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Eddie Jaku pictured just after his 100th birthday, on July 2, 2020. The Holocaust survivor and self-proclaimed "happiest man on Earth" died in Sydney this week.

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Eddie Jaku, Holocaust survivor and self-proclaimed happiest man on Earth, dies at 101

Jaku spread his message of happiness and resilience in a popular TED Talk and 2020 memoir. He died in Sydney, where he co-founded the Sydney Jewish Museum and educated students about the Holocaust.

October 13, 2021
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  • Rachel Treisman
The Chieftains founder Paddy Moloney collaborated with everyone from The Rolling Stones to Emmylou Harris and The Pogues during his decades-long career.

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Paddy Moloney, Irish folk music legend and founder of The Chieftains, has died at 83

Known for his mastery of the uilleann pipes, Moloney was an important ambassador of Irish folk music to the wider world.

October 12, 2021
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  • Andrew Limbong
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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  • Deepa Shivaram
Abdul Qadeer Khan, known as the father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb, died Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021 following a lengthy illness. He was 85.

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Abdul Qadeer Khan, known as the father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb, has died at 85

Khan launched Pakistan on the path to becoming a nuclear weapons power in the early 1970s. His family said he died of COVID-19 following a lengthy illness.

October 10, 2021
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  • The Associated Press
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'Top Chef Junior' competitor Fuller Goldsmith has died at age 17

The Alabama native has died after battling leukemia. Goldsmith won the top prize on Chopped Junior when he was 14, before moving on to Top Chef Junior.

October 08, 2021
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  • Elizabeth Blair
American composer Carlisle Floyd, photographed at his first home, in which he composed his best known opera, <em>Susannah</em>, in Tallahassee, Fla. in 2009.

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Carlisle Floyd, a founding father of American opera, has died at age 95

Known primarily for his southern-flavored operas, Floyd helped create an American opera vernacular. His 1955 hit Susannah won the New York Music Critics Circle Award and helped launch his career.

October 01, 2021
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  • Tom Huizenga
Tommy Kirk, here with his canine co-star in 1957's <em>Old Yeller,</em> has died. Kirk appeared in a string of hit Disney movies such as <em>Swiss Family Robinson</em> and <em>The Absent-Minded Professor.</em>

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Tommy Kirk, The Fresh-Scrubbed Face Of Disney As A Child Actor, Dies At 79

Generations of children, and more than a few adults, cried along with Kirk when his character Travis Coates tearfully pulled a rifle trigger in Old Yeller.

September 30, 2021
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  • Bill Chappell
Dr. Lonnie Smith.

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Dr. Lonnie Smith, Master Of The Hammond Organ, Dies At 79

The NEA Jazz Master died Tuesday from pulmonary fibrosis at the age of 79.

September 28, 2021
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  • Greg Bryant
Philanthropist Walter Scott, left, sits next to Leslie Jackson, wife of glass artist Dale Chihuly during a ceremony at the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center in Omaha, Neb., in 2017.

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Philanthropic Billionaire Walter Scott Dies At 90

The former CEO of Peter Kiewit Sons Inc. construction firm helped oversee Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate and donated to many causes, particularly construction projects in Nebraska.

September 25, 2021
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Melvin Van Peebles at a 2018 film festival in Hollywood.

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A Giant Of Black Cinema, Melvin Van Peebles Dies At 89

The independent film director was best known for Watermelon Man and Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song.

September 23, 2021
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  • Neda Ulaby
In this undated photo provided by HBO, actor Willie Garson appears as Stanford Blatch in "And Just Like That." Garson, who played Stanford Blatch, on TV's "Sex and the City" and its movie sequels, has died, his son announced Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. He was 57.

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Beloved 'Sex And The City' Actor Willie Garson Dies At 57

Garson portrayed Blatch, a talent agent and the devoted and stylish best male friend to Sarah Jessica Parker's character Carrie for six seasons of the show.

September 22, 2021
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  • The Associated Press
Sarah Dash performs at A Tribute To Aretha Franklin at City Winery in 2018 in New York City.

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Sarah Dash, Singer And Co-Founder Of Labelle, Dies At Age 76

Sarah Dash is best remembered as the singer and co-founder of the all-female singing group Labelle, best known for their 1974 hit "Lady Marmalade."

September 21, 2021
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
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Remembering The Man Who Made Tech For Everyone

Sir Clive Sinclair, a computing pioneer and an inventor that spent a lifetime making technology accessible for everyone, has died at age 81.

September 21, 2021
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  • Mano Sundaresan and
  • Gabe O'Connor
Actor A.J. Johnson in a scene from the movie <em>I Got the Hook Up,</em> circa 1998.

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'Friday' And 'Menace II Society' Actor A.J. Johnson Has Died

Comedian and actor A.J. Johnson has died at age 55. Johnson starred as Ezal, a homeless man with drug addiction, in Ice Cube's Friday.

September 21, 2021
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  • Elizabeth Blair
Fred Dakota died at his home in Baraga, Mich., on Monday. Here, Dakota is seen outside Federal Court in Grand Rapids, Mich., in 1997.

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Fred Dakota, Native American Gambling Pioneer, Dies At 84

Dakota, a former leader of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community whose garage casino in Michigan's Upper Peninsula in 1983 was a milestone for Native American gambling, died on Monday.

September 18, 2021
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