana Superdome in the 1970s, has died. He was 87.

August 09, 2010

Deaths elsewhere for Aug. 7, 2010

A violent leftist jailed 25 years for her role in some of the most notorious radical acts of the early 1980s has died in Brooklyn. Marilyn Buck was 62 and had been paroled from a federal prison July 15. She died Tuesday.

August 07, 2010

Deaths elsewhere for Aug. 2, 2010

ROME (AP) — Screenwriter Suso Cecchi D’Amico, who emerged from the male-dominated post-war Italian cinema to become a celebrated artist and contribute to such milestones as “Bicycle Thieves” and “The Leopard,” died Saturday at age 96.

August 02, 2010

Deaths elsewhere for July 24, 2010

WASHINGTON (AP) — Daniel Schorr, whose journalism career over more than six decades landed him in the dark corners of Europe during the Cold War and the shadows of President Richard Nixon’s notorious “enemies list” in the 1970s, has died. He was 93.

July 24, 2010

Deaths elsewhere for July 7, 2010

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — A former assistant to legendary Notre Dame football coach Ara Parseghian has died. Tom Pagna was 77.

July 07, 2010

Deaths elsewhere for July 5, 2010

BEIRUT (AP) — The leading Shiite cleric in Lebanon and one of the sect’s most revered religious authorities, Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, died Sunday after a long illness. He was 75.

July 05, 2010

Deaths elsewhere for June 17, 2010

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Former major leaguer Oscar Azocar, a free-swinging outfielder when he debuted for the New York Yankees in 1990, died Monday. He was 45.

June 17, 2010

Attorney says Gary Coleman, wife divorced in 2008 PressPass

Former child TV actor Gary Coleman and his wife were divorced in 2008, an attorney for the late “Diff'rent Strokes” star said Wednesday, the same day a tape of a 911 call was released that detailed her call for help.

June 03, 2010

Deaths elsewhere for June 2, 2010

A son of former ABC News anchor Ted Koppel was found dead in an apartment after a day of bar hopping with a man he’d just met, a law enforcement official said Tuesday.

June 02, 2010

Dennis Hopper, Hollywood icon and antihero, dies PressPass

Dennis Hopper, the high-flying Hollywood wild man whose memorable and erratic career included an early turn in “Rebel Without a Cause,” an improbable smash with “Easy Rider” and a classic character role in “Blue Velvet,” has died. He was 74.

May 30, 2010

‘Diff’rent Strokes’ star Gary Coleman dies PressPass

Gary Coleman, the child star of the smash 1970s TV sitcom “Diff’rent Strokes” whose later career was marred by medical and legal problems, died Friday after suffering a brain hemorrhage. He was 42.

May 28, 2010

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