Rosemary Kennedy, Former President's Sister, Dies
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Rosemary Kennedy, younger sister of  President John F. Kennedy and the inspiration for the Special  Olympics, has died of natural causes at the age of 86, the  family announced on Saturday.
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Historian and intellectual icon Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., a Kennedy confidant and liberal standard-bearer who was a fixture in Washington political life for decades, died Wednesday night in Manhattan at the age of 89.
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Princess Galyani Vadhana, the elder sister of Thailand's much-loved monarch, dies of cancer at the age of 84.
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Vilma Espin, sister-in-law of convalescing Cuban leader Fidel Castro and one of the most powerful women in Cuba's political leadership, died on Monday in Havana. She was 77.
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Summoning memories of his brother the slain president, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy led two generations of the First Family of Democratic politics Monday in endorsing Barack Obama for the White House, declaring, "I feel change is in the air."
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California first lady Maria Shriver, a member of the Kennedy clan, endorsed Democratic Sen. Barack Obama for U.S. president on Sunday, days after her husband, Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, backed Republican John McCain.
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Mary Rettig Irish, a philanthropist and wife of Hearst Newspapers President George B. Irish, died Sunday after a lengthy battle with cancer. She was 59.
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Two former US presidents and five first ladies paid a final tribute Saturday to Lady Bird Johnson, remembered for her uncanny ability to calm her restless husband, former President Lyndon Johnson.
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Don Kennedy, who led St. Peter&#39;s basketball team from a small-time program to major college status during his 22 years as head coach, has died.
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Pierre Salinger, press secretary to the late U.S. presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson and a distinguished journalist, died of a heart attack on Saturday, his family said on Sunday.
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NEW YORK - Friends and family of former US president John F. Kennedy condemned yesterday&#39;s release of a video game that puts players behind the trigger of his assassin&#39;s rifle.
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Nellie Connally, the former Texas first lady who was riding in President Kennedy's limousine when he was assassinated, has died, a family friend said Saturday. The 87-year-old was the last living person who had been part of that fateful Dallas drive.
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Thailand's Princess Galyani Vadhana, the elder sister of revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej, has died after six months in hospital battling cancer, the palace said on Wednesday.
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Pierre Salinger, press secretary to President John F Kennedy and a distinguished journalist, has died of a heart attack in the south of France.
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Nellie Connally, the widow of former Gov. John Connally and the last remaining survivor who was riding in President Kennedy's limousine when he was assassinated, has died, a longtime family friend said Saturday. She was 87.
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LOS ANGELES Former First Lady Nancy Reagan says she was &quot;shocked and deeply saddened&quot; to hear of Christopher Reeve&#39;s death over the weekend.
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Barbara McNair, the pioneering black singer-actress who hosted her own TV variety show and starred with Sidney Poitier in the early 1970s, has died. She was 72. McNair died Sunday in Los Angeles after a battle with throat cancer, her sister, Jacqueline Gaither, said.