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SoHo Pioneer Tony Goldman Dies at 68

Written By Unknown on Monday, 17 September 2012 | 00:42

Tony Goldman, an eye for an investor to identify areas of rejuvenation spoiled first brought to life in Manhattan SoHo in 1970 and South Beach in...

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Author & Feminist Eva Figes Dies at 80

Eva Figes, a refugee from Nazi Germany who became an acclaimed writer and critic best known memoirs by treaty influential feminist "patriarchal attitudes,"...

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Psychiatrist Dr. Thomas Szasz dies at 92

Dr. Thomas Szasz, a psychiatrist at New York Don Quixote-like attacks on the psychiatric profession in 1960 and 1970, led him to a position of prominence...

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Snowboard pioneer Tom Sims dies at 61

Written By Unknown on Sunday, 16 September 2012 | 11:22

Tom Sims, a new skate and snowboard pioneer and former world champion who helped snowboarding to the masses that push the ski resorts to embrace the...

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Professor Gabriel Vahanian Dies at 85

Written By Unknown on Saturday, 8 September 2012 | 22:40

Gabriel Vahanian, theologian, social criticism, 1961, "The Death of God: The culture of our post-Christian," gave a name to a movement apparently...

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UCLA historian Alexander Saxton Dies at 93

When Alexander Saxton left Harvard in 1939, his academic advisor invites you to consult a psychiatrist. His parents were shocked. But Saxton desire...

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Jovial British Entertainer Max Bygraves Dies at 89

Max Bygraves, the setciències humor, charm and myriad interpretations Cockney easy listening hits made him a British show business institution, died...

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Jake Eberts dies at 71

Jake Ebert, the Canadian producer and founder of The Independent Films UK Reiet simple, revived the British film industry in 1980 with a series of...

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Former NFL owner Art Modell Dies at 87

Written By Unknown on Thursday, 6 September 2012 | 21:42

In Cleveland. Monday night. For employment contracts of the past. Along with his colleagues named Rozelle, Halas, Brown and Rooney - all pillars...

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Queen of Cocaine killed in Colombia at 69

A woman who was known as Colombia "queen of cocaine," was killed in the northwestern city of Medellin, police reported Tuesday. Griselda Blanco,...

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Michael Clarke Duncan Dies at 54

Michael Clarke Duncan, made high and great actor with a shaved head and a deep voice who received an Oscar nomination for her role in the movement...

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Hip hop manager Chris Lighty Dies at 44

Written By Unknown on Friday, 31 August 2012 | 07:40

Hip Hop Chris Lighty died Thursday after a heated argument with his ex-wife in the Bronx, police sources told the Daily News. Lighty - a veteran...

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Steve Franken dies at 80

Steve Franken, a veteran character actor's long career includes playing the pampered young millionaire Chatsworth Osborne Jr. on the popular sitcom...

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Feminist Writer Shulamith Firestone Dies at 67

Shulamith Firestone, a widely quoted feminist writer, who published his first book stop, "The Dialectic of Sex," at 25, only to retire from public...

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Architect John Kelsey Dies at 86

Written By Unknown on Wednesday, 29 August 2012 | 21:40

During the design of what is now the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena in late 1960, the architects Thornton Ladd and John Kelsey express a conviction....

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Written By Unknown on Friday, 10 August 2012 | 02:02

Raymond B. Harding, former leader of the Liberal Party of New York, which has advanced the careers of mayors and governors, but fell into disfavor...

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