Beatles Star Harrison, Concorde Pilot Remembered
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From Beatles guitarist George Harrison to Concorde test pilot Brian Trubshaw, almost 200 names of people who died in 2001 have been added to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
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Pianist Herbie Hancock and singer Nancy Wilson were among the stars taking the stage at a tribute concert celebrating the life of jazz legend Oscar Peterson whose piano wizardry inspired and influenced many.
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Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez and stars of the clubâs great past today cherished the memory of the clubâs former captain Emlyn Hughes, who has died from a brain tumour aged 57.
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The pilot of a British Airways jet that crash landed at London's Heathrow airport with more than 150 people on board was hailed as a hero Friday as investigators began their probe into the incident.
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NASA mourns the loss of Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper, who rocketed into space in his Faith 7 capsule on May 15, 1963 (above, right).
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Only in Las Vegas: Beatles songs,  as portrayed by the acrobatic troupe Cirque du Soleil, will  replace animal training duo Siegfried and Roy at one of the  city's biggest tourist theaters, according to a deal announced  on Thursday.
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A monument dedicated to the Beatles will be erected in Hamburg, Germany, where the band launched their international career.
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Maxime A. Faget, 83, a retired NASA aeronautical engineer whose innovative designs contributed greatly to manned spacecraft from Mercury to the space shuttle, died of cancer Oct. 10 at his home in Houston.
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By SETH BORENSTEIN  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Astronauts aboard the space shuttle Discovery woke up to The Beatles on Sunday, their first morning in space, where the first order of business will be to make sure their ship wasn't damaged during launch.
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Beatles guitarist George Harrison, actor Nigel Hawthorne and Harry Secombe, one of the stars of "The Goon Show," have been added to the "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography," Britain's definitive record of the great and the good.
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Big Band leader and "Begin the Beguine" clarinetist Artie Shaw was eulogized by friends with tributes of admiration as well as moments of humor.
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The guru to the Beatles who introduced transcendental meditation to the West, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, died at his Dutch home overnight, aides said on Wednesday. He was said to be 91.
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Mercury program astronaut Gordon Cooper was remembered Friday by NASA officials and fellow space pioneers as "not too bad of a pilot, but a heck of a good astronaut."
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Gordon Cooper, one of the Mercury Seven astronauts who helped pioneer human space exploration, piloting the last of the Mercury missions and the troubled Gemini 5 flight, died on Monday.
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Tributes poured in last night for legendary radio DJ John Peel, whose untimely death left generations of music fans in mourning. The veteran East Anglian-based presenter, who discovered dozens of major bands
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Mercury program astronaut Gordon Cooper was remembered Friday by NASA (news - web sites) officials and fellow space pioneers as &quot;not too bad of a pilot, but a heck of a good astronaut.
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Jimmy Page, the founder member of rock group Led Zeppelin, shows his hands after placing them into wet cement to become the first artist to be immortalised during the opening of Britain&#39;s &#39;Walk of Fame&#39; on a stretch of pavement outside 1 Piccadilly in