Princess Alice dies at 102
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The aunt of Queen Elizabeth, Princess Alice, died on Friday at the age of 102, Buckingham Palace say. She had been the longest living member of the Royal Family.
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PRINCESS Alice, the Queenâs aunt who once described herself as a âpre-beatnikâ, has died at the age of 102. She was the oldest member of the British royal family in history.
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The Queen has paid tribute to her aunt Princess Alice, the Duchess of Gloucester, who has died aged 102. Lady Alice Christabel Montagu Douglas Scott died peacefully in her sleep late on Friday night with her
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THE oldest British Royal in history, Princess Alice, the Duchess of Gloucester, has died at the age of 102 after a life that mixed both adventure and personal tragedy.
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The former king of Afghanistan, Zahir Shah, dies aged 92, after a long illness.
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A 69-year-old woman who disappeared along with her Alzheimer's-stricken husband nearly three months ago died of a gunshot wound, according to preliminary autopsy results.
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Japan put on hold the long-awaited announcement that Princess Sayako would become the last of the emperor's children to marry after the oldest royal, Princess Kikuko, died at age 92.
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Thailand's Princess Galyani Vadhana, elder sister of revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej, has died six months after entering hospital with cancer, the palace said on Wednesday.
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British actress Deborah Kerr, who starred in The King And I and From Here To Eternity, has died at the age of 86.
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Queen Elizabeth II becomes Britain's oldest-ever monarch on Thursday, beating the record of Queen Victoria.
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Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bolden, recognized as the world's oldest person, died Monday in a nursing home, the home's administrator said. She was 116.
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The Queen has reached a new milestone as she becomes the longest living British monarch.She overtakes the record set by her great-great grandmother Queen Victoria.Victoria, who was born on May 24 1819, died on January 22 1901, having lived for 81 years, seven months and 29 days or 81 years and 243 days.According to Buckingham Palace, Queen Elizabeth II, who was born on April 21 1926, beats her ancestor's record at around 5pm December 20.This takes into account the time of Victoria's birth and death, and the time the current Queen was born. Read more
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The funeral of one of the last century's greatest known ballerinas, Dame Alicia Markova, is held in Bath.
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America's oldest person, a 114-year-old woman who voted in every election since women earned the right in 1920 and had the thinnest file in her doctor's office, has died.
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Natalia Bessmertnova, a Soviet-era prima ballerina who danced with the Bolshoi Ballet for decades, died Tuesday, a spokeswoman for the ballet said. She was 66.
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Prince Bernhard, the charismatic German-born father of the Netherlands' Queen Beatrix who earned the respect of the Dutch during the Nazi occupation, died Wednesday. He was 93.
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Foreign Corresp. One of France's most famous Bohemian writers, Francoise Sagan, has died at the age of 69.