Ernestine Stodelle, 95, Modern Dancer, Dies
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Ms. Stodelle had a multifaceted career in modern dance as a performer, author and teacher.
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Wearing beaded sunglasses with feathers, 83-year-old Lorraine McCaslin waved a green handkerchief as she danced in New Orleans' Woldenberg Park, ushering in what she says is her favorite time of year Â Mardi Gras.
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Deborah Kerr, star of The King And I and From Here To Eternity, dies at the age of 86.
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Viktor Schreckengost, an artist and prolific industrial designer whose ubiquitous works ranged from familiar toys and White House porcelain to innovative trucks and even lawn mowers, has died. He was 101.
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Regine Crespin, the French opera great who took her personal magnetism and soprano voice to the world's leading stages, died Thursday. She was 80.
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By IRIS FANGER  Modern dance choreographer, scientist, and explorer of the space we inhabit, Elizabeth Streb is a descendant from Icarus in the long line of humans who have wanted to fly.
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Jerry Orbach, the Tony Award-winning star of Promises, Promises and other musicals, has died at the age of 69, according to a radio report citing his manager, Robert Malcolm.
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One of the most famous American band leaders of the swing era, the clarinettist Artie Shaw, has died. He died at his home in Los Angeles at the age of 94.
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Natalia Bessmertnova, a Soviet-era prima ballerina who danced with the Bolshoi Ballet for decades, died Tuesday, a spokeswoman for the ballet said. She was 66.
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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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PRINCESS Alice, the Queenâs aunt who once described herself as a âpre-beatnikâ, has died at the age of 102. She was the oldest member of the British royal family in history.
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Sidonie Goossens, a harpist and the last survivor of a musically distinguished family of brothers and sisters, has died. She was 105.
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Damian Woetzel, a principal dancer at the New York City Ballet, said Monday he would retire at seasonâs end, making official what he had predicted a year ago. Mr. Woetzelâs final performance will be on June 18 after 23 years with the company. He earned a masterâs degree in public administration from Harvard University last year and is artistic director of the summer Vail International Dance Festival. Mr. Woetzel said it was fitting to leave as the company commemorates the 10th anniversary of the death of Jerome Robbins by featuring his choreography. âHis presence was the reason I joinedâ the company, Mr. Woetzel said. He said he will focus his energy âbeyond the limited space of performingâ in âareas where I hope to make an impact in the second part of my life.â.
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LOS ANGELES  &#151; Herman Brix, the Olympic shot putter who played Tarzan in a 1935 movie, has died. He was 100.
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Alicia Markova, Britain's first great ballerina, has died. She was 94. Markova, only one of a handful of artists acknowledged as "prima ballerina assoluta," died Thursday in a Bath hospital the day after her ...
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Artie Shaw, the famed bandleader of the 1930s swing era, has died at home today at the age of 94. His attorney says Shaw died of natural causes, and had been ill for some time.
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Dame Alicia Markova, one of the greatest British ballerinas of the 20th century, a founder of the company now known as the English National Ballet and a former director of the Metropolitan Opera Ballet, died ...