AP - Bill Melendez, the animator who gave life to Snoopy, Charlie Brown and other "Peanuts" characters in scores of movies and TV specials, has died. He was 91.
Correction: Pappas obituary
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Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:22:21 GMT AP - In a Sept. 2 obituary of former CBS television newsman Ike Pappas, The Associated Press misspelled the first name of Pappas' daughter. She is Sara Thomason, not Sarah.
Theater maverick Ken Campbell dead at 66
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Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:36:38 GMT AP - Ken Campbell, a maverick British actor, writer and director whose career ranged from sitcom roles to a 22-hour stage extravaganza, has died, his agent said Wednesday. He was 66.
AP - The omnipresent baritone and gravely bass undertones of Don LaFontaine's distinctive voice had the unique ability to seamlessly embellish big-screen kisses, slice through over-the-top explosions, perfectly pair with robust musical scores, glide alongside car chases and effortlessly co-star with any A-list talent in Hollywood.
AP - Jerry Reed, a singer who became a good ol' boy actor in car chase movies like "Smokey and the Bandit," has died of complications from emphysema at 71.
AP - Ike Pappas, a longtime CBS newsman who was a few feet from presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald when he was fatally shot and reported the chaotic scene live on the air, has died at 75.
AP - In an Aug. 28 story about the death of Israeli peace activist Abie Nathan, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Nathan had a meeting with Pope John Paul VI. Nathan met with Pope Paul VI.
Australian film, TV actor Michael Pate dies at 88
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Tue, 02 Sep 2008 03:16:09 GMT AP - Australian actor Michael Pate, who appeared in more than 50 films and was a regular guest star on American TV shows in the 1950s and 60s, has died of respiratory failure at age 88, health officials said Tuesday.
AP - Edwin O. Guthman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who was on the infamous "enemies list" prepared by aides of President Richard Nixon and who served as press secretary to Robert F. Kennedy, has died at 89.
'Caesar's Hour' writer Sheldon Keller dies at 85
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Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:25:38 GMT AP - Sheldon Keller, a writer who collaborated with Neil Simon, Woody Allen, Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner on the 1950s sketch comedy show "Caesar's Hour" and wrote variety shows for Frank Sinatra, Sophia Loren and other stars, died Monday. He was 85.
Mexican politician Rincon Gallardo dies at 69
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Sun, 31 Aug 2008 00:10:51 GMT AP - Gilberto Rincon Gallardo, a former socialist presidential candidate who gained respect in Mexico for defending the rights of the disabled, gays and other marginalized groups, died on Saturday. He was 69.
AP - Barbara Warren, one of the world's elite endurance athletes in her age group and one-half of a well-known pair of triathlete twins, has died after breaking her neck in a bike crash at the Santa Barbara Triathlon. She was 65.
AP - Pioneering lesbian rights activist Del Martin, who married her longtime partner in June on the first day that California's same-sex couples gained that right, died Wednesday. She was 87.
AP - Abie Nathan, the peace activist who made a dramatic solo flight to Egypt in a rattletrap single-engine plane and later founded the groundbreaking "Voice of Peace" radio station, died Wednesday. He was 81.
`100 Things' co-author Dave Freeman dies in LA
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Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:15:29 GMT AP - Dave Freeman, co-author of "100 Things to Do Before You Die," a travel guide and ode to odd adventures that inspired readers and imitators, died after hitting his head in a fall at his home. He was 47.
AP - Fred Crane, the one-time actor whose Southern accent won him a slot as one of Scarlett O'Hara's beaux and the opening line in "Gone With the Wind," has died.
Tuskegee Airman dies in Virginia
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Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:25:18 GMT AP - Lieutenant Colonel Howard Lee Baugh, one of the original Tuskegee Airmen, has died.