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Notices of dead folks.
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(Variety) DGA's Kurumada dies, Frank Capra honoree was 64
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Posted: Sun., Nov. 22, 2009, 5:53pm PT DGA's Kurumada dies Frank Capra honoree was 64 By DAVE MCNARY Kim Kurumada, a Directors Guild of America board member who received its Frank Capra Achievement Award this year, died Thursday of esophageal cancer in Northridge. He was 64. Kurumada joined the DGA in 1974 as a second assistant director and... more »
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(LA Times) Memorial celebration to be held for late comedy writer Larry Gelbart
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latimes.com/news/obituaries/la -me-larry-gelbart21-2009nov21, 0,5106201.story latimes.com Memorial celebration to be held for late comedy writer Larry Gelbart The award-winning writer died Sept. 11. November 21, 2009 A celebration of the life of award-winning comedy writer Larry Gelbart, who died Sept. 11 at age 81, will be held at 7 p.m. Dec. 10 at the... more »
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(LA Times) Konstantin Feoktistov dies at 83
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latimes.com/news/obituaries/la -me-passings23-2009nov23,0,154 6593.story latimes.com PASSINGS: Konstantin Feoktistov Konstantin Feoktistov dies at 83; spacecraft designer and cosmonaut was a member of the first three-man crew to fly in space November 23, 2009 Konstantin Feoktistov Spacecraft designer and cosmonaut... more »
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(LA Times) Elisabeth Soderstrom dies at 82; versatile Swedish soprano
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latimes.com/news/obituaries/la -me-elisabeth-soderstrom23-200 9nov23,0,4403795.story latimes.com OBITUARY Elisabeth Soderstrom dies at 82; versatile Swedish soprano She had a refined, delicately shaded voice, and was known for her nuanced operatic performances in a distinguished career that spanned more than five decades.... more »
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Dell Hymes, Linguist With a Wide Net, Dies at 82
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November 23, 2009 Dell Hymes, Linguist With a Wide Net, Dies at 82 By MARGALIT FOX Dell H. Hymes, a prominent anthropologist, linguist and folklorist whose work mined the rich, often overlooked territory where language and culture intersect, died on Nov. 13 in Charlottesville, Va. He was 82 and lived in Charlottesville.... more »
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Konstantin Feoktistov, a Soviet Spacecraft Engineer, Dies at 83
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November 23, 2009 Konstantin Feoktistov, a Soviet Spacecraft Engineer, Dies at 83 By CLIFFORD J. LEVY MOSCOW - Konstantin P. Feoktistov, a Soviet engineer who was one of the first civilian astronauts and a prominent spacecraft designer, died on Saturday in Moscow, the Russian space agency said. He was 83.... more »
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Rusty Kanokogi, Fiery Advocate for Women's Judo, Dies at 74
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November 23, 2009 Rusty Kanokogi, Fiery Advocate for Women's Judo, Dies at 74 By JOSHUA ROBINSON Rusty Kanokogi, considered the mother of women's judo after fighting for more than two decades to make it an Olympic sport, died Saturday at Lutheran Medical Center in Brooklyn. She was 74. The cause was complications from multiple myeloma, a cancer of the... more »
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OT: Do it Yourself Haircuts
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I'm in my 50's and married and I ain't gonna pay someone to give me a haircut. I was giving myself a $500.00 haircut today and the 1/2 inch comb fell off the clippers. Unfortunatly... I didn't know that until I looked in the mirror. I'm bald now. After all these years, fully clothed, I can still make my TROPHY WIFE laugh... more »
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Jeanne-Claude; Guardian obit (Christo)
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Jeanne-Claude obituary She was one half of the environmental artist known to the world as Christo Christopher Turner [link] The flame-haired artist Jeanne-Claude - or Mrs Christo, as she sometimes called herself - worked with her husband to... more »
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