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Bar Code Inventor Dead at 91
 Bar Code Inventor Dead at 91 
Dec 13, 2012 2:40 PM CST

Bar Code Inventor Dead at 91

N. Joseph Woodland and co-inventor made only $15K

(Newser) - The New York Times has what must be the most interesting obituary of the day: that of 91-year-old N. Joseph Woodland, who invented the now-ubiquitous bar code with a colleague in the late 1940s. Among the tidbits:
  • Aha moment: It came while Woodland sat on the beach at his parents'
...

Sitar Hero Ravi Shankar Dead at 92
 Sitar Hero 
 Ravi Shankar 
 Dead at 92 
OBITUARY
Dec 12, 2012 2:47 AM CST

Sitar Hero Ravi Shankar Dead at 92

'60s icon brought Indian music to the West

(Newser) - The Indian sitar maestro George Harrison called the "father of world music" has died in California at the age of 92, Reuters reports. Ravi Shankar was already famous in his homeland when he introduced the Beatles to the sitar, bridging the gap between Eastern and Western music and achieving...

Jazz Great Dave Brubeck Dead at 91
 Jazz Great 
 Dave Brubeck 
 Dead at 91 
OBITUARY
Dec 5, 2012 11:31 AM CST

Jazz Great Dave Brubeck Dead at 91

Pioneer of the genre attained pop-culture success

(Newser) - Jazz legend Dave Brubeck died this morning of heart failure in Norwalk, Conn., one day short of his 92nd birthday. Even those who are not aficionados will likely recognize hits such as "Take Five" and "Blue Rondo a la Turk," which came out in 1959 on what...

Rupert Murdoch&#39;s Mother Dead at 103
 Rupert Murdoch's 
 Mother Dead at 103 
obituary
Dec 5, 2012 10:40 AM CST

Rupert Murdoch's Mother Dead at 103

Elisabeth Murdoch was a patron of the arts

(Newser) - Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, mother of media mogul Rupert, has died at her Australia home at age 103, the Australian reports. Murdoch was an 18-year-old debutante when a photo of her in a magazine was spotted by editor Keith Murdoch, 42. The newspaperman and his wife were married 24 years and...

Beloved College Hoops Coach Rick Majerus Dies at 64

Had struggled with heart problems for years

(Newser) - Rick Majerus, the jovial basketball coach who led Utah to the 1998 NCAA final and had only one losing season in 25 years with four schools, died yesterday. He was 64. Jon Huntsman, the coach's longtime friend, confirmed in a statement that Majerus died of heart failure in a...

Motivational Speaker Zig Ziglar Dead at 86

He was one of the kings of his industry

(Newser) - The man Texas Monthly once dubbed "the nation's most motivated motivational speaker" is dead at age 86. Zig Ziglar, author of more than two dozen books, died in the Dallas suburb of Plano, reports AP . Ziglar rose to national fame with his first book, See You at the ...

First Organ Transplant Doctor Dead at 93
First Organ Transplant Doctor Dead at 93
OBITUARY
Nov 27, 2012 1:18 AM CST

First Organ Transplant Doctor Dead at 93

Dr. Joseph Murray won Nobel for pioneering work

(Newser) - Tens of thousands of people alive today owe their lives to techniques pioneered by Dr. Joseph Murray, who has died at the age of 93 in the same Boston hospital where he carried out the world's first successful human organ transplant. Murray made history in 1954 when he transplanted...

Dallas Star Larry Hagman Dead at 81
 Dallas Star 
 Larry Hagman 
 Dead at 81 
obituary
Nov 24, 2012 5:20 AM CST

Dallas Star Larry Hagman Dead at 81

'JR Ewing' actor also starred in 'I Dream of Jeannie'

(Newser) - JR Ewing was a business cheat, faithless husband, and bottomless well of corruption. Yet with his sparkling grin, Larry Hagman masterfully created the charmingly loathsome oil baron—and coaxed forth a Texas-size gusher of ratings—on television's long-running and hugely successful nighttime soap, Dallas. Although he first gained fame...

Brooke Shields&#39; Mom Dead at 79
 Brooke Shields' 
 Mom Dead at 79 
obituary
Nov 6, 2012 4:12 PM CST

Brooke Shields' Mom Dead at 79

Teri Shields managed her young daughter to stardom

(Newser) - Teri Shields raised eyebrows when she allowed her 11-year-old daughter, Brooke, to be cast as a prostitute in 1978's Pretty Baby. A few years later, she permitted a teenage Brooke to famously star in a series of commercials for Calvin Klein jeans, provocatively professing that nothing comes between "...

Wounded Knee Activist Russell Means Dies
 Wounded Knee Activist 
 Russell Means Dies 
OBITUARY
Oct 22, 2012 9:35 AM CDT

Wounded Knee Activist Russell Means Dies

He also starred in Last of the Mohicans , once ran for president

(Newser) - Russell Means, a former American Indian Movement activist who helped lead the 1973 uprising at Wounded Knee, reveled in stirring up attention, and appeared in several Hollywood films, has died. He was 72. Means died early today at his ranch in Porcupine, SD, an Ogala Sioux tribal spokeswoman said. Means...

George McGovern Dead at 90

Family confirms death of former presidential candidate

(Newser) - Sen. George McGovern, the Democrat who lost to President Richard Nixon in 1972 in a historic landslide, has died this morning at the age of 90. A family spokesman said that McGovern died at 5:15am today at a hospice in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, surrounded by family and friends....

Star of Cult Erotic Hit Emmanuelle Dead at 60

Sylvia Kristel had been battling cancer

(Newser) - Actress Sylvia Kristel, the Dutch star of the hit 1970s erotic movie Emmanuelle, has died of cancer at age 60. Her agent, Features Creative Management, says in a statement today that Kristel died in her sleep last night. Kristel, a model who turned to acting in the 1970s, had been...

Olympic BMX Cyclist Killed in Car Accident

33-year-old was three-time world champ

(Newser) - Olympic BMX cyclist Kyle Bennett has been killed in an automobile accident in eastern Texas. He was 33. A statement from USA Cycling says the single-vehicle crash happened early yesterday in Conroe, north of Houston. Bennett was a three-time BMX world champion and won an automatic spot on the first...

Arlen Specter Dead at 82
 Arlen Specter Dead at 82 
Oct 14, 2012 12:08 PM CDT

Arlen Specter Dead at 82

Longtime senator had battled non-Hodgkins lymphoma

(Newser) - Former Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, the Republican-turned-Democrat who played a key role in many Supreme Court nominations, has died. He was 82. His son Shanin Specter says his father died this morning at home in Philadelphia, from complications of non-Hodgkins lymphoma. He had recently announced the return of his...

Gary Collins Dead at 74

 Gary Collins 
 Dead at 74 
obituary
Oct 13, 2012 1:54 PM CDT

Gary Collins Dead at 74

Actor also hosted Miss America pageant

(Newser) - Gary Collins, an actor, television show host, and former master of ceremonies for the Miss America Pageant, has died. He was 74. Collins, a resident of Biloxi, Mississippi, died of natural causes just before 1am today after he was brought to Biloxi Regional Medical Center, according to Harrison County Coroner...

Scientist Who Cloned Dolly Dead at 58

 Scientist Who 
 Cloned Dolly 
 Dead at 58 
obituary
Oct 12, 2012 8:42 AM CDT

Scientist Who Cloned Dolly Dead at 58

Keith Campbell's idea prompted first adult mammal cloning

(Newser) - A British cell biologist central to the cloning of the first adult mammal died at his home in England last Friday, aged 58. Keith Campbell and colleague Ian Wilmut announced their success with cloning Dolly the sheep in 1997, achieving what experts had believed impossible—and sparking a major ethical...

Acclaimed Cinematographer Harris Savides Dead at 55

Hollywood mourns celebrated craftsman

(Newser) - Harris Savides, one of the most acclaimed cinematographers in modern American cinema, has died of brain cancer at the age of 55. Savides, who started out as a fashion photographer, started working in movies in the mid-90s and his gift for bringing an understated beauty to film made him one...

Former Times Publisher Sulzberger Dead at 86

Arthur O. ran paper for more than 30 years

(Newser) - Former New York Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger has died at age 86, and the Times has a lengthy obituary here about the man it says "transformed" the paper his grandfather bought in 1896. Sulzberger took over in 1964 and ran the newspaper for more than three decades, emphasizing...

Pink Panther Actor Herbert Lom Dies

Czech-born actor, 95, dies in his sleep

(Newser) - Herbert Lom, the Czech-born actor who starred as Inspector Clouseau's boss in the Pink Panther movies, died today at age 95. The London-based star appeared in more than 100 films, including Spartacus, El Cid and The Ladykillers, and acted alongside film greats including Charlton Heston and Kirk Douglas.

&#39;Moon River&#39; Singer Andy Williams Dead at 84
'Moon River' Singer
Andy Williams Dead at 84
obituary
Sep 26, 2012 9:06 AM CDT

'Moon River' Singer Andy Williams Dead at 84

Leaves behind a wife, three children

(Newser) - Andy Williams, who announced onstage at his Branson, Missouri, theater last year that he had bladder cancer , died yesterday at home in Branson. Williams, 84, had been in show business for 75 years; it was his iconic rendition of "Moon River" in the early 1960s that propelled him to...

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