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Representative John Murtha

Representative John Murtha is dead. The Pennsylvania Democrat, 77, died in an Arlington, Virgina hospital after complications following gall bladder surgery. More »

02/08/10

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David Brown, Producer

David Brown, film producer, magazine editor, short story author, and husband of Helen Gurley Brown, died in New York yesterday. He was 93. More »

02/02/10

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Howard Zinn, Radical Historian

Howard Zinn, historian and author of A People's History of the United States, has died of a heart attack. He was 87.

01/27/10

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Rozelle’s Bagman 01/20/10

edgar allen poe obessionist fails to show -- probably dead.

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Rozelle’s Bagman 01/19/10

Speghetti O's guy - DEAD.

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Azaria Jagger Is Dead. I Am Taking Her Place.

01/18/10

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Born Rich: The Life and Death of Heiress Casey Johnson

Born into the Johnson & Johnson clan's billions, Casey Johnson was among the first celebutantes to decamp to Hollywood in search of 21C fame. She died alone in a crumbling Mulholland Drive manse, her body undiscovered for days. More »

01/05/10

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When Tabloids Overshadow the Career: How Do We Memorialize Brittany Murphy?

Her story was a Hollywood dream: the prodigiously talented teenager who worked her way from regional theater to big-screen blockbusters alongside Oscar nominees. But then her star power fizzled, her personal life disintegrated, and she met a grisly end. More »

12/21/09

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The Quiet Death of the Public Option

We were rather bullish on it before, but a government-run insurance option is now dead in the water. More »

12/04/09

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Nat Finkelstein, 1933-2009

Well, there was an interesting life. Nat Finkelstein, Factory photographer, is dead, at 76.

10/14/09

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Susan Atkins, Manson Girl

Susan Atkins died in prison last night at 61. Atkins was sentenced to death in in 1971 for her role in the Tate/LeBianca murders. She was denied parole for the last time on September 2. More »

09/25/09

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Irving Kristol, 1920-2009

Irving Kristol, the godfather of Neoconservatism, is dead at 89. We have him to thank for Reaganomics, the Bush Doctrine, and Bill Kristol. More »

09/18/09

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Mike Bongiorno, the Gene Rayburn of Italy, Dies at Age 85

Sadly it often takes death to show us what giants walk among us. Few Americans knew about the genius of Mike Bongiorno, called Italy's "Quiz King." More »

09/10/09

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Dominick Dunne, Author

Dominick Dunne, chronicler of crime, celebrity, and the intersection of the two, has died at 83. Dunne had been suffering from bladder cancer. More »

08/26/09

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Ted Kennedy: An Assessment

Edward Kennedy, the last surviving son of Joseph and Rose Kennedy, was the third-longest serving US Senator of all time. He was a drunken degenerate. And he might've been the best argument for the US Senate ever elected. More »

08/26/09

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Robert Novak, Columnist

Conservative political journalist and long-time syndicated columnist Robert Novak died early this morning after battling brain cancer for more than a year. More »

08/18/09

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John Hughes, Filmmaker

John Hughes, director of generation-defining class conscious teen comedies, is dead of a heart attack, at age 59. More »

08/06/09

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Budd Schulberg, Writer

Screenwriter and novelist Budd Schulberg died Wednesday. He was among the first generation to be born Hollywood royalty, and he wrote what is probably the only classic movie business novel to have never been adapted for the screen. More »

08/06/09

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Sandford Dody, Ghostwriter

Sandford Dody, author of multiple best-sellers, died July 4 at 90 years old. If his name is unfamiliar, it may be because it did not appear on the covers of his books. More »

07/29/09

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