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Undersea documentarian Mike deGruy dies in crash
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Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:29:51 GMT AP - Mike deGruy, an award-winning cinematographer who spent three decades making documentary films about the ocean, was killed in a helicopter crash in eastern Australia. He was 60. |
Hungarian far-right politician and writer dies
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Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:33:55 GMT
AP - Istvan Csurka, a Hungarian anti-Soviet dissident playwright and later far-right nationalist politician who was criticized at home and abroad for his anti-semitic articles, died Saturday at age 77.
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Popular character actor Ben Gazzara dies in NY
(AP)
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:21:33 GMT
AP - Ben Gazzara, whose powerful dramatic performances brought an intensity to a variety of roles and made him a memorable presence in such iconic productions over the decades as the original "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" on Broadway and the film "The Big Lebowski," has died at age 81.
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Director, writer, producer Zalman King dead at 70
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Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:02:38 GMT
AP - Actor and filmmaker Zalman King, who became known for his erotic work after writing and producing his breakthrough film "9 1/2 Weeks," has died. He was 70.
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AP Vietnam correspondent George Esper dies at 79
(AP)
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:43:07 GMT
AP - George Esper, the tenacious Associated Press correspondent who refused to leave his post in the last days of the Vietnam War, remaining behind to cover the fall of Saigon, has died. He was 79.
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Patricia Disney dies in Los Angeles at age 77
(AP)
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:34:35 GMT AP - Patricia Disney, who was once married to Walt Disney's late nephew Roy E. Disney and was vice chairwoman of Roy's investment company, died Friday after a long struggle with Alzheimer's disease. |
Navajo Code Talker dies in Arizona
(AP)
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:25:21 GMT AP - Another Navajo Code Talker has died. |
R&B singer David Peaston dies at age 54
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Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:25:42 GMT AP - Singer David Peaston, who had a string of R&B hits in the late 1980s and early 1990s, has died, his family said Thursday. |
'Soul Train' host Don Cornelius dead of suicide
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Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:35:45 GMT
AP - "Soul Train" host Don Cornelius was the arbiter of cool, a brilliant TV showman who used his purring, baritone voice to seduce mainstream America into embracing black music and artists.
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Artist Mike Kelley found dead in Los Angeles home
(AP)
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:29:26 GMT
AP - Mike Kelley, the daring and influential contemporary installation artist who counted the band Sonic Youth and artist Paul McCarthy among his collaborators, has died, police said Wednesday. He was 57.
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Church leaders mourn death of Cardinal Bevilacqua
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Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:34:02 GMT
AP - Church leaders called on parishioners Wednesday to pray for the soul of retired Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, who led them for more than 15 years but was also an uncharged central figure in a child sex-abuse case that involves the alleged shuffling of predator priests.
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Don Cornelius took 'Soul Train' on pioneering trip
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Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:55:30 GMT
AP - In an era when Beyonce and Jay-Z are music royalty, when Barack Obama is the nation's chief executive, and when black stars in the cast of a TV show are commonplace, it may be hard to grasp the magnitude of what Don Cornelius created once he got his "Soul Train" rolling.
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Poland's 1996 Nobel poet Szymborska dies at 88
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Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:29:35 GMT
AP - Poland's 1996 Nobel Prize-winning poet Wislawa Szymborska, whose simple words and playful verse plucked threads of irony and empathy out of life, has died. She was 88.
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Fans react to the death of Don Cornelius
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Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:00:20 GMT
AP - Celebrities react to the death of "Soul Train" creator Don Cornelius Wednesday:
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Nancy Corzine, mother of ex-NJ governor, dies
(AP)
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:47:40 GMT AP - Nancy Corzine, the mother of former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine, has died. The retired schoolteacher was 95. |
Singer Leslie Carter dies at 25 in upstate NY
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Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:02:11 GMT AP - Singer Leslie Carter, the sister of Aaron Carter and former Backstreet Boy Nick Carter, has died in upstate New York. She was 25. |
2nd black graduate of Univ. of Mississippi dies
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Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:02:46 GMT AP - Cleveland Donald Jr., the second black graduate of the University of Mississippi who started a black studies program at the college, has died. He was 65. |
Sam Vaughan, editor and author, dead at age 83
(AP)
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:01:27 GMT AP - Sam Vaughan, a longtime editor and publisher at Random House and Doubleday who worked with Dwight D. Eisenhower, Duke Ellington and many others has died. He was 83. |
Lee Adler, historic preservationist, dies at 88
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Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:59:01 GMT AP - Lee Adler II was never content with saving Savannah's historic homes and buildings one at a time. In 1959, he found a way to spare entire city blocks and neighborhoods from the wrecking ball that changed the way preservation groups did business — not just in Georgia, but across the nation. |
Pioneer of rap reggae, King Stitt, dies at 72
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Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:07:49 GMT AP - King Stitt, a pioneer in rap reggae, died Tuesday in his Caribbean homeland of Jamaica. He was 72. |

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| Word of the day |
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for February 06, 2012 is:
propinquity \pruh-PING-kwuh-tee\ noun
1 : nearness of blood : kinship 2 : nearness in place or time : proximity
Examples:
Many of the retirement community's residents cite the propinquity of the area's various cultural offerings as a significant reason for their choice of the facility.
"Canada was faced with the overwhelming propinquity of the United States; it was just next door -- for almost nine thousand kilometres." -- From Derek Lundy's 2011 book Borderlands: Riding the Edge of America
Did you know?
"Propinquity" and its cousin "proximity" are related through the Latin root "prope," which means "near." That root gave rise to "proximus" (the parent of "proximity") and "propinquus" (an ancestor of "propinquity"). "Proximus" is the superlative of "prope" and thus means "nearest," whereas "propinquus" simply means "near" or "akin," but in English "propinquity" conveys a stronger sense of closeness than "proximity." (The latter usually suggests a sense of being in the vicinity of something.) The distinctions between the two words are subtle, however, and they are often used interchangeably. "Propinquity" is believed to be the older of the two words, first appearing in English in the 14th century; "proximity" followed a century later.
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