Oldest Known WWI Vet, 109, Dies
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J. Russell Coffey, the oldest known surviving U.S. veteran of World War I, has died. The retired teacher was one of only three U.S. veterans from the "war to end all wars."
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The queens of Britain and Belgium paid tribute Thursday to the Allied soldiers from British Commonwealth nations who died by the tens of thousands 90 years ago in one of the bloodiest battles of World War I.
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Â· Victims of Afghanistan attack aged 18 and 23Â·  Interpreter died after airlift to medical centre
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George Johnson, considered California's oldest living person at 112 and the state's last surviving World War I veteran, had experts shaking their heads over his junk food diet.
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Ancel Keys, the University of Minnesota scientist who invented the K ration diet used by soldiers in World War II and who linked high cholesterol and fatty diets to heart disease, has died at the age of 100.
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R.W. Apple Jr., 71 , a New York Times war correspondent who distinguished himself in Vietnam and became an influential political writer and roving epicure, died Oct. 4 at his home in Washington. He had thoracic cancer.
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Fred Hale Sr., the oldest man in the world according to Guinness World Records, has died less than two weeks shy of his 114th birthday.
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THE oldest British Royal in history, Princess Alice, the Duchess of Gloucester, has died at the age of 102 after a life that mixed both adventure and personal tragedy.
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A Chinese soldier has died from bird flu, taking the death toll from the virus in the world's most populous country to 16, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.
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Former world heavyweight champion Max  Schmeling, who fought two unforgettable bouts with American Joe  Louis in the 1930s and fell out of favor with the Nazis after  resisting Hitler's embrace, has died at the age of 99.
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A Londoner believed to be the world's oldest newspaper columnist dies at the age of 101.
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Family at the funeral of one of the youngest U.S. soldiers to die in the Iraq war remembered him on Tuesday as an enthusiastic boy from Trinidad whose love of guns and his adoptive country drew him into the army at 17.
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World War I ended nearly 90 years ago, only a few of its U.S. veterans are still alive, and about a decade ago, its monument was closed after years of neglect and deterioration.
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Dewitt (New York): Fred Hale Sr., documented as the world&#39;s oldest man, has died. He was 113 years old. Hale died in his sleep yesterday at The Nottingham in suburban Syracuse, while trying to recover from
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A paratrooper killed in Afghanistan is awarded the highest recognition for military gallantry, the Victoria Cross.
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Russell A. Buchanan, one of the nation's last surviving World War I veterans, has died. He was 106.
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Staff Sgt. Darren J. Cunningham, a 22-year Army veteran who was described by friends and family as gregarious and fun-loving, was buried yesterday under gray skies at Arlington National Cemetery.