Helen Copley, Newspaper Publisher, Dies at 81
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Helen Copley, former chairman of privately held newspaper chain the Copley Press and publisher of the San Diego Union-Tribune, has died at the age of 81, the newspaper said on Thursday.
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Political author, Independent columnist and Nelson Mandela's biographer Anthony Sampson dies aged 78.
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Maxwell McCrohon, who arrived in the United States as an aspiring foreign correspondent and went on to lead the Chicago Tribune and United Press International, has died. He was 76.
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After 216 years as a broadsheet newspaper, The Times will become a tabloid-only publication starting Monday. The move follows a decision 11 months ago to publish the British national daily
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Edward Behr, a noted British foreign correspondent and writer who penned books on history, good eating and his career as a journalist, has died in Paris, his family said Sunday. He was 81.
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Jesus de Polanco, a media giant credited with helping restore Spain's independent press after the death of dictator Gen. Francisco Franco in the 1970s, died Saturday at the age of 77, his flagship newspaper El Pais announced.
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Thelen, Helen Victoria  (Nee Lisiewski) Age 83, died peacefully at home September 17, 2006. preceded in death by her son Gary. Survived by sons Thomas (Mary) and Craig (Joe). Daughter-in-law Sue. Granddaughters Lori (Jose) and Jamie.
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Jan Wolkers, one of the major Dutch writers of the post-war period, died Friday aged 81, media reported.
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John Peel, the broadcaster whose shows on BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 4 endeared him to listeners across generations, has died aged 65.
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Carl Mydans, 97, who died of a heart ailment Aug. 16 at his home in Larchmont, NY, was one of the most celebrated war photographers and roaming journalists of the past century. He often worked in tandem with his wife, the writer Shelley ...
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Hilda Bernstein, an anti-apartheid activist and author whose husband was tried for treason alongside Nelson Mandela, has died. She was 91.
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U.S. songwriter and actress Betty Comden, who collaborated with Adolph Green to write some of the greatest stage and screen musicals such as "Singin' in the Rain," died of heart failure on Thursday in New York at age 89, media reports said.
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Author and activist Susan Sontag has died in New York. She was 71. News of her death today came from the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan.
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Pierre Salinger, 79, dies: The press secretary to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson and foreign correspondent for ABC News dies in France.
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LONDON - After 216 years of broadsheet life, The Times today followed in the footsteps of The Independent, moving to a compact only format after almost a year of dual publication.
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usan Mary Alsop, who proclaimed that she saw &quot;no future in being an ordinary person&quot; and became a celebrated political hostess and later an author, died on Wednesday at her home in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington. She was 86.
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Portrait and fashion photographer  Richard Avedon died on Friday morning at age 81, a spokeswoman  for the family said.