Cartoon legend Joseph Barbera dies at 95
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Legendary Hollywood animator Joseph Barbera, whose characters Fred and Wilma Flintstone and Scooby-Doo made generations of people laugh, died on Monday at age 95, the Warner Bros. film studio said in a statement.
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Rodney Dangerfield, the    goggle-eyed comic famed for his self-deprecating one-liners and  signature phrase "I can't get no respect," died on Tuesday at  age 82, his spokesman said.
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"Last Laughs: Cartoons about Aging, Retirement ... and the Great Beyond" (Scribner, 208 pages, $22.95), edited by Mort Gerberg: Why would anybody seek out and publish a bunch of cartoons about aging, retirement and death? Mort Gerberg was inspired by the sight of an elderly man at a ski resort who was as exuberant as a school kid in claiming a new perk.
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LOS ANGELES The Disney animator who helped bring life to the dancing penguins in &quot;Mary Poppins&quot; has died. Frank Thomas was 92 when he passed away at his California home yesterday.
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Fred Whipple, an astronomer who originated the idea that comets were comprised of ice and mineral dust, has died at the age of 97.
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The Italian designer Gianfranco Ferre, whose training as an architect had a crucial influence on his approach to fashion, died Sunday in a Milan hospital after suffering a massive brain haemorrhage. He was 62.
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Angelo Giuliani, who was behind the plate for Joe DiMaggio&#39;s first at-bat in the majors and went on to sign Kent Hrbek as a Minnesota Twins scout, died at 91.
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BERKELEY, CA - Pete Cutino, a Cal coaching legend and one of the greatest figures in United States water polo history, died of apparent heart failure at his Monterey home yesterday afternoon.
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Joseph Edward Gallo Jr., who broke from his winemaking family to make cheese and then waged a high-profile spat with his famous brothers over use of the Gallo name, has died. He was 87.
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Legendary Walt Disney Co. animator  Frank Thomas, whose work ranged from "Snow White and the Seven  Dwarfs" to "Pinocchio " and "Bambi," has died at age 92, the  studio said on Thursday.
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Good Grief, Charles Schulz. The creator of the beloved Peanuts comic strip was a shy, lonely man who used his child-like drawings to depict a life of deep melancholy, according to a controversial new biography.
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The man who inspired millions, first in his movie role as Superman, and later for his heroic battle following a horse riding accident that left him a quadriplegic, died Sunday of heart failure.
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Joseph Barbera, one half of the  team that created The Flintstones and Scooby-Doo cartoons, dies, aged 95.
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Harry Lampert, the illustrator who created the DC Comics superhero 'The Flash' and later became known for his instructional books on bridge, died Saturday. He was 88.
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Hit the mute button for a moment of silence: The co-inventor of the TV remote, Robert Adler, has died. Adler, who won an Emmy Award along with fellow engineer Eugene Polley for the device that made the couch potato possible, died Thursday of heart failure at a Boise nursing home at 93, Zenith Electronics Corp. said Friday.
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George Russell Barber, an Army chaplain from the U.S. landing at Omaha Beach on D-Day during World War II, has died at age 90.
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Shail Chaturvedi, eminent Hindi poet, humorist, lyricist and Bollywood character actor, passed away here early Monday morning.