U.S. Author of 'Rape of Nanking' Commits Suicide
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The author of "the Rape of  Nanking," an acclaimed history of Japanese brutality against  China in the 1930s, has committed suicide, officials said on  Thursday.
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Acclaimed Chinese-American historical author Iris Chang has been found dead in her car, apparently after shooting herself, police sources said.
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U.S. playwright Arthur Miller has died after battling cancer, pneumonia and a heart condition, The New York Times reported on its Web site on Friday.
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The acclaimed Chinese-American author Iris Chang was eulogized in simultaneous ceremonies in northern California, Washington and Nanjing, China, after her apparent suicide earlier this month.
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Beijing - China has executed a university dropout for killing six men - four of whom had raped him, state media reported on Sunday.
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Francoise Sagan, author of the best-selling novel "Bonjour Tristesse," died Sept. 24 of heart and lung failure in Normandy, France. She was 69.
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Chief of pediatric and congenital heart surgery at Arkansas Children&#39;s Hospital Dr. Jonathan Drummond-Webb commited suicide on Sunday.
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Iris Chang, the prominent Chinese American author and journalist who fueled an international protest movement against Japan with her incendiary best-selling book, &quot;The Rape of Nanking,&quot; was found dead from an apparent self- inflicted gunshot wound
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The 55-year-old was rushed to a Los Angeles hospital after the apparent suicide attempt. She had become depressed after the end of her 22-year marriage to securities-broker Bruce Tyson, friends said.
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Novelist George MacDonald Fraser, author of the Flashman stories, has died aged 82, his publisher has said.
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Text of report in English by Japanese news agency Kyodo  Tokyo, May 30 Kyodo - The following is the full translation of a letter addressed to the public by Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka, committed suicide Monday.
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When author Iris Chang caught a plane to Kentucky in August to plunge into her next book project, she was already exhausted and depressed, her husband said yesterday.
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NEW YORK -- Susan Sontag, an author and activist who called herself a &quot;zealot of seriousness,&quot; died Tuesday at the age of 71.
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A Saudi Arabian detainee died Wednesday at Guantanamo Bay prison and the U.S. military said he apparently committed suicide.
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China has executed a 25-year-old university dropout for killing six men as an act of revenge for being raped while drunk. Li Yijiang cut off the penises of his victims aged between 20 and 30 after killing them, the Beijing Youth Daily said yesterday.
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Shortly after his third suicide attempt, serial killer Michael Ross wrote that life on death row was increasingly unbearable. He described the isolation of sitting in his cell 23 hours a day for years amid the endless slamming of metal and dark thoughts of his own horrific crimes and his impending execution.
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Social critic and author Susan  Sontag, one of America's leading intellectuals, died on Tuesday  at age 71 at New York's Sloan Kettering hospital after a battle  with leukemia, the Los Angeles Times reported on its Web site.