Leading Swedish conductor Sixten Ehrling dies
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The revered Swedish conductor Sixten Ehrling has died at the age of 86 in New York, his home for the last thirty years.
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Philippe Jaffre, executive vice president of engineering company Alstom and former chairman of oil group Elf Aquitaine, has died, his company said Sunday. He was 62.
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Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti has died at his home in Modena.
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MODENA, Italy  - Legendary Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti, who brought opera to the masses with his powerful voice and jovial personality, died on Thursday of pancreatic cancer, aged 71.
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Prince Bernhard, a bon vivant and outspoken member of an ancient German royal family who became husband of one queen of the Netherlands and father of another, died yesterday at a hospital in Utrecht near Amsterdam.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - Former dictator Augusto Pinochet, who polarized Chile during his violent 1973-1990 military rule and spent his old age fighting human rights, fraud and corruption charges, died on Sunday. He was 91.
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Award-winning Taiwanese film-maker Edward Yang dies from cancer at the age of 59.
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Raymond Goethals, the Belgian soccer coach who steered Olympique Marseille to the European Champions title in 1993, died Monday, news reports said.
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Film stars, top politicians and members of Sweden's royal family were among those who celebrated the life and work of directing legend Ingmar Bergman on Monday in a ceremony at Stockholm's Royal Dramatic Theatre.
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Luciano Pavarotti, whose vibrant high C's and ebullient showmanship made him one of the world's most beloved tenors, has died, his manager told The Associated Press. He was 71.
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Cinematographer Sven Nykvist, who often worked alongside director Ingmar Bergman, dies at 83.
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International Cricket Council head Percy Sonn dies in a Cape Town hospital after a routine operation.
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Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti dies of cancer at home in Modena, aged 71.
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Czech composer Petr Eben, whose wide variety of music has been performed around the globe, has died. He was 78.
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Alfred Sirven, a former executive of the oil giant Elf central to a corruption trial, dies in France.
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Billionaire industrialist Friedrich Karl Flick, whose father was convicted at Nuremburg of using slave labor in Nazi Germany, has died at the age of 79, according to news reports Friday.
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An autopsy confirmed that NHL player Serge Zholtok died from heart failure after playing a game this week in Belarus.