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- Russian ex-president Yeltsin dies
  Posted by Jeff from BBC News
  But Mr Yeltsin, who became Russia's first democratically-elected leader after Mr Gorbachev resigned in December 1991, saw his final years in office overshadowed by increasingly erratic behaviour and plummeting popularity as the economy suffered.
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- Novelist Kurt Vonnegut dies at 84
  Posted by Jeff from MSNBC
  Kurt Vonnegut, the satirical novelist who captured the absurdity of war and questioned the advances of science in darkly humorous works such as “Slaughterhouse-Five” and “Cat’s Cradle,” died Wednesday. He was 84.
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- ‘B.C.’ cartoonist Johnny Hart dies at storyboard
  Posted by Jeff from MSNBC
  One of the first comics I remember growing up ... Cartoonist Johnny Hart, whose award-winning “B.C.” comic strip appeared in more than 1,300 newspapers worldwide, died at his home on Saturday. He was 76.
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- Letterman Regular 'Bud' Melman Dies
  Posted by Jeff from newsvine
  "Everyone always wondered if Calvert was an actor playing a character, but in reality he was just himself — a genuine, modest and nice man," Letterman said in a statement. "To our staff and to our viewers, he was a beloved and valued part of our show, and we will miss him."
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- John W. Backus, 82, Fortran Developer, Dies
  Posted by Jeff from New York Times
  John W. Backus, who assembled and led the I.B.M. team that created Fortran, the first widely used programming language, which helped open the door to modern computing, died on Saturday at his home in Ashland, Ore. He was 82.
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- Gnapa Béatrice Kombé, Choreographer, Dies at 35
  Posted by Jeff from New York Times
  Gnapa Béatrice Kombé, the powerful dancer and choreographer from the Ivory Coast whose all-women troupe, TchéTché, introduced her to the international festival circuit as a leader of Africa’s new experimental dance, died on Thursday in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. She was 35.
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- Avalanche researcher dies at 80 skiing fresh powder
  Posted by Jeff from Seattle Times
  A former University of Washington professor and a Tacoma native, Mr. LaChapelle was skiing in fresh powder at Monarch Mountain in Colorado when he suffered a heart attack and died Feb. 1. He was 80.
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Damianmann comments on:
Tim Russert Dies Of Heart Attack At Age 58

The way he fell hook line and sinker for the Iraq has nukes bull**** diminished him in my eyes. But, he was a Sunday morning tradition…like him or not.

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11:27 pm 6/13/08
Jeff comments on:
U. Utah Phillips Has Left the Stage

Thanks for posting this. Sad news, but nice to read his post.

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9:28 am 5/25/08

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