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Jerry Lewis, comedy icon and telethon host dies, at 91
Culture
August 21, 2017
Jerry Lewis, comedy icon and telethon host dies, at 91
Jerry Lewis, the manic, rubber-faced showman who jumped and hollered to fame in a lucrative partnership with Dean Martin, settled…
Comedian, civil rights activist Dick Gregory dies
Culture
August 20, 2017
Comedian, civil rights activist Dick Gregory dies
Dick Gregory, the comedian and activist and who broke racial barriers in the 1960s and used his humor to spread…
Neuroscientist who studied Einstein’s brain dies at 90
Science
August 18, 2017
Neuroscientist who studied Einstein’s brain dies at 90
Marian Cleeves Diamond, a neuroscientist who studied Albert Einstein’s brain and was one of the first to show that the…
Robert Yancy, only child of singer Natalie Cole, dies at 39
Culture
August 16, 2017
Robert Yancy, only child of singer Natalie Cole, dies at 39
Robert Yancy, the only child of singer Natalie Cole and grandson of crooner Nat King Cole, has died. He was…
State-run KUNA: Kuwaiti actor Abdulredha dies at age 78
Culture
August 12, 2017
State-run KUNA: Kuwaiti actor Abdulredha dies at age 78
Abdulhussain Abdulredha, Kuwait’s most prominent actor and comedian who delighted audiences with a comical portrayal of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein,…
Media: World’s oldest man, a Holocaust survivor, dies at 113
Middle East
August 12, 2017
Media: World’s oldest man, a Holocaust survivor, dies at 113
Israeli media are reporting that the world’s oldest man, who lived through both world wars and survived the Holocaust, has…
Al-Qaeda leader claims German Sept. 11 suspect has died
Middle East
August 8, 2017
Al-Qaeda leader claims German Sept. 11 suspect has died
A German man believed to have provided logistical support to the Hamburg-based Sept. 11 hijackers has died, according to a…
6 killed, 20 injured in Alamein collision
Egypt
July 28, 2017
6 killed, 20 injured in Alamein collision
Six people were killed and 20 others injured in a collision on Friday between a bus and a truck on…