Washoe, a Chimp of Many Words, Dies at 42
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Washoe captured the worldâs attention and set off a debate over nonhuman primatesâ ability to learn human language that continues to this day.
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A 58-year-old Everett woman has died of eastern equine encephalitis, the second state resident to die of the disease this year, state health officials said Monday.
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BEDFORD, NY - Christopher Reeve, the star of the Superman movies whose nearly fatal riding accident nine years ago turned him into a worldwide advocate for spinal cord research, died Sunday of heart failure, his publicist said.
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Actor Christopher Reeve died at 5:30 pm Sunday of heart failure at the age of 52, after falling into a coma on Saturday. A press release said Reeve was being treated for an infected
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By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID  WASHINGTON - Chimpanzees may have been using stone "hammers" as long as 4,300 years ago.
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Christopher Reeve, known for his role as ``Superman&#39;&#39; in movies and later as an advocate for spinal cord research after a horse-riding accident left him paralyzed nine years ago, died yesterday of heart failure.
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Marcel Marceau, the world's best-known mime artist who for decades moved audiences around the world without uttering a single word, has died aged 84.
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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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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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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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Dr. William Dobelle, who developed an experimental system of artificial vision that involved the transmission of electrical signals to electrodes implanted in the brain and attached to the visual cortex, has died.
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The remains of a primate that could be the ancestor of humans and all the great apes is discovered.
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Deborah Kerr, who shared one of Hollywoodâs most famous kisses while portraying an Army officerâs unhappy wife in âFrom Here to Eternityâ and danced with the Siamese monarch in âThe King and I,â has died. She was 86. Kerr, who suff...
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A 13 million years old ape living in what is now Spain may have been the last common father of all apes, including chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans and humans.
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Playbill - Iggie Wolfington, the portly character actor who snagged a 1958 Tony Award nomination for playing Prof. Harold Hill's pal, Marcellus Washburn, died of natural causes Sept. 30 in Southern California, according to published reports. He was 84.
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Christopher Reeve, who died at the age of 52 this week, never stopped working toward his goal of walking again after becoming paralyzed in a horse-riding accident ten years ago.
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He died after a prolonged illness, family sources said. He was 80.