Richard Knerr, 82, Craze Creator, Dies
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Mr. Knerr produced products that for two decades virtually defined frivolity in postwar America, from the Hula Hoop to the Frisbee to the SuperBall.
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The knickknack makers of the world are ready to put your snapshots on candy, pillows, bobblehead dolls and more.
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Richard Avedon, who turned fashion and portrait photography into art forms and captured unforgettable images of some of the world's most famous figures, died on Friday at 81, a spokeswoman for the New Yorker magazine said.
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Director Russ Meyer, whose soft core porn films, &quot;The Immoral Mr Teas,&quot; &quot;Vixen&quot; and &quot;Beyond the Valley of the Dolls&quot; earned him millions of dollars and the title of Hollywood&#39;s &quot;King Leer,&quot; has died at age 82, his film company said
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Ancel Keys, the University of Minnesota scientist who invented the K ration diet used by soldiers in World War II and who linked high cholesterol and fatty diets to heart disease, has died at the age of 100.
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Richard Avedon, one of the most  influential portrait and fashion photographers of the 20th  century, died on Friday at age 81 in Texas, where he had been  photographing an essay on democracy for the New Yorker  magazine, a magazine spokeswoman said.
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By Carl Macgowan, Newsday, Melville, N.Y.  Dec. 15--Mercurio Clement Caronia III, a hair colorist who found his voice playing Dean Martin in local clubs, has died. He was 75.   Caronia, known as Mac, died Nov.
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One of America's best-known architects, Philip Johnson, dies at the age of 98.
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Carl Karcher, founder of the Carl's Jr. chain of fast-food restaurants, died on Friday of complications from Parkinson's Disease at a hospital in California, the company said.
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Don Herbert, who as television's "Mr. Wizard" introduced generations of young viewers to the joys of science, died Tuesday. He was 89.
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LOS ANGELES  - &quot;The Blair Witch Project&#39;s&quot; director of photography Neal Fredericks died while shooting his latest film on Saturday, Aug. 14 at the age of 35.
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American fashion designer Geoffrey Beene, whose simple designs made him a department store favorite for decades, died on Tuesday at his Manhattan home.
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Dutch author and sculptor Jan  Wolkers, once controversial for his explicit writing on sex and  later famous for his glass and steel creations, died on Friday  aged 81, his publisher said.
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The co-founder of Matchbox Toys, Jack Odell, dies aged 87 - almost 60 years after the firm was founded.
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NEW YORK - Richard Avedon, the revolutionary photographer who redefined fashion photography as an art form while achieving critical acclaim through his stark black-and-white portraits of the powerful and celebrated, died Friday. He was 81...
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Costume designer Bill Belew, who created Elvis Presley's jumpsuits and the tight black leather outfit he wore on his 1968 television special, has died. He was 76.
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Geoffrey Beene, the fashion designer whose classic, form-flattering designs shaped women&#39;s wardrobes for the past four decades, died Sept.