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Jacques Delors, father of European integration, dies at 98
Jacques Delors, a passionate advocate of post-war European integration and a founding father of the European Union’s single currency project,…
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First woman on the US Supreme Court, retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor dies at 93
O’Connor described her tenure as similar to walking on wet cement “because every opinion you offer, you’ve left a footprint.”…
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Massive Attack announce death of guitarist Angelo Bruschini
The Bristol-born artist joined Massive Attack in the 1990s and contributed to the collective’s 1998 hit single ‘Angel’. ADVERTISEMENT British…
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British stage and TV actress Haydn Gwynne dies aged 66
Her career included award-winning turns in Billy Elliot The Musical, as well as roles in TV shows Drop Dead Donkey,…
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Michael Gambon, veteran actor who played Dumbledore in Harry Potter films, dies at age 82
The role of the much loved Professor Dumbledore was initially played by another Irish-born actor, Richard Harris. When Harris died…
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Former Italian President Giorgio Napolitano dies aged 98
Italian politicians paid tribute Friday to former president Giorgio Napolitano, a veteran of several governments, who died at the age…
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Tycoon Mohamed Al Fayed, whose son was killed in crash with Princess Diana, dies at 94
Few things were beyond the reach of billionaire Egyptian tycoon Mohamed Al Fayed who has died at the age of…
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Mohamed al-Fayed, ex-Harrods owner whose son died with Princess Diana, dead at 94
LONDON: Mohamed al-Fayed, the self-made Egyptian billionaire who bought the Harrods department store and promoted the discredited conspiracy theory that the…
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William Friedkin, Oscar-winning director of The Exorcist and The French Connection, dead at 87
He followed with an even bigger blockbuster, The Exorcist, released in 1973 and based on William Peter Blatty’s bestselling novel about a…
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