Will Eisner, a Pioneer of Comic Books, Dies at 87
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Will Eisner was an innovative comic-book artist who created the Spirit, a hero without superpowers, and the first modern graphic novel.
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Chicago artist Ed Paschke, who earned international acclaim for his startling, vibrantly colored canvases of images and icons from popular culture, has died at the age of 65.
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NEW YORK - Walt Disney Co. chief executive officer Michael Eisner will leave the company in 2006 when his contract expires. Eisner&#39;s plan was announced Friday in a letter to the company&#39;s board of directors.
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Walt Disney Co. chief executive Michael D. Eisner announced plans Friday to retire in 2006, ending more than two decades atop what may be the world's best-known entertainment company.
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Edmond Haggar, the pants pioneer who  helped build the casual clothing line that bears his name, has  died at the age of 88 at his home in Dallas, the Haggar  Clothing Co. said on Thursday.
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Walt Disney Co.'s chief executive Michael Eisner will leave the giant entertainment company in 2006 when his contract expires, a newspaper reported Friday. Eisner's departure, expected to be announced Friday, would end a two-decade relationship with the media giant, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
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Michael Eisner, chief executive officer of Walt Disney Co., said he plans to leave the company&#39;s board when he steps down as CEO in 2006, Fortune magazine said it is reporting in its upcoming issue.
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William B. Ziff Jr., the former head of the Ziff-Davis publishing empire, has died at his Pawling, N.Y., home of prostate cancer.  Ziff, who died Saturday, was 76 years old, CNET News.com reported.  He inherited the Ziff-Davis publishing company from his father, William B. Ziff Sr.
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Joseph Barbera, 95, who with his partner, William Hanna, created some of the most enduring and beloved animated characters to enliven American film, television and conversation, died Dec. 18 at his home in Los Angeles.
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George MacDonald Fraser, author of the Flashman stories, has died aged 82, his publisher has said.
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Al Shugart, a pioneer in the computer disk drive industry and one of Silicon Valley's most colorful entrepreneurs, has died. He was 76.
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LONDON - Michael Eisner, who led the Walt Disney Co. to huge success in the 1980s but more recently clashed with dissident stockholders including the founder's family, will leave the company in 2006 when his contract expires, the company said Friday...
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Harry Lampert, the illustrator who created the DC Comics superhero 'The Flash' and later became known for his instructional books on bridge, died Saturday. He was 88.
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GEORGETOWN, Del. - Walt Disney Co. CEO Michael Eisner discussed the possibility of hiring Michael Ovitz as president with two directors and a major shareholder as early as May 1995 - almost five months before
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Walt Disney Co Chief Executive Michael  Eisner will retire in September 2006, when his contract  expires, the company said on Friday.
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Sept. 10, 2004 - Michael Eisner plans to step down as chief executive of the Walt Disney Co. when his contract expires in 2006, he said in a letter to the company&#39;s board of directors.
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Billionaire Marvin Davis, a former oilman who sold his 20th Century Fox studios to Rupert Murdoch in the 1980s, died Saturday at his home in Beverly Hills. He was 79.