Taylor receives a final tribute
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Sean Taylor's selection to the Pro Bowl was supposed to be a crowning moment during a season in which he became a truly dominant NFL safety.
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New Zealanders pay their last respects to the Mount Everest conqueror  Sir Edmund Hillary
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The last of the seven Project Mercury  astronauts who pioneered U.S. space exploration in the 1960s  remembered one of their own as a fearless pilot with the "right  stuff" in an emotional memorial ceremony on Friday for Gordon  Cooper.
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Aaron Harang said a final goodbye to his grandfather, rejoined his teammates and took the mound for a fitting tribute.
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Admirers massed by the hundreds in Modena's main piazza Thursday night to pay their final respects to Luciano Pavarotti, the tenor cherished by many as "the last, great voice" of Italian opera.
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Heath Leger's family joined celebrities and other mourners Saturday to bid farewell to the actor at a memorial service in his Australian hometown.
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A red carpet fit for a queen was laid out Tuesday for Hollywood icon Elizabeth Taylor, who was to celebrate her 75th birthday at a party at a Lake Las Vegas resort.
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Foreign dignitaries have paid a last tribute to Yasser Arafat, the founding father of Palestinian resistance, at a solemn funeral in Cairo, the city where he was born.
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Friends and fans, including Hollywood stars and Australia's prime minister, bid farewell to "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin on Wednesday at a service that veered from poignant tributes to belly laughs.
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More than 36 million &quot;American  Idol&quot; fans watched the star-studded finale of the hit talent  show on Wednesday night as gray-haired soul crooner Taylor  Hicks was crowned the winner in a dramatic close to the 2005-06  U.S. television season.
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AUSTIN, Texas  - Friends and family buried Ann   Richards in a private ceremony on Monday and then joined in a   memorial service where New York Sen. Hillary Clinton led   mourners praising the life and recalling the humor of the   former Texas governor.
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The Arizona Cardinals honored Pat Tillman on Sunday in an emotional halftime ceremony that featured the fallen player's widow and other members of his family.
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Family and friends of Charles Taylor  held a church service on Sunday in support of the former  Liberian president, on the eve of his trial in The Hague on 11  counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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Heath Ledgerâs family, Hollywood celebrities and hundreds of other mourners bid farewell to the actor at a memorial service in his Australian hometown.
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The people of Nottingham and Derby pay homage to legendary manager Brian Clough, who died this week.
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The City Ground in Nottingham had tonight become the focal point of public grieving as fans joined players who had worked under the late Brian Clough to pay tribute to the man
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Sean Taylor, who died Nov. 27 after being shot during a burglary at his Florida home, was voted to the NFC Pro Bowl team posthumously on Tuesday.