Englishman, Irishman, travel writer, comedian: Pete McCarthy dies
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Pete McCarthy, the Englishman with Irish blood who traded on his name to bring the craic and the characters of thesaloon bars of the Emerald Isle to millions of readers, has died at the age of 51.
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Comedian Cyril Fletcher, a regular on TV and radio shows such as That's Life and Does the Team Think?, dies at 91.
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Director Gerard Oury, a cultural icon of France whose decades-old comedies remain hits today, has died, local officials at his Riviera home said Thursday. He was 87.
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Mike McCarthy was named the NFL Coach  of the Year Wednesday after guiding the Green Bay Packers to a  13-3 record and within one game of the Super Bowl.
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Peter Boyle, the actor known for playing everything from a tap-dancing monster in "Young Frankenstein" to the curmudgeonly father in the long-running TV sitcom "Everybody Loves Raymond," has died. He was 71.
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Comic actor Charles Nelson Reilly, a lauded Broadway performer and campy game show guest in the 1970s and 1980s, has died in Los Angeles, a representative for the actor said on Monday.
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John Peel, the Radio 1 disc jockey who brought fame to a string of obscure bands, has died on holiday in Peru. The 65-year-old suffered a heart attack last night after being taken ill during
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LONDON -- Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Cormac McCarthy has been awarded one of Britain's oldest literary honors for his tale of a father and son's travels through a post-apocalyptic America.
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AVIGNON, France Oct 17  - Pierre Salinger, press secretary to US presidents John F Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson died, aged 79, of a heart attack in a hospital in southern France Saturday and will be buried in the United States, his wife said early
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Move over, Denis Leary, Lenny Clarke, Dane Cook, Steven Wright, Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien, and Paula Poundstone. There is a new Boston comedian, and his name is Scot Pollard.
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Mike McCarthy was named the NFL Coach of the Year Wednesday after guiding the Green Bay Packers to a 13-3 record and within one game of the Super Bowl.
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US stand-up comedian Richard Jeni dies of gunshot wounds in a suspected suicide in Los Angeles.
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Tycho: And so, our own pilgrimage comes to a close.  Thank you!  I think we all had fun.  I should stress that "we" refers to your cruel hosts, Gabriel and myself, who over the last eight years have tormented you thus with such dedication and enthusiasm.
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EVERTON are in talks with European champions FC Porto to sign South African striker Benny McCarthy, it was reported today. McCarthy was the Portuguese league&#39;s top scorer last season with 20 goals but is not
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Brian Clough, one of the game&#39;s managerial legends, died earlier today at the age of 69. The double European Cup winning manager had members of his family at his bedside.
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Rodney Dangerfield, the famously self-deprecating comedian, died Tuesday at the age of 82. He had been in a coma after undergoing heart valve replacement surgery in August.
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Emlyn Hughes, captain of Liverpool FC and England, who was the on-field talisman for Reds managers Bill Shankly and Bob Paisley, has died aged 57.