Japanese actor Tamba dies; played Bond ally
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Japanese actor Tetsuro Tamba,  best known internationally for playing dapper spymaster Tiger  Tanaka in the 1967 James Bond picture "You Only Live Twice,"  has died in Tokyo. He was 84.
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The world&#39;s best-known mime artist,  Marcel Marceau, has died, France Info radio said on Sunday,  saying his family had informed it of his death.
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A Japanese civilian taken hostage in Iraq by militants has been killed, Kyodo News agency reported Saturday, citing a member of Japan's ruling party. But national broadcaster NHK said the government was still trying to confirm the information.
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A Cuban exile who helped lead a group that tried for decades to overthrow Cuban President Fidel Castro has died. He was 88.
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Ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, who was apparently poisoned in London, has died.
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Former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, who was apparently poisoned in London, has died.
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Edward Yang, who won best director in 2000 at the Cannes Film Festival and was known for his realistic portrayals of modern Taiwan, has died of complications from colon cancer, a film industry consultant said Sunday. He was 59.
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A Japanese man taken hostage in Iraq earlier this week has been killed by his abductors after the Japanese government refused to meet their demands to withdraw its troops from the region, Kyodo News agency reported early Saturday.
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Playbill - Marcel Marceau, the Frenchman whose name was synonymous with the art of mime, has died, according to Reuters. He was 84.
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World-renowned bassist Aladar Pege, who moved with ease from jazz to classics and lifted his bulky instrument to star status, has died, the Hungarian cultural ministry said Sunday. He was 67.
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Anton Balasingham, the chief negotiator for Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels, died Thursday of cancer in London, a pro-rebel Web site reported. He was 68.
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US-born chess legend Bobby Fischer has died in Iceland at the age of 64, his close friend Gardar Sverrisson told AFP on Friday.
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Text of report in English by Japanese news agency Kyodo  Tokyo, May 28 Kyodo - [Farm Minister] Matsuoka dies at hospital after attempting suicide  (c) 2007 BBC Monitoring Newsfile. Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning.
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Controversial former world chess legend Bobby Fischer has died aged 64, Icelandic media report.
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MOSCOW -- The top deputy chairman of Russia's Central Bank died Thursday, hours after being shot by unidentified assailants in an attack that officials suggested was prompted by his efforts to clean up the country's banking system.
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The Clint Eastwood film âLetters From Iwo Jima,â about the lives and deaths of Japanese soldiers in the battle for Iwo Jima in World War II, was named best foreign film at the 31st Japan Academy Awards ceremony on Friday in Tokyo, Variety reported. Joji Matsuokaâs âTokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad,â about a mother-son relationship, took the prizes for best film, best director, best actress (Kiki Kirin as the dying mother), best supporting actor (Kaoru Kobayashi as the absent father) and best screenplay (Masuo Suzuki). Hidetaka Yoshioka, who won the best actor prize in 2006 for his performance as a struggling novelist in âAlways,â won again for reprising the role in the nostalgic drama âAlways 2.â.
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Shu Uemura, the Japanese makeup artist who won acclaim in Hollywood and built an international cosmetics brand under his name, has died. He was 79.  Uemura, who gained acclaim working with actress Shirley MacLaine on the 1962 Hollywood film "My Geish...