Ex-Texas Gov. Ann Richards dies
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Former Gov. Ann Richards, the witty and flamboyant Democrat who went from homemaker to national political celebrity, died Wednesday night after a battle with cancer, a family spokeswoman said. She was 73.
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Jerry Orbach, who walked the beat on NBC's Law & Order   for the last 12 seasons as sardonic Detective Lennie Briscoe, has died   of prostate cancer, his publicist said Wednesday. He was 69.
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Harvey R. "Bum" Bright, the former Dallas Cowboys owner who sold the team to Jerry Jones, has died. He was 84. Bright died Saturday at his Highland Park home after a long illness.
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ASUNCION, Paraguay  - The daughter of Paraguay'sformer President Raul Cubas was found dead on Wednesdayunderneath a house near the capital, nearly five months aftershe was kidnapped, government officials said.
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Larry Rawl, who was chairman of oil giant ExxonMobil during the Exxon Valdez disaster, dies, aged 76.
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Ancel Keys, a pioneer in public health best known for identifying the connection between a cholesterol-rich diet and heart disease, has died.
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Former Texas and Baltimore manager Johnny Oates has died at age 58. He was diagnosed with a brain tumor three years ago. Oates&#39; death was confirmed by John Blake, who formerly worked as a spokesman with the Rangers organization.
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Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell, who became governor in July when former chief executive John Rowland resigned, will have all or part of her breast removed today because of cancer doctors discovered last week.
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RICHMOND, Va. - Johnny Oates, who managed the Texas Rangers to their first three postseason appearances, died early Friday. He was 58.
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GREENSBORO ---- Mrs. Eva Jane Gerringer McIntyre, 94, died Monday, March 5, 2007, at Greensboro Retirement Center.  Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, March 9, at Rehobeth United Methodist Church, where she was a member, with Pastor Susan E. Pillsbury officiating.
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Pauline Gore, mother of former Vice President Al Gore and widow of the late U.S. Sen. Albert Gore, Sr., died at her home in Tennessee on Wednesday, a funeral home said. She was 92.
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Lady Bird Johnson, 94, a first lady whose quiet ambition and determination allowed her to play an influential role in her husband's remarkable political career and to carve out an identity of her own as an advocate for beautifying the national landscape, died yesterday at her home in Austin.
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A supervisor at BP Plc's Texas City, Texas, refinery died on Monday of head injuries suffered when a heavy metal lid blew off a unit during a restart, his family's lawyer and BP said on Tuesday.
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Former Texas Governor Ann Richards, who   sparred with former President George H.W. Bush and later lost   the state's top job to his son, President George W. Bush, died   on Wednesday. She was 73.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Johnny Oates, the former player and manager who led the Texas Rangers to their first three post-season appearances, died early Friday.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn.  - Pauline Gore, mother of former  Vice President Al Gore and widow of the late U.S. Sen. Albert  Gore Sr., died at her home in Tennessee on Wednesday, her  family said. She was 92.
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Mary Elaine Gennoy, a medical marijuana activist and a ubiquitous and popular figure in the Castro, where she lived and once ran as a write-in candidate for San Francisco supervisor, died Sept.