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Paul Fussell, social historian, critic who wrote about war, dies at 88
For social historian and critic Paul Fussell, the most enduring moments of truth came as a 20-year-old platoon leader in France during World War II. German shrapnel tore up his back and thigh. The blood and guts of fellow soldiers were spewed on him. His staff sergeant died in his arms. He realized...
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Jean Craighead George, Newbery award-winning children's author, dies at 92
After children's author Jean Craighead George revealed that she wanted to write a book about a girl who talks with wolves, legendary book editor Ursula Nordstrom reportedly asked one question - will it be accurate? - and most certainly knew the answer.
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Lee Rich, ad exec who became a top TV producer, dies at 93
He was a former advertising executive who became one of television's top producers, bringing powerhouse shows such as "Dallas," "Knots Landing" and "The Waltons" into American homes in the 1970s and '80s.
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'Big Willie' Robinson, L.A. drag race organizer, dies at 69
"Big Willie" Robinson was a 6-foot-6, 300-pound former Los Angeles street racer, a gentle giant who promoted organized drag racing as a way to unite people of all races and classes and ease racial tensions.
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Al Gordon, Emmy-winning writer for Jack Benny, dies at 89
Al Gordon, an Emmy Award-winning comedy writer who spent much of his more than 40-year career writing for Jack Benny's penny-pinching, vain and perennially 39-year-old persona, has died. He was 89.
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Terry Martin, surfboard shaper hailed as perfectionist, dies at 74
Well into his 70s, Terry Martin could be found most days in his workshop in the Orange County community of Dana Point sanding blocks of polyurethane foam into precision-shaped surfboards. With his big white beard and barrel chest, he looked like Santa riding out a blizzard of swirling white dust.
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H.H. Brookins, L.A. pastor who was influential black leader, dies at 86
The Rev. Hamel Hartford Brookins, an influential bishop and former pastor of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Los Angeles who became a political power broker, civil rights leader and mentor to former Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, the Rev. Jesse Jackson and many others, has died. ...
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Eugene Polley, inventor of first wireless remote control, dies at 96
Television watchers have cause to lift their remote controls for a moment of silence.
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Evelyn Bryan Johnson, flier who held Guinness record for female pilots, dies at 102
With her husband serving in the Army Air Forces during World War II, Evelyn Bryan Johnson was looking for something to occupy her time when she wasn't running their dry-cleaning business in Jefferson City, Tenn.
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