When Icons Die Young
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Heath Ledger passed away only Tuesday, but his transformation is already under way, from acclaimed actor to most-searched Internet term, from film star to cultural touchstone.
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Why your beloved gadgets die so young. By Kris Wagner from Wired Test.
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Papal observers are again remarking on the dual role of the pope's flesh and blood person. They see in this double existence the key reason why the suffering pope, at age 84, will persevere in office until death.
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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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After 26 years in the papacy, Pope John Paul II has outlived many of the men once considered possible successors. Should he die, there would be no clear favorite, making the question of papal succession as unpredictable as any in recent history.
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In her life, Rosa Parks was a civil rights symbol. In her death she has become a marketing phenomenon.
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Generally, when someone in their nineties passes away, the quality of mourning is markedly different from that which accompanies a youthful personâs demise.
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There&#39;s more to mourn about the death of Christopher Reeve than the passing of a sci-fi icon - or even someone who had publicly grappled with adversity.
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On the 30th anniversary of his death, a look back at rare and unpublished Life pictures from the King's glory days
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History says Charlie Chaplin breathed his last on the Christmas of 1977. But millions the world over would say he lives on in their laughter and in their hearts. How can the immortal possibly die?
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Timothy Michaud died last May after falling from the tailgate of a Chevrolet pickup and suffering severe head injuries. The 19-year-old from Maine never knew that General Motors Corp.
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The world seems a smaller place when the pop idols and icons that you grew up with start disappearing. Johnny Ramone, guitarist of the legendary punk rock band The Ramones, died in his sleep at his Los Angeles
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Even in the afterlife, some celebrities remain big-time moneymakers. Elvis Presley, Albert Einstein, Kurt Cobain, Andy Warhol and Marilyn Monroe continue to earn enviable incomes from the grave, according to Forbes magazine.
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In the years since hip-hop lost its most dynamic figure, several superstars have embodied the qualities that made Tupac Shakur such a legend.
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The daredevil whose crashes were as spectacular as his successes will be mourned by a generation
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Bill Nicholson, who died on Saturday at the age of 85 after a long illness, was a legend for what he achieved as manager of Tottenham Hotspur, taking on a struggling team and within 18 months turning them into Double winners.
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Transition 2006: We mourn performers, politicians, two photographers, two great economists. (And to a pair of tyrants: don't let the door hit you on your way out.)