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Ex-UK Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott is hailed as a working-class hero after his death at 86

Ex-UK Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott is hailed as a working-class hero after his death at 86

LONDON (AP) 鈥� British politician John Prescott, a pugnacious and personable former merchant seaman who rose to the post of deputy prime minister in Tony Blair's Labour government, has died at age 86. Prescott鈥檚 family announced his death on Thursday.
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M. Jodi Rell, who became Connecticut governor after running mate resigned, dies at 78

Former Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell, who took over the office to become the second female governor in state history after her running mate resigned amid a corruption scandal, has died. She was 78.
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Ursula Haverbeck, German far-right activist repeatedly convicted for Holocaust denial, dies at 96

Ursula Haverbeck, German far-right activist repeatedly convicted for Holocaust denial, dies at 96

BERLIN (AP) 鈥� Ursula Haverbeck, a prominent German far-right activist who accumulated a string of convictions for denying the Holocaust, has died. She was 96.
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EX-UK Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott is hailed as a working-class hero after his death at 86

EX-UK Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott is hailed as a working-class hero after his death at 86

LONDON (AP) 鈥� British politician John Prescott, a pugnacious and personable former merchant seaman who rose to the post of deputy prime minister in Tony Blair's Labour government, has died at age 86. Prescott鈥檚 family announced his death on Thursday.
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Bob Love, a 3-time NBA All-Star with the Chicago Bulls, has died at 81

Bob Love, a 3-time NBA All-Star with the Chicago Bulls, has died at 81

CHICAGO (AP) 鈥� Former Chicago Bulls forward Bob Love, a three-time All-Star who spent 11 years in the NBA, died Monday. He was 81. The Bulls said Love died after a long battle with cancer. Love averaged 21.3 points and 6.
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Japanese poet Shuntaro Tanikawa, master of modern free verse, dies at 92

Japanese poet Shuntaro Tanikawa, master of modern free verse, dies at 92

TOKYO (AP) 鈥� Shuntaro Tanikawa , who pioneered modern Japanese poetry, poignant but conversational in its divergence from haiku and other traditions, has died. He was 92.
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Arthur Frommer, travel guide innovator, has died at 95

Arthur Frommer, travel guide innovator, has died at 95

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Arthur Frommer, whose "Europe on 5 Dollars a Day" guidebooks revolutionized leisure travel by convincing average Americans to take budget vacations abroad, has died. He was 95.
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Arthur Frommer, travel guide innovator, has died at 95

Arthur Frommer, travel guide innovator, has died at 95

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Arthur Frommer, whose "Europe on 5 Dollars a Day" guidebooks revolutionized leisure travel by convincing average Americans to take budget vacations abroad, has died. He was 95.
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Spencer Lawton, the Savannah prosecutor who tried 'Midnight in the Garden' case, dies at 81

Spencer Lawton, the Savannah prosecutor who tried 'Midnight in the Garden' case, dies at 81

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) 鈥� Spencer Lawton Jr., a former Georgia district attorney who worked to expand the rights of crime victims and prosecuted a Savannah killing made famous by the book 鈥淢idnight in the Garden of Good and Evil,鈥� has died. He was 81.
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Japanese poet Shuntaro Tanikawa, master of modern free verse, has died at 92

Japanese poet Shuntaro Tanikawa, master of modern free verse, has died at 92

TOKYO (AP) 鈥� Shuntaro Tanikawa , who pioneered modern Japanese poetry, poignant but conversational in its divergence from haiku and other traditions, has died. He was 92.
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