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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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French novelist Gilles Perrault, author of “Le Pull-Over Rouge”, dies at 92
French writer Gilles Perrault, whose “Le Pull-Over Rouge” novel helped spark debate over capital punishment in France, has died, his…
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A ‘fighter’, a ‘true friend’: Global tributes pour in for Italy’s Silvio Berlusconi
Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, a billionaire businessman who dominated Italy’s political landscape for decades, died on Monday aged…
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Silvio Berlusconi, master populist who dominated Italian politics, dies at 86
Silvio Berlusconi, the billionaire media tycoon and four-time prime minister who brushed off a litany of legal battles and sex…
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