Man in Middle of Black Power Salute Dies
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MELBOURNE, Australia -- Peter Norman, the Australian who stood alongside the U.S. athletes staging the civil rights protest from the medal podium at the 1968 Olympics, died Tuesday of a heart attack. He was 64.
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A man diagnosed with terminal lung cancer who was planning to host his own living wake has died.
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Actor Ossie Davis, who brought dignity  and a passion for racial equality to the stage and screen in a  career of more than 50 years, was found dead early on Friday at  the age of 87.
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Friends and family gathered at a church in Harlem, New York, to remember rapper ODB (Ol&#39;Dirty Bastard) on Wednesday. The 35-year-old collapsed and died at a Manhattan recording studio on Sunday after complaining of chest pains.
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Buck O'Neil, the goodwill ambassador for the Negro Leagues who fell one vote shy of the Hall of Fame, died Friday night at the age of 94. O'Neil became the first black scout and first black coach in the major leagues, both for the Chicago Cubs.
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Col. Ronald M. Sharpe, a retired Pennsylvania State Police commissioner who was the nation's first black leader of a statewide police force, has died of cancer. He was 64.
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Serigne Saliou Mbacke, Senegal's spiritual leader whose image was ever-present in the homes of his millions of followers, has died. He was 92.
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Relatives of the Black Watch soldier killed during the controversial military deployment from Basra have spoken of their devastation at his death.
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Eighteen years ago, Tony Akeem organized a ceremony in New York City to honor the millions of Africans who died crossing the Atlantic during the slave trade. Similar observances have since spread around the world.
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The leader of Senegal's richest and most powerful Islamic brotherhood dies in the city of Toube, aged 92.
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Police appeal for witnesses after a man dies following an assault in Newport city centre.
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Ol&#39; Dirty Bastard, a founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan, collapsed and died Saturday. He was 35 and, sadly, would have turned 36 today.
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(Memphis, Tenn.-AP) Aug. 23, 2004 - He&#39;s credited with a phrase that pays tribute to Elvis Presley and that means an event is over.
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A man has died following what police described as a "disturbance" at a Butlins holiday resort.
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and LEO STANDORA. A small and solemn gathering of relatives, friends and fans quietly paid their respects last night to rapper ODB, whose short and stormy life ended suddenly in his Manhattan recording studio Saturday.
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The funeral of a man who died after an argument over litter is to take place.
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A Brooklyn man was killed in a drawn-out gunfight with the police yesterday after squeezing a lifetime of mayhem into less than 20 minutes.