Cartoon legend Joseph Barbera dies at 95
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Joseph Barbera, a co-founder of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon company that created memorable characters like the Flintstones and Scooby-Doo, died on Monday at age 95, Warner Bros. film studio said in a statement.
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Ahmed Abu Laban, Denmark's most prominent Muslim leader and a central figure in last year's uproar over the Prophet Muhammad cartoons, has died from cancer, his organization said Friday. He was 60.
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The man who inspired millions, first in his movie role as Superman, and later for his heroic battle following a horse riding accident that left him a quadriplegic, died Sunday of heart failure.
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The Italian designer Gianfranco Ferre, whose training as an architect had a crucial influence on his approach to fashion, died Sunday in a Milan hospital after suffering a massive brain haemorrhage. He was 62.
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Former world heavyweight champion Max  Schmeling, who fought two unforgettable bouts with the great  American Joe Louis in the 1930s, has died at the age of 99.
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LOS ANGELES  - Scott Muni, one of the  legendary voices of New York radio, died Tuesday. He was 74.
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Fred Whipple, an astronomer who originated the idea that comets were comprised of ice and mineral dust, has died at the age of 97.
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LOS ANGELES The Disney animator who helped bring life to the dancing penguins in &quot;Mary Poppins&quot; has died. Frank Thomas was 92 when he passed away at his California home yesterday.
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Actor John Vernon, who appeared in National Lampoon's Animal House, dies at the age of 72..
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Joe Barbera, half of the Hanna-Barbera animation team that produced such beloved cartoon characters as Tom and Jerry, Yogi Bear and the Flintstones, died Monday, a Warner Bros. spokesman said. He was 95.
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Spain&#39;s Jesus de Polanco, who transformed a schoolbook publisher he founded in 1958 into Prisa, the largest media company in the Spanish-speaking world, died Saturday at the age of 77, his firm said.
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Screenwriter Joseph Stefano, who wrote the script for film classic Psycho, dies at the age of 84.
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William Pierson, a raspy-voiced movie, television and stage actor perhaps best remembered for his role as Marko the Mailman in the Billy Wilder film classic "Stalag 17," has died. He was 78.
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Comedian Joey Bishop, the last surviving member of the august group of entertainers known as the Rat Pack, led by Frank Sinatra, has died at age 89, his longtime friend and publicist, Warren Cowan, said on Thursday.
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The actor who became famous playing Superman, then turned into an icon for quadraplegics after he was left paralysed by a 1995 riding accident, died of a heart attack at his home on Sunday night.
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Joey Bishop, the deadpan comedian, TV host and last of the super-hip team of performers known as the Rat Pack, led by Frank Sinatra, has died at age 89, his publicist said on Thursday.
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Walt Disney animator Frank Thomas - one of the studio's original "nine old men" - dies at the age of 92.