Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2279 topstories Obituaries en-us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:49:34 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/20090703/ap_on_re_us/us_obit_welton ap/20090703/us_obit_welton AP us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:49:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_us/us_obit_welton"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.1e6068e4b4e840dbac580f8069ae1e02.obit_welton_nyr101.jpg?x=83&y=130&q=85&sig=Fh523gew5UYpalnhyb3Fjw--" align="left" height="130" width="83" alt="This July 21, 1983 photo shows retired Associated Press photo editor Norman Welton. Welton, who worked at the Associated Press for 44 years until his March 1992 retirement, died of cancer in Hawley, Penn. on Wednesday, July 1, 2009. He was 81. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>AP - Norman Welton, whose 31-year career as a photo editor for The Associated Press included coverage of New York City, the United Nations and four Olympic Games, has died. He was 81.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_us/us_obit_welton"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.1e6068e4b4e840dbac580f8069ae1e02.obit_welton_nyr101.jpg?x=83&y=130&q=85&sig=Fh523gew5UYpalnhyb3Fjw--" align="left" height="130" width="83" alt="photo" title="This July 21, 1983 photo shows retired Associated Press photo editor Norman Welton. Welton, who worked at the Associated Press for 44 years until his March 1992 retirement, died of cancer in Hawley, Penn. on Wednesday, July 1, 2009. He was 81. (AP Photo)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_us/us_obit_herbert_klein ap/20090703/us_obit_herbert_klein AP us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:03:15 GMT AP - Herbert G. Klein, Richard Nixon's ex-White House director of communications and a former editor for Copley Newspapers, has died. He was 91. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_us/deaths ap/20090703/deaths AP us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:37:55 GMT AP - Herbert G. Klein http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_us/us_obit_morrow ap/20090702/us_obit_morrow AP us Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:40:25 GMT AP - Anna Karen Morrow, an actress who had a regular role on the prime-time soap opera "Peyton Place" and also appeared on Broadway, in films and on numerous other television shows, has died. She was 94. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_en_ot/us_obit_malden ap/20090702/us_obit_malden AP entertainment Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:36:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_en_ot/us_obit_malden"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090701/capt.5d0323dc09da41d2b06facd1ef924e40.obit_malden_nykm103.jpg?x=105&y=130&q=85&sig=kv0yDgDw_Gd0mbtV7mGfOw--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="FILE - In this 1950 file photo, actor Karl Malden is shown. Malden, a former steelworker who won an Oscar for his role as Mitch in the 1951 classic 'A Streetcar Named Desire,' died Wednesday, July 1, 2009. He was 97. (AP Photo, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Karl Malden, the Academy Award-winning actor whose intelligent characterizations on stage, screen and television made him a star despite his plain looks, died Wednesday, his family said. He was 97.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_en_ot/us_obit_malden"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090701/capt.5d0323dc09da41d2b06facd1ef924e40.obit_malden_nykm103.jpg?x=105&y=130&q=85&sig=kv0yDgDw_Gd0mbtV7mGfOw--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this 1950 file photo, actor Karl Malden is shown. Malden, a former steelworker who won an Oscar for his role as Mitch in the 1951 classic 'A Streetcar Named Desire,' died Wednesday, July 1, 2009. He was 97. (AP Photo, file)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_nicaragua_arguello ap/20090702/lt_nicaragua_arguello AP world Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:39:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_nicaragua_arguello"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.e6dc4270ef84471396be0830b6e06c84.nicaragua_arguello_mng108.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=LvS0uXFLUlTDgqvNxdHcaQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="People line up to pay their final farewell at the open coffin of Alexis Arguello, three-time world boxing champion, and Mayor of the city of Managua, at the National Palace in the Revolution Square in Managua, Wednesday July 1, 2009. Arguello was found dead Wednesday, presidential spokeswoman Rosario Murillo said. Insde the hearse is Arguello's daughter, Dora Arguello.(AP Photo/Miguel Alvarez)" border="0" /></a>AP - Investigators have released new evidence that points to suicide in the death of Managua Mayor and boxing great Alexis Arguello.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_nicaragua_arguello"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.e6dc4270ef84471396be0830b6e06c84.nicaragua_arguello_mng108.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=LvS0uXFLUlTDgqvNxdHcaQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="People line up to pay their final farewell at the open coffin of Alexis Arguello, three-time world boxing champion, and Mayor of the city of Managua, at the National Palace in the Revolution Square in Managua, Wednesday July 1, 2009. Arguello was found dead Wednesday, presidential spokeswoman Rosario Murillo said. Insde the hearse is Arguello's daughter, Dora Arguello.(AP Photo/Miguel Alvarez)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_re_us/us_obit_billy_mays_corrective ap/20090701/us_obit_billy_mays_corrective AP us Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:48:25 GMT AP - In stories June 28 and June 29 about the death of Billy Mays, The Associated Press misstated the relationship between the TV pitchman and one of his survivors. Mays was survived by a son, Billy Mays III, not a stepson. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_en_mu/us_obit_harve_presnell ap/20090701/us_obit_harve_presnell AP entertainment Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:17:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_en_mu/us_obit_harve_presnell"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090701/capt.3cf756d58398445d9035e4702ee05029.obit_harve_presnell_nyet914.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=SNykLgjp1.JlEC046O_tdA--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="FILE - In this 1969 file photo, Harve Presnell is shown at the premiere of 'Paint Your Wagon,' in New York. Presnell, 75, whose booming baritone graced such Broadway musicals as 'The Unsinkable Molly Brown' and 'Annie,' died Tuesday, June 30, 2009, of pancreatic cancer at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif., according to Presnell's agent, Gregg Klein. (AP Photo, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Harve Presnell, whose booming baritone graced such Broadway musicals as "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" and "Annie," has died at age 75.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_en_mu/us_obit_harve_presnell"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090701/capt.3cf756d58398445d9035e4702ee05029.obit_harve_presnell_nyet914.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=SNykLgjp1.JlEC046O_tdA--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this 1969 file photo, Harve Presnell is shown at the premiere of 'Paint Your Wagon,' in New York. Presnell, 75, whose booming baritone graced such Broadway musicals as 'The Unsinkable Molly Brown' and 'Annie,' died Tuesday, June 30, 2009, of pancreatic cancer at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif., according to Presnell's agent, Gregg Klein. (AP Photo, file)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090630/ap_on_en_ot/eu_germany_obit_bausch ap/20090630/eu_germany_obit_bausch AP entertainment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:23:50 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090630/ap_on_en_ot/eu_germany_obit_bausch"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090701/capt.photo_1246388576578-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=Ris56wKm5hTCK9wbBIUw4Q--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Spanish director Pedro Almodovar, seen here in May 2009, on Tuesday hailed German choreographer Pina Bausch as a "revelation" who "always inspired me".(AFP/File/Anne-Christine Poujoulat)" border="0" /></a>AP - Pina Bausch, a German choreographer known for her pioneering work, died Tuesday. She was 68.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090630/ap_on_en_ot/eu_germany_obit_bausch"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090701/capt.photo_1246388576578-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=Ris56wKm5hTCK9wbBIUw4Q--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="Spanish director Pedro Almodovar, seen here in May 2009, on Tuesday hailed German choreographer Pina Bausch as a "revelation" who "always inspired me".(AFP/File/Anne-Christine Poujoulat)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090629/ap_on_re_us/us_obit_billy_mays ap/20090629/us_obit_billy_mays AP us Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:43:40 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090629/ap_on_re_us/us_obit_billy_mays"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090628/capt.856cd44b928c42aa8ad30bdbcbe2b5aa.obit_billy_mays_ny113.jpg?x=130&y=124&q=85&sig=inurpRlSDHZQrtN17zb3iw--" align="left" height="124" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Dec. 6, 2002 file photo,TV pitchman Billy Mays poses with some of his cleaning products at his Palm Harbor, Fla., home. Tampa police say Mays, the television pitchman known for his boisterous hawking of products such as Orange Glo and OxiClean, has died. He was 50. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Television viewers knew him as the OxiClean guy: the bearded, boisterous pitchman on commercials airing hundreds of times a week nationwide. "Hi. Billy Mays here," he would begin, before showing off his latest cleaning product or gadget.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090629/ap_on_re_us/us_obit_billy_mays"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090628/capt.856cd44b928c42aa8ad30bdbcbe2b5aa.obit_billy_mays_ny113.jpg?x=130&y=124&q=85&sig=inurpRlSDHZQrtN17zb3iw--" align="left" height="124" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Dec. 6, 2002 file photo,TV pitchman Billy Mays poses with some of his cleaning products at his Palm Harbor, Fla., home. Tampa police say Mays, the television pitchman known for his boisterous hawking of products such as Orange Glo and OxiClean, has died. He was 50. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090629/ap_on_en_tv/us_obit_travalena ap/20090629/us_obit_travalena AP entertainment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:55:31 GMT AP - Impressionist Fred Travalena, a headliner in Vegas showrooms and a regular on late-night talk shows with his takes on presidents, crooners and screen stars, has died in Los Angeles. He was 66. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090628/ap_en_ot/us_obit_storm ap/20090628/us_obit_storm AP entertainment Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:12:43 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090628/ap_en_ot/us_obit_storm"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090628/capt.5c17e20cd7bb447c8c32d3d476f0c74e.obit_gale_storm_la102.jpg?x=85&y=130&q=85&sig=vtelwroc8r.dLif25lDR1A--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="FILE- This undated file photo shows Actress Gale Storm, whose wholesome appearance and perky personality made her one of early television's biggest stars on 'My Little Margie' and 'The Gale Storm Show.' Storm died on Saturday, June 27, 2009 at age 87. (AP Photo/File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Gale Storm, whose wholesome appearance and perky personality made her one of early television's biggest stars on "My Little Margie" and "The Gale Storm Show," has died at age 87.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090628/ap_en_ot/us_obit_storm"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090628/capt.5c17e20cd7bb447c8c32d3d476f0c74e.obit_gale_storm_la102.jpg?x=85&y=130&q=85&sig=vtelwroc8r.dLif25lDR1A--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="photo" title="FILE- This undated file photo shows Actress Gale Storm, whose wholesome appearance and perky personality made her one of early television's biggest stars on 'My Little Margie' and 'The Gale Storm Show.' Storm died on Saturday, June 27, 2009 at age 87. (AP Photo/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090626/ap_en_mu/us_obit_michael_jackson ap/20090626/us_obit_michael_jackson AP entertainment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:07:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090626/ap_en_mu/us_obit_michael_jackson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090625/capt.51f66faab3ea41cabef5634a2c347940.aptopix_people_michael_jackson_nyet712.jpg?x=127&y=130&q=85&sig=5KL5f0nBOqabayBApYKJBQ--" align="left" height="130" width="127" alt="FILE - In this Aug. 29, 1993 file photo, pop singer Michael Jackson performs during his 'Dangerous' concert in National Stadium, Singapore. (AP Photo/C.F. Tham, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Michael Jackson, defined in equal parts as the world's greatest entertainer and perhaps its most enigmatic figure, was about to attempt one of the greatest comebacks of all time. Then his life was cut shockingly — and so far, mysteriously — short.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090626/ap_en_mu/us_obit_michael_jackson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090625/capt.51f66faab3ea41cabef5634a2c347940.aptopix_people_michael_jackson_nyet712.jpg?x=127&y=130&q=85&sig=5KL5f0nBOqabayBApYKJBQ--" align="left" height="130" width="127" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Aug. 29, 1993 file photo, pop singer Michael Jackson performs during his 'Dangerous' concert in National Stadium, Singapore. (AP Photo/C.F. Tham, file)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090626/ap_on_en_tv/us_obit_fawcett ap/20090626/us_obit_fawcett AP entertainment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:22:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090626/ap_on_en_tv/us_obit_fawcett"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090625/capt.b2a0405450704e4189a34b87d71df144.obit_fawcett_nyet509.jpg?x=102&y=130&q=85&sig=7zNa.1ZmaSgYa8nSXNVCAA--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="FILE - In this Jan. 1977 file photo originally released by ABC, actress Farrah Fawcett-Majors from 'Charlie's Angels,' is shown. Fawcett died, Thursday, June 25, 2009, at a hospital in Los Angeles. She was 62. (AP Photo/ABC, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Farrah Fawcett, a 1970s sex symbol and TV star of "Charlie's Angels," spent almost three years in private fighting for her life against cancer. But shortly before her battle ended, she allowed the public an intimate and inspiring look inside.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090626/ap_on_en_tv/us_obit_fawcett"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090625/capt.b2a0405450704e4189a34b87d71df144.obit_fawcett_nyet509.jpg?x=102&y=130&q=85&sig=7zNa.1ZmaSgYa8nSXNVCAA--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Jan. 1977 file photo originally released by ABC, actress Farrah Fawcett-Majors from 'Charlie's Angels,' is shown. Fawcett died, Thursday, June 25, 2009, at a hospital in Los Angeles. She was 62. (AP Photo/ABC, file)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090626/ap_en_mu/us_obit_michael_jackson_optional ap/20090626/us_obit_michael_jackson_optional AP entertainment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:46:32 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090626/ap_en_mu/us_obit_michael_jackson_optional"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090625/capt.91c22f1cb775404f90bccc96a39fa255.aptopix_people_michael_jackson_nyet718.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=tv3L1yW2pdwH1lgajH1hHA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Aug. 25, 1993 file photo, American pop star Michael Jackson performs during his 'Dangerous' tour in Bangkok. (AP Photo/Jeff Widerner, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Michael Jackson's 50-concert comeback bid in London next month was intended to wash away the taint of freakish scandals and restore him to glory as the "King of Pop." But the curtain will never rise.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090626/ap_en_mu/us_obit_michael_jackson_optional"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090625/capt.91c22f1cb775404f90bccc96a39fa255.aptopix_people_michael_jackson_nyet718.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=tv3L1yW2pdwH1lgajH1hHA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Aug. 25, 1993 file photo, American pop star Michael Jackson performs during his 'Dangerous' tour in Bangkok. (AP Photo/Jeff Widerner, file)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090626/ap_en_mu/us_obit_michael_jackson_scene ap/20090626/us_obit_michael_jackson_scene AP entertainment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:21:50 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090626/ap_en_mu/us_obit_michael_jackson_scene"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090626/capt.23bea2d50a0b4eff862e707f1b00b84c.obit_michael_jackson_reax_capa102.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=VxWfh5.z0awQYYcECyLAHQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Fans remember Michael Jackson at the star they believe belongs to pop star Michael Jackson but that belongs to a radio personality of the same name on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Thursday June 25, 2009 in Los Angeles. Jackson, the sensationally gifted 'King of Pop' who emerged from childhood superstardom to become the entertainment world's most influential singer and dancer before his life and career deteriorated in a freakish series of scandals, died Thursday. (AP Photo/Philip Scott Andrews)" border="0" /></a>AP - Across the country, people reacted in stunned disbelief Thursday as word spread that Michael Jackson had collapsed and died.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090626/ap_en_mu/us_obit_michael_jackson_scene"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090626/capt.23bea2d50a0b4eff862e707f1b00b84c.obit_michael_jackson_reax_capa102.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=VxWfh5.z0awQYYcECyLAHQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Fans remember Michael Jackson at the star they believe belongs to pop star Michael Jackson but that belongs to a radio personality of the same name on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Thursday June 25, 2009 in Los Angeles. Jackson, the sensationally gifted 'King of Pop' who emerged from childhood superstardom to become the entertainment world's most influential singer and dancer before his life and career deteriorated in a freakish series of scandals, died Thursday. (AP Photo/Philip Scott Andrews)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090625/ap_on_en_tv/us_obit_fawcett_quotes ap/20090625/us_obit_fawcett_quotes AP entertainment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:13:32 GMT AP - Reaction to the death of Farrah Fawcett: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090624/ap_on_re_us/us_obit_jerri_nielsen ap/20090624/us_obit_jerri_nielsen AP us Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:39:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090624/ap_on_re_us/us_obit_jerri_nielsen"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090624/capt.029b01886e174915886bdea635f6a727.obit_jerri_nielsen_ny114.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=URjzeBQasuSsXgRhGMNXlw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="FILE - In this 1999 file photo released by the National Science Foundation, Dr. Jerri Nielsen, a National Science Foundation physician, is shown at the ceremonial South Pole. Dr. Jerri Nielsen FitzGerald, whose struggle against breast cancer during a winter at the South Pole captivated the world, died Tuesday, June 23, 2009, at their home in Southwick, Mass, said her husband, Thomas Fitzgerald. The cause was cancer. She was 57.(AP Photo/National Science Foundation, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Dr. Jerri Nielsen FitzGerald, who diagnosed and treated her own breast cancer before a dramatic rescue from the South Pole a decade ago, has died after the disease recurred. She was 57.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090624/ap_on_re_us/us_obit_jerri_nielsen"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090624/capt.029b01886e174915886bdea635f6a727.obit_jerri_nielsen_ny114.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=URjzeBQasuSsXgRhGMNXlw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this 1999 file photo released by the National Science Foundation, Dr. Jerri Nielsen, a National Science Foundation physician, is shown at the ceremonial South Pole. Dr. Jerri Nielsen FitzGerald, whose struggle against breast cancer during a winter at the South Pole captivated the world, died Tuesday, June 23, 2009, at their home in Southwick, Mass, said her husband, Thomas Fitzgerald. The cause was cancer. She was 57.(AP Photo/National Science Foundation, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090624/ap_on_re_eu/eu_france_obit_dausset ap/20090624/eu_france_obit_dausset AP world Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:26:02 GMT AP - Jean Dausset, a Nobel prize-winning French immunologist and pioneer behind organ transplants and mapping of the human genome, has died. He was 92. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090624/ap_on_re_eu/eu_germany_obit_hiob ap/20090624/eu_germany_obit_hiob AP world Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:17:32 GMT AP - German actress Hanne Hiob, a daughter of playwright Bertolt Brecht, has died, officials said Wednesday. She was 86.