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Elizabeth Taylor Outlives NY Times Writer Who Wrote Her Obit
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Turns out that Elizabeth Taylor outlived the man who wrote her obituary in the New York Times. The legendary actress, AIDS activist and philanthropist died of congestive heart...
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Cosmo Editor-In-Chief Helen Gurley Brown Dead After A Brief Hospitalization
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Helen Gurley Brown has died at the age of 90. The editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine for more than 30 years died after a brief hospitalization at New York-Presbyterian...
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Former Democratic Presidential Nominee George McGovern Dies At 90
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – George S. McGovern, a proud liberal who argued fervently against the Vietnam War as a senator from South Dakota and suffered one of the most crushing defeats in presidential...
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Actor Charles Durning Dies At Age 89
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Charles Durning grew up in poverty, lost five of his nine siblings to disease, barely lived through D-Day and was taken prisoner at the Battle of the Bulge. His hard life and wartime...
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Germany’s Der Spiegel Mistakenly Publishes Bush Sr. Obit
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Der Spiegel news weekly in Germany mistakenly published an obituary Sunday for former President George H.W. Bush, written by the New York correspondent for the magazine....
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Ballet Master Frederic Franklin Dies At 98
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — The arts world this weekend was mourning Frederic Franklin, a British-born dancer who helped popularize the modern ballet in the United States and performed until he was 95....
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‘All In The Family’ Star Jean Stapleton Dies At 90
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Jean Stapleton, known to generations as Edith Bunker in the classic CBS sitcom “All in the Family,” has died. Ms. Stapleton died Friday at her New York City home, according to...
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Former WCBS 880 Anchor Steve Porter Remembered
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Steve Porter, one of the radio journalists who helped launch the all-new format at WCBS 880, is being remembered for his many achievements in broadcasting. Mr. Porter died...
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New York Sports Broadcasting Legend Bill Mazer Dies
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Iconic New York sports radio and television personality Bill Mazer died Wednesday at the age of 92. Mr. Mazer died Wednesday in Danbury Hospital in Danbury, Conn., his son,...
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Report: Actress Marcia Wallace Of ‘Bob Newhart Show’ Fame Dies At 70
LOS ANGELES (CBSNewYork) — Marcia Wallace, an actress known for her work on “The Bob Newhart Show” and “The Simpsons” – but who also had a New York stage background – has died at the age of 70,...
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Longtime New York Observer Editor Peter Kaplan Dies
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Former New York Observer Peter Kaplan died this week at the age of 59. Mr. Kaplan’s wife, Lisa Chase, said her husband died Friday of cancer in New York City. Mr. Kaplan...
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Former State Sen. Catherine Abate Dies At 66
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Former New York State Sen. Catherine Abate, a longtime advocate of health care and criminal justice issues, died this past weekend at the age of 66. Abate’s husband, Ronald...
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Longtime New York Times Editor, Critic Arthur Gelb Dies At 90
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Veteran editor Arthur Gelb – whose news sense, arts sensibility and journalistic vigor sculpted The New York Times for decades — died Tuesday at age 90. Gelb died in New...
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Brooklyn Native Gerry Goffin, Ex-Husband Of Carole King, Dies At 75
LOS ANGELES (CBSNewYork/AP) — Lyricist and Brooklyn native Gerry Goffin, who with his then-wife and songwriting partner Carole King wrote such hits as “Will You Love Me Tomorrow,” ”(You Make Me Feel...
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Modeling Agency Founder Eileen Ford Dies At 92
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Eileen Ford, the founder of the Ford Model Agency, has died at the age of 92. Ford passed away Wednesday, according to Arielle Baran, a spokeswoman for Derris & Co.,...
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Rosalind Nyman Joel, Mother Of Billy Joel, Dies At 92
HUNTINGTON, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — The mother of Billy Joel passed away this past weekend at the age of 92. Rosalind Nyman Joel was born Feb. 15, 1922 in Brooklyn, to English immigrants Philip and Rebecca...
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Don Pardo, TV, Radio Announcer Best Known For Announcing ‘It’s Saturday Night...
NEW YORK (AP) — Few would recognize his face, but most would know his voice: that booming baritone that for nearly four decades would introduce the lineups on “Saturday Night Live.” Don Pardo, the...
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Actress, Comedian Jan Hooks Dies At 57
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Actress Jan Hooks, of “Saturday Night Live” and “Designing Women” fame, has died at the age of 57, CBS News reported Thursday evening. Hooks died at her New York City home...
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Rutgers Professor, Newark Historian Clement Price Dies
NEWARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Clement Price, a longtime professor at Rutgers-Newark University who was known for his scholarly works and extensive knowledge of the city and its history, has died....
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Brooklyn Native Carol Ann Susi, Mrs. Wolowitz On ‘The Big Bang Theory,’ Dies...
LOS ANGELES (CBSNewYork) — Brooklyn native Carol Ann Susi, who voiced the role of the unseen Mrs. Wolowitz on CBS’ “The Big Bang Theory”, has died. She was 62. Throughout the show’s eight seasons, Susi...
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