John McGovern, 85, Allergist, Investor and Philanthropist, Dies
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A Houston allergist and real-estate investor, Dr. McGovernâs philanthropy helped endow medical facilities at Duke University, the Texas Medical Center and other institutions.
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Former U.S. Sen. Thomas Eagleton, who resigned as a vice presidential nominee in 1972 after it was revealed he had been hospitalized for depression, died Sunday, according to the office of Sen. Claire McCaskill.
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Veteran BBC broadcaster John Peel dies from a heart attack at the age of 65 while on holiday in Peru.
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Robert M. Ball, a former Social Security commissioner considered by many as its chief defender and the father of Medicare, has died at age 93.
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By Ron Ledgard, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio  Sep. 10--Jon Overholt is 28, but he already can count on 81 years of experience as a small-business owner.
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Pierre Salinger, press secretary to the late US Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson and a distinguished journalist, died of a heart attack on Saturday, his family said on Sunday.
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Pierre Salinger, press secretary to the  late U.S. presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson and a  distinguished journalist, died of a heart attack on Saturday,  his family said on Sunday. He was 79.
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Former U.S. Sen. Thomas Eagleton, briefly a running mate of Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern until revelations of his treatment for depression forced him out of the race, died on Sunday at age 77, his family said.
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A Yorkshire aristocrat who died nearly 90 years ago could help the global fight against bird flu, experts say.
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John Deardourff, a pioneering political consultant who specialized in working for moderate Republican candidates, including former President Ford, died of cancer Friday at his suburban McLean, Va., home. He was 61.
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U.S. District Judge John Garrett Penn, the former chief judge of the federal court in Washington, died Sunday after a lengthy illness, a court spokesman said. He was 75.
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The designer of the Mercury space capsules that took the first Americans into orbit has died at age 83, NASA announced Sunday. Maxime Faget led the space agency&#39;s engineering and development branch
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Richard Kelley, stepfather of former President Bill Clinton, died Wednesday at his home. He was 91. Kelley, a retired salesman, had been in declining health in recent weeks, and the former president visited him Monday.
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Legendary television entertainer  Johnny Carson has died of emphysema at age 79, the NBC  television network reported on its Web site on Sunday.
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John Peel, the broadcaster whose shows on BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 4 endeared him to listeners across generations, has died aged 65.
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Earl Ubell, 80, a print and broadcast medical and science journalist who covered the leading health and science breakthroughs of the post-war age in a lively and effective style, died May 30 at Actors Fund Home in Englewood, N.J. He had Parkinson's disease and dementia.
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Pierre Salinger, press secretary to the late U.S. Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson and a distinguished journalist, died of a heart attack on Saturday, his family said on Sunday. He was 79.