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Del Martin, Lesbian Activist, Dies at 87
Ms. Martin helped found the pioneering lesbian-rights group the Daughters of Bilitis.
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Robert Bass, Director of the Collegiate Chorale, Dies at 55
Mr. Bass was the longtime music director and conductor of the Collegiate Chorale, a New...
Yuri Nosenko, Soviet Spy Who Defected, Dies at 81
Mr. Nosenko was a former Soviet agent who was at the center of some of...
Olavo Setubal, a Brazilian Bank Chief, Dies at 85
Mr. Setubal was a former foreign minister who also helped build one of Brazil?s largest...
Michael Baxandall, Pioneering Art Historian, Dies at 74
Mr. Baxandall?s analysis of the social forces shaping works of art and the way they...
Jabir Herbert Muhammad, Who Managed Muhammad Ali, Dies at 79
Mr. Muhammad became Muhammad Ali?s boxing manager after Ali?s conversion to Islam and negotiated his...
Thomas H. Weller, Whose Work on Tissue Led to Nobel Prize, Is Dead at 93
Dr. Weller was a tropical-medicine specialist whose tissue-culture research in 1949 made development of the...
Dave Freeman, Co-Author of Travel Book With a Deadline, Dies at 47
Mr. Freeman was co-author of ?100 Things to Do Before You Die,? a travel guide...
Kevin Duckworth, 44, Former N.B.A. All-Star Center, Is Dead
Mr. Duckworth was a two-time National Basketball Association All-Star who played most of his career...
Riitta Immonen, a Founder of the Marimekko Textile Company, Dies at 90
Ms. Immonen was a designer of uniforms and ready to wear with a couture touch.
Laurence Urdang, Language Expert Who Edited Dictionaries, Dies at 81
Mr. Urdang was a prolific lexicographer who had a hand in more than 100 dictionaries...
Ralph Young, Sandler & Young Singer, Is Dead at 90
Mr. Young was a singer best known as the English-language half of the popular multilingual...
Fred Crane, Scarlett?s Suitor in the Film ?Gone With the Wind,? Dies at 90
Mr. Crane was one of Scarlett O?Hara?s twin beaus and spoke the opening line in...
Tad Mosel, TV Dramatist, Dies at 86
Mr. Mosel?s dramatic scripts for live television were regularly featured in prime-time programming in the...
Jerry Ford, 83, Man Behind the Models, Dies
Mr. Ford, with his wife, Eileen, established one of the most recognizable modeling agencies in...
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Collin E. Farmer, 77, of Ararat, Va. passed away Sunday, August 24, 2008 at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston Salem, N.C. Mr. Farmer was born January 9, 1931 in Carroll County, Virginia to the late Earl Robert and Eula Pierce Farmer. |
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 Bonnie Christene Alexander Montgomery, 68, of Roanoke, joined the Lord on Saturday, August 23, 2008, after a courageous fight with cancer. |
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Glenn Osborne, 76, of Woodlawn, Va., died August 25, 2008. Funeral 2 p.m. Thursday, August 28, 2008 in Peak Creek Brethren Church, Laurel Springs, N.C. Visitation, Wednesday, August 27, 2008 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home, Independence, Va.
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William Rodney Thornton, 53, of Independence, VA, died August 24, 2008. Funeral 8 p.m. Tuesday, August 26, 2008 in Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home Chapel, Independence.
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