Tragic judo star dies
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Greek judo star Eleni Ioannou, who jumped from a third-floor balcony after a lovers' tiff, dies in hospital.
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Former French Prime Minister Raymond Barre, an economist who also served as a European commissioner, died on Saturday, his family said. He was 83.
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A Cuban judo player has tested positive for a banned substance at the Athens Paralympics and is being stripped of his gold medal. The International Paralympic Committee said 35-year-old Sergio Arturo Perez
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A terminally-ill Indian chess champion who has been the focus of a euthanasia debate, dies in hospital.
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Shu Uemura, the Japanese makeup artist who won acclaim in Hollywood and built an international cosmetics brand under his name, has died. He was 79.
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Christopher Reeve, the chiseled, strapping "Superman" of celluloid who became another kind of hero as a force for spinal cord research after a devastating horse-riding accident, has died at 52.
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Lucky Dube, a reggae star who launched his career with criticism of the former apartheid government, was shot to death in an apparent carjacking attempt as he was dropping off his children, police and his Web site said Friday.
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MONTREAL (CP) - The embattled main organizer of Montreal's failed effort to host the 2005 world aquatic championships was found dead Wednesday, a spokesman for the organizing committee said after several media reported his suicide.
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Former WBC light flyweight champion Choi Yo-sam dies after collapsing during a fight on Christmas Day.
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Rep. Robert T. Matsui of California, who spent time in an internment camp for Japanese-Americans as an infant during World War II and went on to serve 26 years in Congress, has died of complications from a rare disease, his family said Sunday.
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Former world chess champion Bobby Fischer has died of an unspecified illness, a spokesman for the late champion said on Friday. He was 64.
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German ex-heavyweight champ Max Schmeling dies at the age of 99.
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Willie Pep, a hall-of-fame boxer and one of the best fighters of the 20th century, has died at the age of 84.
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A Kenyan marathon runner was fatally shot with an arrow, the second international athlete to die as Kenya struggles with an explosion of postelection chaos, a sports official and fellow athlete said Tuesday.
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A Greek judoka, who 17 days ago jumped off a balcony after a row with her boyfriend hours before she was due to go into the athletes&#39; Olympic village for the Athens Games, has died in hospital.
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Ignacio Insua, a Cuban cameraman working   for Reuters Television in Havana, died on Monday of a heart   attack after suffering spine injuries in a car accident. He was   57.
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Former world chess champion Bobby Fischer has died of a serious but unspecified illness, Iceland national radio reported on Friday.