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&#39;I Touch Myself&#39; Singer Dead at 53 of Cancer, MS
 'I Touch Myself' 
 Singer Dead at 53 
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Apr 22, 2013 10:58 AM CDT

'I Touch Myself' Singer Dead at 53

Chrissy Amphlett was lead singer of Divinyls

(Newser) - Chrissy Amphlett, the raunchy lead singer of the Australian rock band Divinyls whose hit "I Touch Myself" brought her international fame in the early 1990s, died at her home in New York City yesterday. She was 53 years old. "Christine Joy Amphlett succumbed to the effects of breast...

USA Today Founder Al Neuharth Dead at 89

His focus on short stories, graphics changed newspaper industry

(Newser) - USA Today founder Al Neuharth has died in Cocoa Beach, Florida, at age 89. The news was announced today by USA Today and by the Newseum, which he also founded. Neuharth changed American newspapers by putting easy-to-read articles and bright graphics in his national daily publication, which he began in...

Sportscaster Pat Summerall Dead at 82

 Sportscaster 
 Pat Summerall 
 Dead at 82 
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Apr 16, 2013 4:35 PM CDT

Sportscaster Pat Summerall Dead at 82

He called football and much more for CBS and Fox

(Newser) - Longtime sportscaster Pat Summerall is dead at age 82, reports DallasNews.com . Summerall had been in the hospital recovering from a broken hip. Most might recall him as John Madden's partner on football games, but Summerall also called NBA games, golf tournaments, tennis matches, and more for CBS and...

Comic Jonathan Winters Dead
 Comic Jonathan Winters Dead 
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Apr 12, 2013 12:21 PM CDT

Comic Jonathan Winters Dead

Improv legend who inspired Robin Williams was 87

(Newser) - Jonathan Winters, the cherub-faced comedian whose breakneck improvisations and misfit characters inspired the likes of Robin Williams and Jim Carrey, has died at age 87. Winters was a pioneer of improvisational standup comedy, with an exceptional gift for mimicry, a grab bag of eccentric personalities, and a bottomless reservoir of...

Annette Funicello Dead at 70
 Annette 
 Funicello 
 Dead at 70 
OBITUARY
Apr 8, 2013 12:41 PM CDT

Annette Funicello Dead at 70

Famous Mouseketeer and actress had long suffered from MS

(Newser) - Annette Funicello, who shot to fame at age 12 as a Disney Mouseketeer, has died from complications of multiple sclerosis at age 70, her family confirms to Extra . Funicello parlayed her Disney fame into a successful singing and acting career perhaps most noted for her Beach Party movies with Frankie...

Margaret Thatcher Dead at 87
 Margaret Thatcher Dead at 87 
Apr 8, 2013 7:58 AM CDT

Margaret Thatcher Dead at 87

Former prime minister dies 'peacefully' after stroke

(Newser) - Margaret Thatcher suffered a stroke and died this morning at the age of 87, the BBC reports. "It is with great sadness that Mark and Carol Thatcher announce that their mother, Baroness Thatcher, died peacefully," spokesman Lord Bell said in a statement today. Thatcher was Britain's first...

Fashion Designer Lilly Pulitzer Dies at 81

Her signature colorful frocks were born at a juice stand

(Newser) - Lilly Pulitzer, a Palm Beach socialite turned designer whose tropical print dresses became a sensation in the 1960s and later a fashion classic, died today. She was 81. Pulitzer, who married into the famous newspaper family, got her start in fashion by spilling orange juice on her clothes. A rich...

Muppets Co-Creator Jane Henson Dead at 78
 Muppets Co-Creator 
 Jane Henson Dead at 78 
OBITUARY
Apr 3, 2013 12:03 AM CDT

Muppets Co-Creator Jane Henson Dead at 78

'Muppets matriarch' helped husband Jim design characters

(Newser) - Jane Henson, the "Muppets matriarch" who helped husband Jim create the beloved puppets, has died at the age of 78 after a long battle with cancer. She first met Jim Henson in a University of Maryland puppetry class in 1954 and the pair created and performed the characters for...

Harry Potter's Uncle Vernon Dead at 65

Richard Griffiths won Tony for 'The History Boys '

(Newser) - Richard Griffiths, the versatile British actor who played the boy wizard's unsympathetic Uncle Vernon in the Harry Potter movies, died yesterday of complications following heart surgery in central England, his agent says. He was 65. Griffiths appeared in dozens of movies and TV shows, but will be most widely...

Literary Giant Chinua Achebe Dead at 82

'Things Fall Apart' author gave literary birth to modern Africa

(Newser) - Chinua Achebe, the internationally celebrated Nigerian author, statesman, and dissident who gave literary birth to modern Africa with Things Fall Apart and continued for decades to rewrite and reclaim the history of his native country, has died following a brief illness. He was 82. His eminence worldwide was rivaled only...

Porn Legend Harry Reems Dead at 65
 Deep Throat's 
 Harry Reems 
 Dead at 65 
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Mar 20, 2013 6:36 PM CDT

Deep Throat's Harry Reems Dead at 65

Porn legend is only actor convicted by feds on obscenity charge

(Newser) - A Utah realtor born with the unassuming name of Herbert Streicher died this week of pancreatic cancer at age 65, but it's what he did before real estate that makes the obit notable. Streicher took the acting name of Harry Reems and starred in more than 100 adult films,...

Guy&#39;s Delightful Obit Goes Viral
 Guy's Delightful Obit Goes Viral 
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Mar 16, 2013 7:00 PM CDT

Guy's Delightful Obit Goes Viral

Daughter pens brilliant tribute to Harry Stamps

(Newser) - In life, Harry Stamps was his own man. In death, though, he's become an online phenomenon, thanks to a spunky obituary written by his daughter that's going viral. The former dean of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College was his own brand of foodie, who enjoyed a "life-long...

Final Survivor of Plot to Kill Hitler Dead at 90

Von Kleist was part of plan brought to big screen in 'Valkyrie'

(Newser) - A former German army lieutenant has died 69 years after he volunteered to wear a suicide vest to kill Adolf Hitler. The first plot involving Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist failed to come to pass but months later he played a key role in a plot to kill Hitler and was the...

Sweden's Fairytale Princess Lilian Dead at 97

Lilian Davies was born a British commoner

(Newser) - Sweden's Princess Lilian, whose transformation from British commoner to royal lover captivated the country, has died at 97, the AP reports. Born in Wales, Lilian Davies met Sweden's Prince Bertil at a British nightclub in 1943, while he was stationed in the UK. After an air raid near...

Miracles Singer Bobby Rogers Dead at 73

Smokey Robinson mourns Motown collaborator

(Newser) - Bobby Rogers, a founding member of Motown hit machine The Miracles, has died at the age of 73 after a long illness. Rogers—a songwriter and choreographer as well as one of the group's five voices—kept the group going through various incarnations until health issues forced him to...

Bonnie Franklin Dead at 69
 Bonnie Franklin Dead at 69 
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Mar 1, 2013 12:37 PM CST

Bonnie Franklin Dead at 69

'One Day at a Time' star had pancreatic cancer

(Newser) - One of TV's most famous single moms is dead: Bonnie Franklin, who starred as Ann Romano in One Day at a Time, died today at age 69, reports Deadline . The actress said last year that she had pancreatic cancer. Franklin's show ran on CBS from 1975 to 1984,...

Man Uses NYT Obit to Air Hatred of ... NYT

Amos Shuchman not a fan of the 'New York Times'

(Newser) - An Upper West Sider who detested the New York Times got the last laugh—by airing his hatred for the Times ... in an obituary published in the Times. The paid death notice for Amos Shuchman, 84, an Israeli-born retired stockbroker, read in part: "Loved everything about NYC, except the...

Famed Pianist Van Cliburn Dead at 78


 Famed Pianist 
 Van Cliburn 
 Dead at 78 
OBITUARY
Feb 27, 2013 11:45 AM CST

Famed Pianist Van Cliburn Dead at 78

Texan's 1958 performance helped thaw Cold War

(Newser) - The renowned American classical pianist Van Cliburn has died at age 78. His publicist and longtime friend Mary Lou Falcone said that Cliburn died this morning after a battle with bone cancer. She'd announced in late August that Cliburn had been diagnosed with advanced cancer and was being cared...

Man Who Defended World From 'Bland Food' Dies at 68

Paul C.P. McIlhenny was CEO of company behind Tabasco sauces

(Newser) - Paul C.P. McIlhenny, chief executive and chairman of the board of the McIlhenny Company that makes the trademarked line of Tabasco hot pepper sauces sold the world over, has died. He was 68. McIlhenny was a member of a storied clan whose 145-year-old company has been producing the original...

Lakers Owner Jerry Buss Dies at 79

 Lakers Owner 
 Jerry Buss 
 Dies at 79 
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Feb 18, 2013 10:43 AM CST

Lakers Owner Jerry Buss Dies at 79

He'd been secretly battling cancer for months

(Newser) - Lakers owner Jerry Buss died this morning at age 79, after a secret hospital stay, TMZ reports. News broke last week that Buss had for months been hospitalized for an undisclosed form of cancer, though at the time family members said he was "doing fine," USA Today reports....

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