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Peter Graves, star of the series “Mission Impossible” has died

Peter Graves, star of the series “Mission Impossible” has died


Graves, whose career spanned from TV series “Mission Impossible” to a late career reboot in the 1980s as Captain Clarence Oveur in the two “Airplane!” movies, died at age 83 on Sunday.

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Archduchess Regina of Austria passed away

Archduchess Regina of Austria passed away


The wife of Otto von Habsburg, son of the last Austrian emperor, passed away on Wednesday morning aged 85.

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Santiago del Estero: A woman dies after swarm of bees attack

Santiago del Estero: A woman dies after swarm of bees attack


A 58 year old woman died today by a swarm of bees attack in her house. Three of her grandchildren and three neighbours are hospitalized with injuries.

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Distinguished historian Felix Luna dies at 84

Distinguished historian Felix Luna dies at 84


TheArgentine lawyer and writer was 84 years old and had been fighting a serious illness. “Falucho” as his friends used to call him, was the author, among other works, of ‘A Brief History of the Argentineans’. He also founded and directed the magazine ‘Todo es Historia’.

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Pablo Echarri’s father dies

Pablo Echarri’s father dies


Last night at the Centro Gallego de Buenos Aires it was confirmed the death of Antonio Echarri, father of actor Pablo Echarri. (VIDEO AVAILABLE)

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Claude Lévi-Strauss dies at 100

Claude Lévi-Strauss dies at 100


French intellectual Claude Levi-Strauss, the founder of structural anthropology, has died at the age of 100.

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Spanish actor Jose Luis Lopez Vazquez dies

Spanish actor Jose Luis Lopez Vazquez dies


Spanish actor José Luis López Vazquez, has died at his home in Madrid after a long illness at the age of 87. With more than 200 films to his name, including ‘Novio a la vista’, ‘El pisito’, ‘Atraco a las tres’ and ‘Plácido’

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“Mermaid girl” dies at age 10

“Mermaid girl” dies at age 10


The mother of Shiloh Pepin said her 10-year-old daughter, called “mermaid girl” because of the Mermaid Syndrome that fused her legs together, died in Maine.

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Gaston Pauls’ father died

Gaston Pauls’ father died


In yesterday’s sad news became known that died the prestigious film producer Axel Pauls, father of the famous actors Gaston and Nicolas.

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Journalist Ariel Delgado dies

Journalist Ariel Delgado dies


The beloved broadcaster and journalist Ariel Delgado, one of the most recognizable voices on Argentina’s radio and television, died today, his family told newscaster Crónica TV, where he served in recent years.

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Argentine astronaut dies at 51

Argentine astronaut dies at 51


Born June 12, 1958 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, but considered New York City and Merritt Island, Florida, to be his hometowns, he died on October 3, 2009 following a 2-1/2 year battle with a brain tumor.

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Susan Atkins dies in prison

Susan Atkins dies in prison


Atkins was imprisoned in 1971 for her part in eight murders by the cult including the most notorious killing of actress Sharon Tate.

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Actor Henry Gibson dies in Los Angeles

Actor Henry Gibson dies in Los Angeles


Actor Henry Gibson, who played roles ranging from loopy poets to vengeful Illinois Nazis and cranky judges during a 40-year film and television career, has died at age 73

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US: Edward Kennedy dies at 77

US: Edward Kennedy dies at 77


A Massachusetts Democrat, Kennedy died late Tuesday night at home in Hyannis Port on Cape Cod. A malignant brain tumor was diagnosed in May 2008 and doctors operated on it the following month.

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Former South Korean president Kim Dae-Jung dies at 85

Former South Korean president Kim Dae-Jung dies at 85


Dae-Jung was the most respected former president of South Korea and was known for promoting a reconciliation policy towards North Korea.

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Eunice Kennedy Shriver, John F. Kennedy’s sister dies at 88

Eunice Kennedy Shriver, John F. Kennedy’s sister dies at 88


Eunice Kennedy Shriver, younger sister of President John F. Kennedy and founder of the Special Olympics, died Tuesday morning. She was 88 and had been hospitalized on Cape Cod.

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Naomi Sims, the first African-American supermodel, dies at 61

Naomi Sims, the first African-American supermodel, dies at 61


Sims broke barriers when she made the cover of Ladies Home Journal in 1968 — becoming the first black model to do so on a mainstream women’s magazine.

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World’s oldest man dies at 113

World’s oldest man dies at 113


Henry Allingham, the world’s oldest man and oldest World War I veteran, who put his longevity down to “cigarettes, whisky and wild, wild women”, died Saturday at the age of 113.

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Spanish woman who gave birth to twins at 66 dies

Spanish woman who gave birth to twins at 66 dies


A Spanish woman who deceived a U.S. fertility clinic about her age and become the oldest woman to give birth has died at 69, leaving behind 2-year-old twins, newspapers reported Wednesday.

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Pamplona bull runner dies, Argentinean among 11 injured

Pamplona bull runner dies, Argentinean among 11 injured


A 27-year-old Spanish man died after a fighting bull gored him in the neck at the Pamplona bull- running festival that attracts thousands of foreigners each year.

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