Philippine movie star dies
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PHILIPPINE movie star Fernando Poe, who nearly unseated President Gloria Arroyo in hotly contested polls this year, passed away today.
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The pop star, who found fame in the 1980s with hits Gloria and Self Control, died in her sleep at her home in East Quogue, New York on Thursday.
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Accused of corruption, a former Philippine president (and action movie superstar) is sentenced to life imprisonment  -  in his country estate.
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MANILA Fernando Poe Jr., the popular actor who challenged President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in the presidential elections this year, died early Tuesday.
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Filipino film star and failed  presidential candidate  Fernando Poe dies in hospital in Manila after a stroke.
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Filipinos buried movie legend turned  politician Fernando Poe Jr with sorrow and spectacle on  Wednesday as warnings and rumors of plots failed to materialize  among the large, peaceful crowd for the funeral.
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Award-winning Taiwanese film-maker Edward Yang dies from cancer at the age of 59.
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The Malayalam veteran actor passes away at 71.
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Singapore Zoo's most famous icon, an orangutan who once hobnobbed with Britain's Prince Philip, popstar Michael Jackson and actress Elizabeth Taylor, has died, zoo staff said Saturday.
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Hundreds of thousands turn out for the funeral of Filipino film star-turned presidential candidate Fernando Poe Jr.
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Action film star and presidential candidate Fernando Poe Jr., who refused to concede May's election, died Tuesday after suffering a stroke. He was 65.
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Mexican mariachi singer and actor Antonio Aguilar, who recorded more than 150 albums and began his acting career during Mexico's "Golden Era" of cinema, has died in Mexico City. He was 88.
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Accused of corruption, a former Philippine president (and action movie superstar) is sentenced to life imprisonment -- in his country estate.
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Deposed Philippines leader Joseph Estrada on Wednesday used the funeral of his movie star friend and defeated presidential candidate, Fernando Poe, to attack the incumbent president.
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MANILA Hundreds of thousands of Filipinos joined the funeral Wednesday for Fernando Poe Jr., the country&#39;s most popular actor, who nearly unseated President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in the presidential election this year.
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The undisputed king of Bollywood's baddies, Amrish Puri, died on Wednesday at the age of 72 after a long illness, a hospital spokesman said in India's film capital.
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French filmmaker Philippe de Broca, whose works include King of Hearts and That Man from Rio, died on Friday aged 71, according to a close aide.