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Arthur Frommer, 83, and his daughter, Pauline Frommer, 46, are shown posing among tourists in the Wall Street area in New York, May 20, 2012.

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Arthur Frommer, who changed travel with his guidebooks, has died at 95

Arthur Frommer, who revolutionized travel with his 1957 guidebook Europe on 5 Dollars a Day, has died at 95, his daughter confirmed Monday.

November 19, 2024
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Professional wrestler Sid Eudy looks on during Monday Night RAW at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Jan. 25, 1997.

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Sid Eudy, the professional wrestler known as 'Sid Vicious,' dies at 63

Eudy wrestled in several professional leagues over the course of his career, starred on teams such as The Skyscrapers and the Four Horsemen and won 2 WWE and WCW titles.

August 27, 2024
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The French singer and actress Francoise Hardy wearing a fur coat in Piazza Sant'Ambrogio. Milan, 1960s (Photo by Mondadori via Getty Images)

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Françoise Hardy, renowned French singer-songwriter, has died at 80

Hardy was diagnosed with lymphatic cancer in 2004, and also had laryngeal cancer.

June 12, 2024
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Former Dallas Cowboys player and Hall of Fame player Larry Allen looks down at a bust of himself as Allen is honored at halftime of an NFL football game against Washington on Oct. 13, 2013, in Arlington, Texas.

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Larry Allen, a Super Bowl champion and famed Dallas Cowboy, has died at age 52

The announcement of the death of the Super Bowl champion, Hall of Famer and 11-time Pro Bowl player triggered emotional reactions from Allen's former teammates.

June 04, 2024
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  • Ayana Archie
Charles Osgood who anchored of CBS's <em>Sunday Morning</em> for more than two decades and was host of the long-running radio program <em>The Osgood File,</em> and was referred to as CBS News' poet-in-residence, has died. He was 91.

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Charles Osgood, longtime CBS host on TV and radio, has died at 91

Osgood, who anchored CBS Sunday Morning for more than two decades and hosted the long-running radio program The Osgood File, died Tuesday home in New Jersey. The cause was dementia, his family said.

January 24, 2024
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Ken Barcus, NPR's Midwest bureau chief, died today at age 67. He took great pride in countering stereotypes of the Midwest and in mentoring scores of young reporters. He's pictured here in September 2018.

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Remembering NPR's Ken Barcus, a tough editor with a big heart

Ken Barcus, longtime Midwest bureau chief on NPR's National Desk, has died at age 67. He took great pride in countering stereotypes of the Midwest and in mentoring scores of young reporters.

October 11, 2022
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  • Melissa Block
Ray Odierno salutes during his retirement ceremony at Joint Base Myer-Henderson, August 14, 2015 in Arlington, Va. Odierno, who was the Army's 38th Chief of Staff, died on Friday, his family said.

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Ray Odierno, Army general who led troops through Iraq War, dies at 67

Odierno led the Army division that captured Saddam Hussein in 2003, and went on to become a key architect of the surge. President Biden called him a "hero" and a "giant in military circles."

October 10, 2021
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From left to right: Ada Lovelace, Ida B. Wells (Project Gutenberg), and Emily Warren Roebling.

For Prominent Women Discrimination Often Doesn't Stop At The Grave

Today on “Two Way Street” we’re discussing The New York Times obituary project “ Overlooked ” with its co-creator Jessica Bennett . From Ida B. Wells to...

May 03, 2018
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