Obituaries
Leading art collector Ernst Beyeler dies

Leading art collector Ernst Beyeler dies - 2010-02-27

GENEVA- Swiss art trader Ernst Beyeler, who became renowned for one of the most impressive international collections of 20th century art, has died at the age of 88, his foundation said on Friday....
Reclusive writer J.D. Salinger dead at 91

Reclusive writer J.D. Salinger dead at 91 - 2010-01-29

WASHINGTON, Jo Biddle - Reclusive author J.D. Salinger, who has died aged 91, was a giant of American literature whose seminal novel "The Catcher in the Rye" lent a voice to the angst and despair of...
Deaths that marked 2009

Deaths that marked 2009 - 2009-12-29

PARIS - Ten deaths that marked 2009: HELEN SUZMAN (died January 1, aged 91) Suzman was for decades the lone voice of white dissent in South Africa's parliament against apartheid rule. She...
British actor Edward Woodward dies aged 79

British actor Edward Woodward dies aged 79 - 2009-11-17

LONDON- British actor Edward Woodward, famous for film and TV roles including "The Wicker Man," Australian feature "Breaker Morant" and US series "The Equalizer," died in hospital Monday aged 79, his...
French thinker Levi-Strauss dead at 100

French thinker Levi-Strauss dead at 100 - 2009-11-04

PARIS, Carole Landry - French anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss, who helped shape Western thinking about human civilisation, has died at the age of 100, his publisher and colleagues said Tuesday....
Brazil drum king and Michael Jackson collaborator dead at 54

Brazil drum king and Michael Jackson collaborator dead at 54 - 2009-11-03

RIO DE JANEIRO - Hundreds of people in Salvador de Bahia turned out Monday for the funeral of Antonio Alves de Souza, Brazil's king of drums and Olodum group leader, who accompanied Michael Jackson...
Lazard chief Bruce Wasserstein dies at 61

Lazard chief Bruce Wasserstein dies at 61 - 2009-10-15

NEW YORK - The chief of Lazard investment bank, Bruce Wasserstein, who played a key role in some of Wall Street's biggest deals over the past 30 years, died Wednesday, a spokesman for the company...
Borlaug, father of Green Revolution, dies at 95

Borlaug, father of Green Revolution, dies at 95 - 2009-09-14

WASHINGTON, Andrew Beatty - Norman Borlaug, a Nobel Prize winning scientist whose work on disease-resistant wheat is credited with saving hundreds of millions of lives, has died at the age of 95....
Pierre Cossette, 'father' of the Grammys, dies at 85

Pierre Cossette, 'father' of the Grammys, dies at 85 - 2009-09-13

MONTREAL- Pierre Cossette, a celebrated producer known as the "father" of the Grammy awards ceremony, has died aged 85 in Montreal, according to the hospital where he was being treated. He passed...
Nigerian rights activist Gani dies at 71

Nigerian rights activist Gani dies at 71 - 2009-09-06

LAGOS, Joel Olatunde Agoi- Prominent Nigerian lawyer and rights activist Gani Fawehinmi died Saturday after a prolonged battle with cancer, his colleages said. He was 71. Fawehinmi, a thorn in the...
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New Polanski appeal cites improper court dealings

New Polanski appeal cites improper court dealings
LOS ANGELES- Filmmaker Roman Polanski has launched a fresh appeal to drop child sex charges from the 1970s, offering details of what his lawyers called improper dealings by prosecutors and the judge, court documents showed Friday. Polanski's...