Spokesman: Bobby Fischer has died
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Bobby Fischer, the reclusive American chess master who became a Cold War icon when he dethroned the Soviet Union's Boris Spassky as world champion in 1972, has died. He was 64.
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Four-time Iditarod champion Susan Butcher died Saturday in a Seattle hospital of a reoccurrence of leukemia after a recent stem-cell transplant, her doctor said. She was 51.
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Chess master Bobby Fischer, one of the greatest chess players in history, has died, a spokesman for the World Chess Federation confirmed to CNN Friday. He was 64.
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Alexander V. Litvinenko, who fell gravely ill early this month, apparently after being poisoned, died Thursday night after suffering a heart attack, the authorities said.
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THE woman marrying Bobby Fischer, the chess legend threatened with deportation to the United States, reacted with shock yesterday to the news that he already has a common-law wife and a four-year-old daughter in the Philippines.
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Oscar Peterson, who sat atop  the world of jazz piano for decades with his driving two-handed  swing, technical wizardry and rapid-fire solos, has died, a  friend of the musician said on Monday. He was 82.
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Former chess champion Bobby Fischer announced plans Monday to marry a leading Japanese chess official and appealed to Secretary of State Colin Powell to help him renounce U.S. citizenship, the latest in a series of moves as he seeks to block attempts to deport him to the United States.
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South Korean officials said Thursday they were investigating reports that the woman considered to be North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's most influential wife has died after a long battle with breast cancer.
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An autopsy confirmed that NHL player Serge Zholtok died from heart failure after playing a game this week in Belarus.
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Bobby Fischer had hoped to play current world chess champion Viswanathan Anand or former great Garry Kasparov in a tournament before his death, an Icelandic newspaper reported Saturday.
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Chess legend Bobby Fischer, who died in Iceland last week aged 64, was buried on Monday in a private ceremony near the city that hosted his famous victory over the Soviet Union's Boris Spassky 35 years ago.
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Japan issued a deportation order on Tuesday against former world chess champion Bobby Fischer, who is wanted in the United States for defying sanctions on Yugoslavia, an immigration official said.
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Bobby Fischer, America's first and only world chess champion who was once dubbed the "Mozart of Chess", has died in Iceland at the age of 64.
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TOKYO - Japan's Justice Ministry rejected former chess champion Bobby Fischer's demand for protection as a political refugee on Tuesday and issued an order to deport him.    Fischer, in custody since he was detained by Japanese airport authorities on July 13 with an invalid U.S...
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Maverick US chess genius Bobby Fischer, who faces jail if he returns to his native country, has made a handwritten appeal to Japanese authorities from his detention cell to be allowed to move to Iceland, his lawyers said.
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RIGA, Latvia (Sports Network) - An autopsy performed  Thursday stated that veteran NHL center Sergei Zholtok died as  a result of heart failure. Zholtok, who was 31, passed away  Wednesday after leaving a game in Belarus.
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CALGARY, Alberta  - Oscar Peterson, who sat atop the world of jazz piano for decades with his driving two-handed swing, technical wizardry and rapid-fire solos, has died, a friend of the musician said on Monday. He was 82.