'King of the Congas' dies in Cuba
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Tata Guines, Cuba's most famous percussionist, dies of a kidney infection in Havana, aged 77.
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MEXICO CITY  - Legendary Mexican TV personality Raul Velasco, who hosted one of Latin America's most popular variety shows for nearly three decades, died Sunday in his home in Acapulco. He was 73.
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Former Padre Ken Caminiti died of a drug overdose, coronary artery disease and an enlarged heart, according to the New York City Medical Examiner.
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Oscar-winning composer Elmer Bernstein, famous for scores including The Magnificent Seven and The Great Escape, died on Wednesday at the age of 82.
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By OSCAR CORRAL  By OSCAR CORRAL  MIAMI - Picture this: Cuban leader Fidel Castro dies. Cubans board rafts and take to the seas. In South Florida, exiles board boats and head for Cuba to pick up desperate relatives.
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A leader of one of Rio's premiere samba parade groups was shot to death early Wednesday, just days before the city's famed Carnival celebrations.
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Rock-and-roll pioneer Ike Turner  died of a cocaine overdose, the San Diego County medical  examiner said on Wednesday.
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Rock-and-roll pioneer Ike Turner, who was found dead last month, died of an accidental cocaine overdose, the San Diego County medical examiner said on Wednesday.
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Jazz singer and author George Melly dies at his London home at the age of 80
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Jazz star George Melly has died at his home in London at the age of 80, his wife Diana said Thursday.
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One of the most famous American band leaders of the swing era, clarinettist Artie Shaw, dies aged 94.
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Choreographer Michael Kidd, whose athletic dances for ballet, Broadway and Hollywood delighted audiences for half a century and won him five Tonys and an Oscar, has died.
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Eddie Layton, the Yankee Stadium organist and ballpark fixture for more than 35 years, has died after a brief illness.
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The daughter of former Paraguyan President Raul Cubas was found dead Wednesday night, months after she was abducted by heavily armed gunmen in the highest-profile kidnapping ever in this South American country.
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George Melly, the larger-than-life jazz star, has died at his home in London at the age of 80, his wife said Thursday.
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Hurricane Charley caused more than $1  billion in damage to Havana and its surrounding provinces when  it roared through western Cuba on Aug. 13, killing four people,  a leader of the ruling Communist Party said on Wednesday.
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TUXPAN, Mexico  - Now frail from illness and out of sight, Cuban President Fidel Castro was remembered on Saturday as a dashing young revolutionary who set sail 50 years ago from this sleepy Mexican port to a place in history.