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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2279 topstories Obituaries en-us Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:42:33 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2279 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_re_us/deaths ap/20091121/deaths AP us Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:42:33 GMT AP - Nao Takasugi http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_en_mu/eu_sweden_obit_soderstrom ap/20091120/eu_sweden_obit_soderstrom AP entertainment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:28:23 GMT AP - Swedish soprano Elisabeth Soderstrom, an international opera star, has died, her husband Sverker Olow says. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_en_ot/us_obit_jeanne_claude ap/20091119/us_obit_jeanne_claude AP entertainment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:10:57 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_en_ot/us_obit_jeanne_claude"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091119/capt.a437730afa24423aa05fc4c9d071e7b2.obit_jeanne_claude_nyr104.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=EaI01QMaIH2vfocauIgb2A--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="FILE - In this file photo of Aug. 27, 2004, artists Christo, left, and his wife and partner Jeanne-Claude, pose in front of their work of art titled 'The Umbrellas' (Japan/US, 1984-1991) as they visit their exhibition 'Swiss Projects 1968-1998' at the Centre PasquArt in Biel, Switzerland. Jeanne-Claude; 74; died Wednesday night Nov. 18; 2009; at a New York hospital from complications of a brain aneurysm.(AP Photo/Keystone, Monika Flueckiger, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Artist Jeanne-Claude, who created the 2005 Central Park installation "The Gates" and other large scale "wrapping" projects around the globe with her husband Christo, has died. She was 74.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_en_ot/us_obit_jeanne_claude"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091119/capt.a437730afa24423aa05fc4c9d071e7b2.obit_jeanne_claude_nyr104.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=EaI01QMaIH2vfocauIgb2A--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this file photo of Aug. 27, 2004, artists Christo, left, and his wife and partner Jeanne-Claude, pose in front of their work of art titled 'The Umbrellas' (Japan/US, 1984-1991) as they visit their exhibition 'Swiss Projects 1968-1998' at the Centre PasquArt in Biel, Switzerland. Jeanne-Claude; 74; died Wednesday night Nov. 18; 2009; at a New York hospital from complications of a brain aneurysm.(AP Photo/Keystone, Monika Flueckiger, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091118/ap_en_ot/us_obit_kriesberg ap/20091118/us_obit_kriesberg AP entertainment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:15:52 GMT AP - American painter Irving Kriesberg has died in New York City. He combined intense abstract colors with human and animal elements. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091117/ap_en_tv/us_obit_ober ap/20091117/us_obit_ober AP entertainment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:09:02 GMT AP - Ken Ober, who hosted the 1980s MTV game show "Remote Control" and helped produce the shows "Mind of Mencia" and "The New Adventures of Old Christine," has died. He was 52. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091116/ap_on_en_tv/eu_britain_obit_woodward ap/20091116/eu_britain_obit_woodward AP entertainment Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:36:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091116/ap_on_en_tv/eu_britain_obit_woodward"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091116/capt.2a317c7bd7344c99a42cf8f86176d942.golden_globes_woodward_aphs106.jpg?x=130&y=111&q=85&sig=tAItQVwehW6KSPMTKbzr.g--" align="left" height="111" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Jan. 31, 1987 file photo British actor Edward Woodward poses with his award for his role in the TV series 'The Equalizer.' at the 44th Annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony in Hollywood, Calif. Woodward, famous for his roles in The Wicker Man and The Equalizer, died Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, aged 79, his agent said. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon)" border="0" /></a>AP - Edward Woodward, the star of films including "Breaker Morant" and "The Wicker Man," died Monday. He was 79.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091116/ap_on_en_tv/eu_britain_obit_woodward"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091116/capt.2a317c7bd7344c99a42cf8f86176d942.golden_globes_woodward_aphs106.jpg?x=130&y=111&q=85&sig=tAItQVwehW6KSPMTKbzr.g--" align="left" height="111" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Jan. 31, 1987 file photo British actor Edward Woodward poses with his award for his role in the TV series 'The Equalizer.' at the 44th Annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony in Hollywood, Calif. Woodward, famous for his roles in The Wicker Man and The Equalizer, died Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, aged 79, his agent said. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091115/ap_on_re_eu/eu_serbia_obit_patriarch_pavle ap/20091115/eu_serbia_obit_patriarch_pavle AP world Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:50:19 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091115/ap_on_re_eu/eu_serbia_obit_patriarch_pavle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091115/capt.c75f9f66b29840598ed9d7fb1021564a.serbia_obit_patriarch_pavle_xsi102.jpg?x=88&y=130&q=85&sig=BNRo5NavERhiTUNxT7yreA--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="FILE - Patriarch Pavle, the head of the Serbian Orthodox church is seen in this August 4, 2005, file photo. Serbian Orthodox Church says its head Patriarch Pavle has died Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009 in Belgrade. He was 95. Pavle, who led the church from 1990, has been hospitalized for months. He suffered from heart and lung problems. A respected theologian and linguist also known for personal humility and modesty, Pavle took over the church leadership just as the collapse of communism ended years of state policy of repressing religion. He had headed the church during the turbulent years of the Balkan wars in the 1990s and he collapse of former President Slobodan Milosevic's regime in 2000. (AP Photo/Srdjan Ilic)" border="0" /></a>AP - Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Pavle, who called for peace and conciliation during the Balkan ethnic wars of the 1990s but failed to openly condemn extreme Serb nationalism, died Sunday. He was 95.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091115/ap_on_re_eu/eu_serbia_obit_patriarch_pavle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091115/capt.c75f9f66b29840598ed9d7fb1021564a.serbia_obit_patriarch_pavle_xsi102.jpg?x=88&y=130&q=85&sig=BNRo5NavERhiTUNxT7yreA--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="photo" title="FILE - Patriarch Pavle, the head of the Serbian Orthodox church is seen in this August 4, 2005, file photo. Serbian Orthodox Church says its head Patriarch Pavle has died Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009 in Belgrade. He was 95. Pavle, who led the church from 1990, has been hospitalized for months. He suffered from heart and lung problems. A respected theologian and linguist also known for personal humility and modesty, Pavle took over the church leadership just as the collapse of communism ended years of state policy of repressing religion. He had headed the church during the turbulent years of the Balkan wars in the 1990s and he collapse of former President Slobodan Milosevic's regime in 2000. (AP Photo/Srdjan Ilic)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091113/ap_on_re_us/us_obit_king ap/20091113/us_obit_king AP us Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:22:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091113/ap_on_re_us/us_obit_king"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091113/capt.81eeba3e6d5c4176be7861db6e3c0e3d.obit_king_ny128.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=FuYkI8Nf6PXzy.480y5bzg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 31, 2005 file photo, former New Mexico Gov. Bruce King reminisces about his years in office during an interview in Moriarty, N.M. King's son, State Attorney General Gary King, announced on Friday, Nov. 13, 2009 that his father has died. He was 85 (AP Photo/Jake Schoellkopf, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Former New Mexico Gov. Bruce King, a folksy cattle rancher who served more time as governor than anyone else and became an institution in state politics, died Friday. He was 85.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091113/ap_on_re_us/us_obit_king"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091113/capt.81eeba3e6d5c4176be7861db6e3c0e3d.obit_king_ny128.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=FuYkI8Nf6PXzy.480y5bzg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 31, 2005 file photo, former New Mexico Gov. Bruce King reminisces about his years in office during an interview in Moriarty, N.M. King's son, State Attorney General Gary King, announced on Friday, Nov. 13, 2009 that his father has died. He was 85 (AP Photo/Jake Schoellkopf, file)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091112/ap_on_re_us/us_obit_william_ganz ap/20091112/us_obit_william_ganz AP us Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:49:52 GMT AP - Dr. William Ganz, a pioneering cardiologist and one of the inventors of a specialized catheter, has died. He was 90. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091111/ap_on_en_ot/us_obit_ballantine ap/20091111/us_obit_ballantine AP entertainment Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:28:38 GMT AP - Carl Ballantine, a comedian, magician and actor who was in the 1960s TV sitcom "McHale's Navy," has died. He was 92. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091110/ap_en_ot/eu_romania_obit_dinica ap/20091110/eu_romania_obit_dinica AP entertainment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:17:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091110/ap_en_ot/eu_romania_obit_dinica"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091110/capt.55efb4c3d49c46d6afea362aa41a73fc.romania_obit_dinica_xvg202.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=mwSSF2fGkVKyQx3k9fn3mg--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="In this picture taken in June 2006, Romanian actor Gheorghe Dinica is seen in Bucharest, Romania. Dinica a Romanian actor who delighted his country by portraying characters such as villainous politicians and defiant Gypsies in dozens of plays and movies, died of pneumonia, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. He was 75.(AP Photo/Victor Ciupuliga, Mediafax)" border="0" /></a>AP - Gheorghe Dinica, a Romanian actor who delighted his country by portraying characters such as villainous politicians and defiant Gypsies in dozens of plays and movies, died Tuesday. He was 75.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091110/ap_en_ot/eu_romania_obit_dinica"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091110/capt.55efb4c3d49c46d6afea362aa41a73fc.romania_obit_dinica_xvg202.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=mwSSF2fGkVKyQx3k9fn3mg--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="photo" title="In this picture taken in June 2006, Romanian actor Gheorghe Dinica is seen in Bucharest, Romania. Dinica a Romanian actor who delighted his country by portraying characters such as villainous politicians and defiant Gypsies in dozens of plays and movies, died of pneumonia, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. He was 75.(AP Photo/Victor Ciupuliga, Mediafax)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_en_ot/us_obit_hollywood_negotiator ap/20091107/us_obit_hollywood_negotiator AP entertainment Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:30:37 GMT AP - Nick Counter, a longtime negotiator for Hollywood producers who led the studios through two grueling writers' strikes last year and in 1988, has died. He was 69. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_en_mu/us_obit_d_lugoff ap/20091107/us_obit_d_lugoff AP entertainment Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:23:37 GMT AP - Art D'Lugoff (Duh-LOO'-guhf), who owned the famed Village Gate nightclub in New York City, has died. He was 85. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_panama_obit_solis ap/20091106/lt_panama_obit_solis AP world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:26:45 GMT AP - Manuel Solis, who served briefly as president during Manuel Noriega's military regime, died Friday. He was 91. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_en_ot/us_book_review_loot_the_moon ap/20091106/us_book_review_loot_the_moon AP entertainment Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:15:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_en_ot/us_book_review_loot_the_moon"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.5ed0962e6e2f47d2a7fbdd818ca91ce7.book_review_loot_the_moon_nyet888.jpg?x=85&y=130&q=85&sig=9JNQ6SJPPs2rCnT8Us3oMg--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="In this book cover image released by Minotaur Books, 'Loot the Moon,' by Mark Arsenault, is shown. (AP Photo/Minotaur Books)" border="0" /></a>AP - "Loot the Moon" (Minotaur), 276 pages, $24.99, by Mark Arsenault: Billy Povich, former investigative reporter, has been reassigned to write obituaries &mdash; his newspaper's way of encouraging him to quit.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_en_ot/us_book_review_loot_the_moon"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.5ed0962e6e2f47d2a7fbdd818ca91ce7.book_review_loot_the_moon_nyet888.jpg?x=85&y=130&q=85&sig=9JNQ6SJPPs2rCnT8Us3oMg--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="photo" title="In this book cover image released by Minotaur Books, 'Loot the Moon,' by Mark Arsenault, is shown. (AP Photo/Minotaur Books)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_en_ot/eu_czech_obit_krejca ap/20091106/eu_czech_obit_krejca AP entertainment Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:08:58 GMT AP - Otomar Krejca, a renowned theater director in the Czech Republic, has died at the age of 87. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_en_ot/box_obit_lou_filippo ap/20091105/box_obit_lou_filippo AP entertainment Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:13:32 GMT AP - Lou Filippo, a World Boxing Hall of Famer who judged 85 world champion fights and had small roles in the "Rocky" movies, has died. He was 83. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_en_ot/us_obit_sheldon_dorf ap/20091105/us_obit_sheldon_dorf AP entertainment Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:02:00 GMT AP - Sheldon Dorf, who founded the world famous Comic-Con International comic book convention, has died. He was 76. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_re_eu/eu_obit_france_levi_strauss ap/20091104/eu_obit_france_levi_strauss AP world Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:49:27 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_re_eu/eu_obit_france_levi_strauss"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091103/capt.ca793f7ffd044f2a8b5978f7956926f4.france_obit_claude_levi_strauss_lon810.jpg?x=102&y=130&q=85&sig=L5jbdQHPTx1VpIl6P_vSIA--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="File- Claude Levi-Strauss seen in this Jan. 13, 1967 file photo. The Academie Francaise said Tuesday Nov 3 2009 that Levi-Strauss, an influential French intellectual who was widely considered the father of modern anthropology, had died. He was 100. Levi-Strauss was widely regarded as having reshaped the field of anthropology, introducing new concepts concerning common patterns of behavior and thought, especially myths, in primitive and modern societies.(AP Photo, HO)" border="0" /></a>AP - After weeks crossing the high seas, Claude Levi-Strauss breathed in his first lungful of the New World, a perfume tinged with pepper or tobacco. The sensory awakening was the start of a journey that turned a young Parisian scholar into a founder of modern anthropology.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_re_eu/eu_obit_france_levi_strauss"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091103/capt.ca793f7ffd044f2a8b5978f7956926f4.france_obit_claude_levi_strauss_lon810.jpg?x=102&y=130&q=85&sig=L5jbdQHPTx1VpIl6P_vSIA--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="photo" title="File- Claude Levi-Strauss seen in this Jan. 13, 1967 file photo. The Academie Francaise said Tuesday Nov 3 2009 that Levi-Strauss, an influential French intellectual who was widely considered the father of modern anthropology, had died. He was 100. Levi-Strauss was widely regarded as having reshaped the field of anthropology, introducing new concepts concerning common patterns of behavior and thought, especially myths, in primitive and modern societies.(AP Photo, HO)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091103/ap_on_re_us/us_obit_buried_wings_pilot ap/20091103/us_obit_buried_wings_pilot AP us Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:26:16 GMT AP - Bernerd Harding, a World War II pilot from New Hampshire who went on a quest to find his buried pilot's wings in Germany 65 years after his B-24 bomber was shot down, died Tuesday at age 90.