Rep. Julia Carson of Indiana dies at 69
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Rep. Julia Carson, who rose from a childhood of poverty and segregation to become the first black and first woman to represent Indianapolis in Congress, died Saturday. She was 69.
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Former Texas Governor Ann Richards dies at the age of 73 after battling oesophageal cancer.
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Legendary television entertainer  Johnny Carson has died of emphysema at age 79, the NBC  television network reported on its Web site on Sunday.
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Republican Sen. Craig Thomas of  Wyoming, who had been battling leukemia, died on Monday evening  at the National Naval Medical Center at age 74, his family said  in a statement.
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Lady Bird Johnson, the former first lady who championed conservation and worked tenaciously for the political career of her husband, former President Lyndon B. Johnson, died Wednesday, a family spokeswoman said. She was 94.
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Johnny Carson, the quick-witted "Tonight Show" host who became a national institution putting his viewers to bed for 30 years with a smooth nightcap of celebrity banter and heartland charm, died Sunday. He was 79.
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Christopher Reeve, known for his role as ``Superman&#39;&#39; in movies and later as an advocate for spinal cord research after a horse-riding accident left him paralyzed nine years ago, died yesterday of heart failure.
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US Representative Charlie Norwood of Georgia has died of lung cancer, lawmaker Ileana Ros-Lehtinen announced on the floor of the House of Representatives.
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Helen Copley, former chairman of  privately held newspaper chain the Copley Press and publisher  of the San Diego Union-Tribune, has died at the age of 81, the  newspaper said on Thursday.
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Legendary television entertainer Johnny Carson has died of emphysema at age 79, the NBC television network reported on its Web site on Sunday.
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Rep. Charles Norwood Jr., a blunt-spoken Georgia Republican who sold his dental practice and ran for Congress at age 52, died Tuesday after battling cancer and lung disease.
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Johnny Carson, the "Tonight Show" TV host who served America a smooth nightcap of celebrity banter, droll comedy and heartland charm for 30 years, has died. He was 79. "Mr. Carson passed away peacefully early Sunday morning," his nephew, Jeff Sotzing, told The Associated Press. "He was surrounded by his family, whose loss will be immeasurable. There will be no memorial service."
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A person in Elkhart County who was diagnosed with West Nile virus has died. Indiana State Department of Health officials said the person could be described as &quot;senior&quot; or &quot;elderly,&quot; but
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Rep. Paul Gillmor of Ohio was found dead in his apartment in the nation's capital today, leadership aides for both the Republican and Democratic parties said. House Minority Leader John Boehner told congressmen their colleague "died suddenly overnight."
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Former Rep. Jennifer Dunn, R-Wash. who represented Seattle's conservative east-side suburbs for six terms in Congress, died Wednesday, her family said. She was 66.
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Former U.S. Rep. Helen Chenoweth-Hage, who held "endangered salmon bakes" and once accused federal agents of using black helicopter gunships, died Monday in a car crash, her daughter said. She was 68.
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By John M. Tierney  For Rachel Carson admirers, it has not been a silent spring. They have been celebrating the centennial of her birthday with paeans to her saintliness. A new generation is reading her book in school - and mostly learning the wrong lesson from it.