&#39;La Callas&#39;: died a recluse, lives on as legend
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A full 30 years after her death, diva Maria Callas, the most celebrated opera singer of the post-World War II period, remains both a favourite for opera-lovers and a legend outside the world of classical music.
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Jesus de Polanco, a media giant credited with helping restore Spain's independent press after the death of dictator Gen. Francisco Franco in the 1970s, died Saturday at the age of 77, his flagship newspaper El Pais announced.
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She was a small-town girl, a Playboy pinup, a gold digger and a reality TV star. She lived her dream, then died in a lonely hotel room. The rapid rise and tawdry fall of an American oddity.
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Ken Lay has taken his place alongside Elvis Presley in the pantheon of people whose deaths have not been fully believed.
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ITâS not often you get to say that you were there when a star was born. But anyone gathered in the Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall last night will forever be able to make that boast.
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Another of Hollywood&#39;s shining stars has been relocated to the VIP area in the Sky. Jerry Orbach, best known for his long-running role on &quot;Law and Order&quot; has sadly passed away, aged 69.
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Mozart, the troubled daughter of Flower, the late matriarch of the Whiskers clan on the popular Animal Planet series âMeerkat Manor,â died at the end of Fridayâs episode; it was the second death to shake fans of the showâs loveable but hard-luck stars in a month.
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The death of cult movie-maker Russ Meyer, one of the most colourful figures in the cinema world, has set off a trail of tantalising rumours he has a secret heir to his fortune.
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CARLOS MOYA&#39;s Grand Slam high came in Paris and he fleetingly became the world No.1 on a court in California. But it was in Spain, before his own people, performing with resplendent self-possession and authority
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If it wasnÂt true before, itÂs certainly true with the appearance of ÂThe Latin Legends of ComedyÂ: the word legend has been devalued to the point of worthlessness.
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On the 20th anniversary of her tragic death, the actress remains strikingly relevant.
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The Italian tenor who helped bring opera into the mainstream is mourned by fans and critics alike
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Some actors become legends with one defining role. Some win awards year after year. And some reach greatness through sheer sweat. Over a career that spanned the off-off-Broadway musical &quot;The Fantasticks&quot; to
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By hitting an accommodating bouncer back to Keith Foulke [stats, news] for the final out of the Red Sox [stats, schedule]&#39; first World Series championship in 86 years, Edgar Renteria already was a part of New England folklore.
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The world seems a smaller place when the pop idols and icons that you grew up with start disappearing. Johnny Ramone, guitarist of the legendary punk rock band The Ramones, died in his sleep at his Los Angeles
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It is hard to picture Hollywood's favorite Latin hunk as the
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The pathos engulfing the death of Parveen Babi marked not just an individual's demise. It also symbolised the passing of a philosophy, a culture and a lifestyle that defined the late 60s and much of the 70s.