Former Mississippi Governor Fordice Dies
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Former Gov. Kirk Fordice, a hard-nosed, no-nonsense businessman who became Mississippi's first Republican governor in more than 100 years, died Tuesday of leukemia. He was 70.
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Jerry Orbach, who starred in the television series &quot;Law &amp; Order&quot; and portrayed the overprotective father in the dance-film classic &quot;Dirty Dancing,&quot; died of prostate cancer on Tuesday evening, according to reports.
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By Robin Fitzgerald, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 20--BILOXI -- An autopsy of remains found floating near the shoreline of the Mississippi Sound in Biloxi showed the cause of death was drowning.
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Bennie Smith, a guitarist and St. Louis blues legend who played with stars like Chuck Berry and Ike and Tina Turner, died Sunday following a heart attack. He was 72.
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US actor Glenn Ford dies aged 90, at his home in Beverly Hills.
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By Melissa M. Scallan, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Sep. 7--GULFPORT -- Former Long Beach Mayor Robert Bass has been named project director of Gulf Coast Operations for the state College Board.
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The mother of a civil-rights worker killed in the 1964 "Mississippi Burning" case will be buried next to her son on Saturday, more than 40 years after she left the state because of death threats.
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Former first lady, Lady Bird Johnson, has died in Texas at the age of 94, less than two weeks after leaving hospital, a family spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
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Representative Roger Wicker, a conservative Republican from northern Mississippi, was named to the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Trent Lott.
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NEW YORK - "Law & Order" star Jerry Orbach has died of prostate cancer at 69, a representative of the show said Wednesday.   Orbach died Tuesday night in Manhattan after several weeks of treatment, Audrey Davis of the public relations agency Lippin G...
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Jerry Orbach, acclaimed as a quintessential New York actor for his work on Broadway, in films and as the star of television&#39;s &quot;Law &amp; Order,&quot; has died from cancer.
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Law and Order and Dirty Dancing actor Jerry Orbach dies of prostate cancer at the age of 69.
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By Robin Fitzgerald, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Sep. 18--BILOXI -- A pedestrian struck by a vehicle around 6:30 a.m. has died at a hospital.   Police Sgt. Jackie Rhodes said the male apparently stepped out in front of a vehicle on Pass and Popp's Ferry roads.
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Veteran actor Jerry Orbach, best known as one of the stars of the long-running NBC drama &quot;Law &amp; Order,&quot; died late Tuesday of prostate cancer.
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"Law &amp; Order" star Jerry Orbach has died of prostate cancer at 69, a representative of the show said Wednesday.
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Dr. Joyce Swartney, formerly of Williamsville and Detroit, died June 3 in Sarasota, Fla., from complications associated with progressive supranuclear palsy. She was 71.
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H. Donald Wilson, 82, under whose leadership the commercial database service LexisNexis introduced electronic research to law firms and news organizations, died of a heart attack Nov. 12 in front of his computer at his home in Mitchellville.