Remembering Altman with a slew of tributes
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NEW YORK  - It has been almost a year since Robert Altman stood on the stage of the Kodak Theater on March 5 to receive his long-overdue honorary Academy Award.
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Hundreds of friends and family  attended a memorial for Christopher Reeve in New York on  Friday, paying tribute to the "Superman" actor who died this  month after spending the last decade of his life paralyzed.
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A tribute to Beverly Sills brought together her many worlds, roles and celebrity friends.
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Too often, those who make the greatest contributions to mankind pass away into obscurity, their legacy becoming one with the collective experience. One such man passed away this month. You may not know him or recognize his name, but you have cause to mourn his passing.  And what was his gift to the world? You need look no further than the grey image above these words.
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Heath Ledger was remembered at a private  memorial service in his Australian home town on Saturday, with  fellow actor Cate Blanchett giving a eulogy and Ledger's father  thanking his son's fans for their support.
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Opera soprano Beverly Sills was being remembered Sunday at a tribute presented by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the Metropolitan Opera and the New York City Opera.
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Helped by four big bands, eight guitarists, four saxophonists, five pianists and four vocalists, the University of California at Los Angeles threw a four-hour birthday tribute Saturday for one of its professors, jazz guitar great Kenny Burrell.
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Robert Altman is too  busy to bask in the acclaim for his latest ensemble piece, "A  Prairie Home Companion."
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Robert Altman, the caustic and irreverent satirist behind "M-A-S-H," "Nashville" and "The Player" who made a career out of bucking Hollywood, has died at 81. The director died Monday night at a Los Angeles Hospital, Joshua Astrachan, a producer at Altman's Sandcastle 5 Productions in New York City, told The Associated Press.
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Hundreds of friends and family  attended a memorial for Christopher Reeve in New York on  Friday, paying tribute to the "Superman" actor who died this  month after spending the last decade of his life paralyzed .
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In this collection, friends pay tribute to the lesser-known investing sage from Omaha.
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NEW YORK: Tributes were continuing to pour in at the United Nations for the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Mr Arafat, who passed away in a Paris hospital
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Many former Liverpool players and other friends of Emlyn Hughes have paid tribute to the ex-Reds and England captain who died on Tuesday from a brain tumour, aged 57.
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FRIENDS and fans today paid tribute to the courage of Christopher Reeve, the Superman actor who died nine years after being crippled in a riding accident.
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From the Vatican to the Palestinian refugee camps of Jordan, tributes poured in today for Yasir Arafat, a man regarded as an international leader by many and a terrorist by others.
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Coworkers pay tribute to a devoted and thoughtful leader.
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Washington's elite hosted an  eclectic mix of entertainers ranging from multiple-Oscar winner  Tom Hanks to pop singer Jessica Simpson at the Kennedy Center  Honors on Sunday, paying tribute to five superstars for their  lifetime contributions to the arts and American culture.