Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2279 topstories Obituaries en-us Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:39:41 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/20091126/ap_on_re_as/as_philippines_obit_reblando ap/20091126/as_philippines_obit_reblando AP world Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:39:41 GMT AP - Alejandro "Bong" Reblando, a veteran Filipino journalist and former Associated Press stringer, was among at least 18 reporters killed in an attack on an election caravan, authorities said. He was 53. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_us/deaths ap/20091126/deaths AP us Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:17:19 GMT AP - Ira "Babe" Hanford http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_en_mu/eu_britain_obit_robbins_landon ap/20091125/eu_britain_obit_robbins_landon AP entertainment Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:29:54 GMT AP - H.C. Robbins Landon, a musicologist noted for his pioneering research on Franz Joseph Haydn and for writing popular works on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, has died at age 83. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_us/us_obit_wilson ap/20091125/us_obit_wilson AP us Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:07:20 GMT AP - Charis Wilson, who inspired photographer Edward Weston during an 11 year relationship and posed for many of his pictures, has died. She was 95. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_re_as/as_thailand_obit_samak ap/20091124/as_thailand_obit_samak AP world Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:46:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_re_as/as_thailand_obit_samak"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091124/capt.f456b59bfe2a4fb1bded61bb4c3a4770.thailand_obit_samak_bk104.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=BMOVuJjRxFTPOCkv7uGRcg--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="FILE - In this January 29, 2008 file photo, Thailand's Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej gestures after receiving the royal command appointing him the country's prime minister at his residence in Bangkok, Thailand. Samak, a firebrand politician who briefly served as prime minister but was ousted for simultaneously getting income as host of a popular TV cooking show, died of cancer Tuesday. He was 74. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Samak Sundaravej, a firebrand right-wing politician and TV cooking show host who served a brief and tumultuous term last year as Thailand's prime minister, died of cancer Tuesday. He was 74.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_re_as/as_thailand_obit_samak"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091124/capt.f456b59bfe2a4fb1bded61bb4c3a4770.thailand_obit_samak_bk104.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=BMOVuJjRxFTPOCkv7uGRcg--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this January 29, 2008 file photo, Thailand's Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej gestures after receiving the royal command appointing him the country's prime minister at his residence in Bangkok, Thailand. Samak, a firebrand politician who briefly served as prime minister but was ousted for simultaneously getting income as host of a popular TV cooking show, died of cancer Tuesday. He was 74. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/wl_asia_afp/thailandpoliticssamak afp/20091124/thailandpoliticssamak AFP world Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:02:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/wl_asia_afp/thailandpoliticssamak"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259064008902-1-0.jpg?x=88&y=130&q=85&sig=DYo2_VhBY9MA_ggh4Sqqlg--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="Former Thai prime minister Samak Sundaravej, seen here in 2008, has died of liver cancer at the age of 74. Samak was forced from office in 2008 for starring in television cooking shows.(AFP/File/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Former Thai prime minister Samak Sundaravej, who was forced from office in 2008 for starring in television cooking shows, died of liver cancer Tuesday at the age of 74, associates said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/wl_asia_afp/thailandpoliticssamak"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259064008902-1-0.jpg?x=88&y=130&q=85&sig=DYo2_VhBY9MA_ggh4Sqqlg--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="photo" title="Former Thai prime minister Samak Sundaravej, seen here in 2008, has died of liver cancer at the age of 74. Samak was forced from office in 2008 for starring in television cooking shows.(AFP/File/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_re_as/as_china_obit_yang ap/20091124/as_china_obit_yang AP world Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:34:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_re_as/as_china_obit_yang"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091124/capt.5ba5c944ccad428bb28fe6cfec2f1412.china_obit_yang_xin801.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=SXvGchgHE70Ux1ysT0gaTA--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="In this October 2006 photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, Yang Xianyi, one of China's well-known translators, known for rendering numerous ancient Chinese classics into English, including 'The Dream of the Red Mansions,' poses at his home in Beijing. Yang died in Beijing on Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, Xinhua said Tuesday. He was 94. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Tang Shizeng)" border="0" /></a>AP - Renowned Chinese literature translator Yang Xianyi has died, China's official Xinhua News Agency said Tuesday. He was 94.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_re_as/as_china_obit_yang"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091124/capt.5ba5c944ccad428bb28fe6cfec2f1412.china_obit_yang_xin801.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=SXvGchgHE70Ux1ysT0gaTA--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="photo" title="In this October 2006 photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, Yang Xianyi, one of China's well-known translators, known for rendering numerous ancient Chinese classics into English, including 'The Dream of the Red Mansions,' poses at his home in Beijing. Yang died in Beijing on Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, Xinhua said Tuesday. He was 94. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Tang Shizeng)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091123/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_obit_iran_kordan ap/20091123/ml_obit_iran_kordan AP world Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:28:34 GMT AP - Former Iranian Interior Minister Ali Kordan, who was dismissed after being accused of faking a law degree from the University of Oxford, has died, reports said Monday. He was 51. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091122/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_obit_feoktistov ap/20091122/eu_russia_obit_feoktistov AP world Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:07:25 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091122/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_obit_feoktistov"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091122/capt.423359e49a4b402b9559dc0565bd84f6.russia_obit_feoktistov_mosb806.jpg?x=78&y=130&q=85&sig=pY5qFfxGYIkUfx5WewOR5Q--" align="left" height="130" width="78" alt="FILE --In this 1965 file photo Russian spaceship designer and space traveler Konstantin Feoktistov, bottom, seen with other Soviet cosmonauts during the nation's Cosmonaut Day ceremony in Moscow. Yuri Gagarin, first spaceman, left, and Valery Bykovsky are seen in the background. Feoktistov, the only non-Communist space traveler in history of the Soviet space program, died late Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009, at the age of 83.(AP Photo/File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Russian spaceship designer Konstantin Feoktistov, the only non-Communist space traveler in the history of the Soviet space program, has died at the age of 83.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091122/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_obit_feoktistov"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091122/capt.423359e49a4b402b9559dc0565bd84f6.russia_obit_feoktistov_mosb806.jpg?x=78&y=130&q=85&sig=pY5qFfxGYIkUfx5WewOR5Q--" align="left" height="130" width="78" alt="photo" title="FILE --In this 1965 file photo Russian spaceship designer and space traveler Konstantin Feoktistov, bottom, seen with other Soviet cosmonauts during the nation's Cosmonaut Day ceremony in Moscow. Yuri Gagarin, first spaceman, left, and Valery Bykovsky are seen in the background. Feoktistov, the only non-Communist space traveler in history of the Soviet space program, died late Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009, at the age of 83.(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/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.