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March 17, 2019 at 7:44 pm

Richard Erdman, playful character actor in ‘Stalag 17’ and ‘Community,’ dies at 93

Richard Erdman, a wisecracking character actor who appeared in more than 175 film and television productions, including as a barracks chief in "Stalag 17," a...

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FILE – This July 6, 1967 file photo shows, from left, Peter Tork, Mike Nesmith, David Jones and Micky Dolenz of the musical group The Monkees at a news conference at the Warwick Hotel in New York. Tork, who rocketed to teen idol fame in 1965 playing the lovably clueless bass guitarist in the made-for-television rock band The Monkees, died Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019, of complications related to cancer, according to his son Ivan Iannoli. He was 77. (AP Photo/Ray Howard, File) NYET402 NYET402

February 21, 2019 at 8:36 am

Peter Tork, endearingly offbeat bassist and singer in the Monkees, dies at 77 VIEW

A versatile multi-instrumentalist, Peter Tork mostly played bass and keyboard for the Monkees, in addition to singing lead on tracks.

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FILE – In an Oct. 10, 2012 file photo, Antonio “Tony” Mendez, former CIA technical operations officer, poses for photographers at the premiere of the film Argo in Washington. Mendez, a former CIA technical operations officer who helped rescue six U.S. diplomats from Iran in 1980 and was portrayed by Ben Affleck in the film â€œArgo,â€ died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019, at an assisted-living center in Frederick, Maryland, according to a family statement and his literary agent. He was 78. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File) NYSP101 NYSP101

January 19, 2019 at 12:40 pm

Tony Mendez, ‘Argo’ spy who smuggled U.S. hostages out of Iran

Pulling techniques from magicians, movie-makeup artists and even the television show "Mission: Impossible," he changed one person into another, transforming agents into characters to help...

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December 30, 2018 at 4:18 pm

Georges Loinger, Frenchman who smuggled Jewish children to safety in WWII, dies at 108

Georges Loinger saved more than 350 children during World War II, helping them cross into Switzerland.

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November 4, 2018 at 8:58 pm

Kitty O’Neil, deaf daredevil who became ‘world’s fastest woman,’ dies at 72

“People say I can’t do anything. I say to people I can do anything I want.”

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FILE – In this Dec. 7, 2008, file photo, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate Osamu Shimomura speaks during the press conference at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden. Shimomura, one of three scientists who won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for the discovery and development of a jellyfish protein that contributed to cancer studies, has died in Japan’s southern city of Nagasaki where he studied as a student. He was 90. His alma mater Nagasaki University said Monday, Oct. 22, 2018, that Shimomura died Friday of natural causes.(AP Photo/Scanpix, Fredrik Persson, File) TKSK803 TKSK803

October 23, 2018 at 5:20 pm

Osamu Shimomura, atomic blast survivor and Nobel-winning chemist, dies at 90

While working at Friday Harbor Laboratories, a field station run by the University of Washington, Osamu Shimomura discovered a jellyfish protein that allows scientists to...

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September 9, 2018 at 6:36 pm

Erik Hauri, scientist who found water on the moon, dies at 52

Geochemist Erik Hauri helped usher in a new era in our understanding of the moon, an astronomical object now known to have ice on its...

August 7, 2018 at 5:16 pm

Alan Rabinowitz, champion of leopards, jaguars and other wild cats, dies at 64

“The Indiana Jones of wildlife protection” had recently been a part of Journey of the Jaguar, a Panthera expedition covering about covering about 4,000 miles...

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In this May 12, 2011 photo, Aiko Herzig?Yoshinaga poses in Gardena, Calif. Herzig-Yoshinaga, who uncovered proof that thousands of Japanese-Americans incarcerated in the United States during World War II were held not for reasons of national security but because of racism, has died at age 93.Bruce Embrey, co-chair of the Manzanar Committee, told The Associated Press Wednesday, July 25, 2018, that Herzig-Yoshinaga died July 18 at her home in the Los Angeles suburb of Torrance. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times via AP) CALOS901 CALOS901

July 25, 2018 at 5:12 pm

Aiko Herzig Yoshinaga, champion of interned Japanese Americans, dies at 93

Her archival research led to reparations for Japanese Americans exiled to World War II internment camps.

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July 22, 2018 at 4:20 pm

Shinobu Hashimoto, screenwriter of Kurosawa classics, dies at 100

He worked with the acclaimed Japanese director on films including “Rashomon,” “Seven Samurai” and “Ikiru.”

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