Ernesto Illy, Italy coffee giant, dies
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Ernesto Illy, the longtime head of Italian coffee giant illycaffe SpA who traveled the world in search of the best blend of beans, has died at age 82.
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Beverly Sills, the world-renowned  soprano who became the most popular opera singer in America in  modern times, died on Monday evening in New York from  inoperable lung cancer, her manager said.
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New Zealand's Sir Edmund Hillary, who along with Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first to conquer Mount Everest, has died, Prime Minister Helen Clark said on Friday.
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ROME An Italian soprano who was one of the biggest stars at New York&#39;s Metropolitan Opera and Italy&#39;s La Scala has died at her home in San Marino -- a tiny republic in Italy.
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Most Rev. James Hickey, former archbishop of Washington who led the Roman Catholic Church in the US capital for two decades, died Sunday.
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A causa del dissenso espresso da alcuni Paesi
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One of the world's greatest singers, Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti, dies aged 71 after a battle with cancer.
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Sir Edmund Hillary, who gained worldwide fame after he and guide Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, has died, according to New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark.
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Former ICI boss and TV "troubleshooter" Sir John Harvey-Jones dies in his sleep following a long illness.
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Oriana Fallaci, an Italian journalist who stirred controversy with her criticism of Islam, dies at the age of 76.
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Indonesia's former president Suharto, whose legacy of economic development was marred by graft and human rights abuses during his 32 years in power, died on Sunday, aged 86, after suffering multiple organ failure.
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Mr. Kleihues died in Berlin on Aug. 13, after a lengthy battle with Parkinson's disease.
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The Philippine film legend who came close to defeating Gloria Arroyo in the presidential race in May died early today after suffering a stroke.
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Indonesia's ex-leader, 86, Suharto dies after suffering multiple organ failure, police and hospital authorities say.
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ABU DHABI-The saddened, multinational business community in the capital termed the death of statesman, President of the UAE Shaikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan as a death of an era best known
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Aloisio Lorscheider, one of Latin America's most influential cardinals, died Sunday after a lengthy hospitalization. He was 83.
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The world's best-known mime artist, Marcel Marceau, has died, France Info radio said on Sunday, saying his family had informed it of his death.