Best-selling author Sidney Sheldon dies
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Sidney Sheldon, who won awards in three careers, Broadway theater, movies and television, and who at age 50 turned to writing best-selling novels about stalwart women who triumph in a hostile world of ruthless men, has died. He was 89.
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Flamboyant jazz singer and author George Melly dies at his London home at the age of 80.
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Legendary author Sidney Sheldon has died from pneumonia, his publicist told AFP, after a prolific career that saw him pen Oscar-winning screenplays and sell over 300 million books. He was 89.
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Comedian Joey Bishop, the last surviving member of the super-hip team of entertainers known as the Rat Pack and led by Frank Sinatra, has died at age 89, his longtime friend and publicist, Warren Cowan, said on Thursday.
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Francoise Sagan, the French novelist who penned &quot;Bonjour Tristesse&quot;, an anthem to disillusioned youth that became one of the best-known books of the 20th century, died aged 69, family friends said.
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U.S. playwright Arthur Miller has died after battling cancer, pneumonia and a heart condition, The New York Times reported on its Web site on Friday.
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Top-selling British author Arthur Hailey, whose novels sold 170 million copies around the world, died in his sleep at his Bahamas home, his wife said on Thursday. He was 84.
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ARTHUR Hailey, the best-selling author who put ordinary characters into extraordinary situations, has died in his Bahamas home. He was 84.
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Best-selling author Bebe Moore Campbell, whose books dealt with race and mental health issues, dies aged 56.
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Francoise Sagan, author of the best-selling novel "Bonjour Tristesse," died Sept. 24 of heart and lung failure in Normandy, France. She was 69.
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US novelist Sidney Sheldon dies aged 89 of complications from pneumonia.
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Best-selling French novelist Francoise Sagan, who died last week,  is buried  in south-west France.
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Canadian author and television broadcaster Pierre Berton died Tuesday afternoon after struggling with heart problems and diabetes. Many remember him as a wonderful person. He had been a columnist, a magazine editor, and an author of dozens of books. He...
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Joey Bishop, the stone-faced comedian who found success in night clubs, television and movies but became most famous as a member of Frank Sinatraâs boisterous Rat Pack, has died at his Newport Beach home, his publicist said Thursday. He was 89.
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British-born writer Arthur Hailey, author of 11 best-sellers, dies at his home in the Bahamas, says his wife Sheila.
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U.S. playwright Arthur Miller, one of the giants of American literature, has died, his assistant said on Friday. He was 89.
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Arthur Miller, whose dramas of fierce moral and personal responsibility such as "Death of a Salesman" and "The Crucible" made him one of the 20th century's greatest playwrights, has died at the age of 89.