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Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves And Immortality. - Emily Dickinson
Paula Goodspeed, 30
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John Leonard, 69
NEW YORK (AP) — Critic John Leonard, an early champion of Toni Morrison, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and many other authors and so impassioned and informed that Kurt Vonnegut once praised him as "the smartest man who ever lived," died Wednesday night at age John Leonard. His daughter, Jen Nessel, said he died from complications from lung cancer. A former union activist and community organizer, Leonard was an emphatic liberal whose career began in the 1960s at the conservative National Review and continued at countless other publications, including The New York Times, Vanity Fair, The Nation and The Atlantic Monthly among others. He was also a TV critic for New York magazine and a commentator for "CBS Sunday Morning." 11/5/08
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Michael Crichton, 66
Prolific novelist and "ER" creator Michael Crichton has passed away. He was 66. Perhaps best known for being the author of Jurassic Park and its sequel The Lost World, which were turned into a hugely successful movie franchise, his numerous books have sold over 150 million copies worldwide.In what his family calls an unexpected death, it was revealed that he was waging a private battle against cancer. etonline.com 11/04/08
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Shakir Stewart
Def Jam executive VP reportedly committed suicide in Atlanta. 11/1/08
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Terrin Durfey, 34
San Diego singer/musician passed away after a decade-long bout with cancer. 10/29/08
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Anne Pressly, 26
TrueCrimeReport.Com The Little Rock, AR journalist who was savagely attacked in her home last week, has passed away. She was 26 years old. Pressly died as a result of her injuries. According to numerous press reports, the journalist was badly bludgeoned about the head and upper body. A statement on the website of Anne's employer, KATV, says, "Channel 7 cannot express our grief at the loss of Anne, our dear friend and co-worker." Reports published earlier on Saturday seemed to indicate that Pressly's condition might be improving. Pressly's attacker beat the 5'10" news anchor with a blunt object. According to her father, there was evidence that Pressly fought for her life. The attacker focused on her head, breaking nearly every bone in her face. Because of this, the crime sounds like it could have been personal -- at least it sounds that way to me. The police seem to be working a theory of a robbery gone terribly wrong, but there has been speculation in the political blogosphere that the attack was somehow related to Pressly's brief role in Oliver Stone's W as an Ann Coulter-like pundit. Anything is possible, but I find that idea ridiculous, at the moment. Currently, there is a 5-figure reward for information leading to the arrest of Pressly's killer. [KATV.com] 10/25/08
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Federico Luzzi, 28
Former world number 92 has died of leukemia, the Italian tennis federation said on Saturday. A statement said Luzzi had died in hospital in his home town of Arezzo after suffering a rapid form of the disease. 10/25/08
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Jennifer Hudson (left) with mother Darnell Donerson (right)
Darnell Donerson, 57
Mother of Academy Award-winning actress and singer Jennifer Hudson was found shot to death in a South Side residence.
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Daniel Aguillón, 24
MEXICAN featherweight boxer Daniel Aguillon has died after a five-day coma induced by a knockout blow. Fellow Mexican Alejandro Sanabria knocked the 24-year-old to the canvas last Wednesday, 40 seconds from the end of a Central American featherweight title fight. Doctors operated on Sanabria to treat a blood clot in his brain but the boxer failed to regain consciousness and died late on Monday, Aguillon's family said. Aguillon won 16 fights in his career, including nine by knockout, four draws and two losses. 10/22/08 -FoxSports.Com
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Chris Mims, 38
Chris Mims, a former defensive lineman for the San Diego Chargers beset by legal problems, was found dead in his downtown apartment Wednesday. He was 38. -USA Today 10/15/08
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Alexei Cherepanov, 19
The Russian Continental Hockey League announced Tuesday that a special league commission would investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of Alexei Cherepanov, the 19-year-old Avangard Omsk forward and Rangers draft choice who died after collapsing during a game Monday.
By JEFF Z. KLEIN Published: October 14, 2008 New York Times
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Guillaume Depardieu, 37
French actor GERARD DEPARDIEU's son GUILLAUME died on Monday (13Oct08) at the Garches hospital near Paris. The 37 year old passed away after a severe bout of pneumonia.He was filming new movie L'Enfance d'Icare in Romania when he suddenly fell ill and was taken to the Garches hospital at the weekend (10Oct08) but died early on Monday. His father's publicist, Artmedia, says, "He caught a virus which gave him a very severe pneumonia." Guillaume Depardieu had a severe motorbike accident in 1995, and had a leg amputated.He was known for his films as well as for his time in prison for drugs offenses. -contactmusic.com
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Gidget Gein, 39
Frontwoman Gen of the Florida-based "shock-rock" band GENITORTURERS — which also features MORBID ANGEL frontman David "Evil D" Vincent on bass — has issued the following update: "We received an unfortunate call late last night letting us know that our friend Brad 'Gidget Gein', former [MARILYN] MANSON/SPOOKY KID bassist, was found dead at a friend's house [in Burbank, California] where he was currently staying. As of now, there is no official cause of death; however, circumstances seem to perhaps point toward an unintentional overdose. -BLABBERMOUTH.NET 10/10/08
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Levi Kereama, 27
Former Australian Idol contestant Levi Kereama has leapt to his death from a high-rise Brisbane hotel.
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Choi Jin-sil, 39
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January 26, 1925 - September 26, 2008 When James Dean died, a great many of the scripts that had been lined up for him in his still blossoming career were handed over to another Young Turk, Paul Newman. SOMEBODY UP THERE LIKES ME, HUD, COOL HAND LUKE. These films made Paul Newman a star. But, it also dogged him for years: that he may have been the beneficiary of Dean's death. As unfair as that albatross may have been, the truth is, Newman proved himself with great performances and a long career spanning 40 years; a true legend.
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Thiago Da Silva, 25
Brazil is in mourning after former Vasco de Gama player Thiago da Silva was brutally tortured and murdered, allegedly by hired assassins on the orders of his ex-girlfriend.-SI.Com
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Julie Horner Lankamp
TV producer found dead, kid at feet Thursday, September 18th 2008, 7:34 AM Detectives were chasing down leads Wednesday night in the mysterious death of a former CNN producer whose body was found in her tony Manhattan apartment - her crying young daughter clutching her legs. Police are unsure if Julie Horner Lankamp, whose bloodied and bruised corpse was discovered on the floor of her 28th-floor Gold St. apartment Tuesday, was the victim of foul play or an accidental drug overdose.
-ALISON GENDAR and JONATHAN LEMIREDAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
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Jun Ichikawa, 59
TOKYO - Director known for commercial and film work died after collapsing at lunch on Friday and being rushed to a nearby Tokyo hospital. The cause of death has not yet been announced. -Variety.Com
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American Vulture is truly sad to learn that one of the great American writers has died. With a talent so immense it defied reality, David Foster Wallace blasted the literary world with his massive opus INFINITE JEST in 1996.
Writer David Foster Wallace found dead Claremont police say the novelist and humorist who wrote 'Infinite Jest,' hanged himself Friday night. He was 46. By Joel Rubin, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer 5:31 PM PDT, September 13, 2008
David Foster Wallace, the novelist, essayist and humorist best known for his 1996 tome "Infinite Jest," was found dead last night at his home in Claremont, according to the Claremont Police Department. He was 46.
Novels The Broom of the System (1987) Infinite Jest (1996) Short story collections Girl with Curious Hair (1989) (published in Europe as Westward the Course of the Empire Takes Its Way) Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (1999) Oblivion: Stories (2004) Nonfiction Signifying Rappers: Rap and Race In the Urban Present (1990), coauthored with Mark Costello A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again (1997) Up, Simba! (2000) Everything and More (2003) Consider the Lobster (2005)
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Florian Goebel, 35
The 35 year old German astrophysicist, Florian Goebel , from the Max Planck Institute for Physics in Munich, considered to be the person most responsible for the new Magic II reflective telescope built in La Palma, has died after falling from a height of eight metres as he was changing one of the lenses on the apparatus. The official inauguration of the telescope, set for the 19th of this month has been suspended. An autopsy is being carried out to try and establish whether the man suffered some sort of fainting attack before he fell. -typicallyspanish.com Sep 12, 2008
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Reginald Shepherd, 44
American poet, dead of colon cancer. 9/10/08 ____________________________
Jacob 'Bobo' Lekgetho, 34
Mr. Lekgetho died in Johannesburg after suffering from an undisclosed illness. Lekgetho appeared 26 times for Bafana Bafana and played locally for Swallows until he left in 2001 to play in Russia for Lokomotiv Moscow. In 2004 he returned to South Africa following the death of his wife. He was in the Bafana squad for the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan, coming on as a substitute in the 3-2 defeat to Spain and made his debut against Malta in a 1-0 win in May 2000. His last international was the 3-0 defeat to Ghana in the 2006 World Cup qualifier in Kumasi. Born in Moletsane in Soweto, he made his top flight debut in 1996 for the Dube Birds and would go on to make 155 appearances for the club before leaving for Russia. -Kickoff.Com 9/9/08
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Evan Tanner, 37
Former UFC middleweight champion and one of MMA's most popular fighters, was found dead in the Palo Verde mountain area of California today. A friend of Tanner's told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) that authorities have recovered his body. Kyria McBrayer, who also assisted the popular fighter with his "Team Tanner" fan/sponsorship club, said she received the unfortunate news today. Calls to the Imperial County Sheriff's Office were not immediately returned, but according to published reports, a campsite, which included Tanner's motorcycle, was recently discovered. A sheriff's deputy then found Tanner's body when searching the mountain's Clapp Springs area. The cause and other details of Tanner's death were not immediately known. -MMAJunkie.Com 9/8/08
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Dino Dvornik, 44
Croatian musician, actor and reality television star. Dino died in his sleep. The cause of death remains unknown. 9/7/08
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Geoffrey Perkins, 55
Mr Perkins, was hit by a truck on Marylebone High Street in London. It is believed he may have collapsed and fallen into the path of an oncoming flatbed lorry. Geoffrey is well known within the comedy industry. His credits include The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Spitting Image, Harry Enfield's Television Programme, Father Ted and The Catherine Tate Show.-Telegaph.UK 29 Aug 2008
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Mark Priestley, 32
The much-loved actor, 32, who played nurse Dan Goldman, was found dead on an awning of the Myer store at Pitt St, on the corner of Market St, Sydney, at 2pm yesterday (Wednesday). Police sources said the 32-year-old jumped from the Swissotel on the corner of Market and George Streets and was killed instantly. There are unconfirmed reports he plunged from a 22nd-floor room. -The Daily Telegraph 8/27/08
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Adrian Sudbury, 27
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LeRoi Moore, 46
Sax player in the Dave Matthews Band. Moore was seriously injured in an ATV accident June 30th outside his farm near Charlottesville. He was later released but was readmitted due to complications. 8/19/08
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John Challis, 18
Founder of Courage of Life Foundation.
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Percy Irausquin, 39
Amsterdam-based Aruban designer and couturier deemed by Vogue last year an up and coming talent about to make his footmark on the international fashion scene, showed his collection at Amsterdam Fashion Week just over a fortnight ago. Irausquin frequently dressed the who's who of the Dutch social scene, it-girls and actresses and was a celebrity in his own right. His collection was frequently featured on the cover of glossy magazines, such as Elle and Mare Claire. His creations depicted a handwriting of exquisite draping and clever cuts, often interspersed with intricate fabrics, colour and technique. Irausquin turned 39 in June this year. The circumstances of his death have not been confirmed, however the Dutch newspapers reported he slipped in his shower. 8/14/08 From MyFashionUnited.Com
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Bernie Mac, 50 American comedian and actor, complications of pneumonia. Mac was born in Chicago, Illinois, and was raised by a single mother, Mary, who died of cancer when Mac was sixteen. Mac attended Chicago Vocational Career Academy. The start of Mac's career was during high school, when he would put on shows for neighborhood kids in Chicago's south side until moving to Tampa. During his 20s he worked in a variety of jobs; he was a furniture mover, UPS agent and a bread delivery sales rep. Mac had claimed that he was whipped with a belt by both his mother and grandmother during his childhood. Mac started as a stand-up comedian in Chicago's Cotton Pickin' Club.
8/8/08
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Eri Kawai, 43
8/4/08
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Ray Underhill, 41
American professional skateboarder, died from a brain tumor on August 1st.
Hometown: Hendersonville, TN (Now: Wilmington, NC) Occupation: Art director/eastern skateboard supply, web design/tony hawk, inc. Moved to CA: 1985 Turned pro: 1987 (Powell-Peralta (model), Gullwing, Airwalk, Skate Rags) Underhill on MID-EASTERN SKATEBOARD SERIES: Favorite MESS memory: That nervous, excited feeling when you'd see the contest ramp for the first time. Influence of MESS: I honestly think that the series made the predominantly west coast skate world realize that they weren't the only ones out there and take notice of the ingenuity and determination and talent of the rest of the country.
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Suzanne Tamim, 30 Suzanne Tamim, 30
Stabbed to death. Police in Dubai have declined to comment on the case apart from to say they are investigating and will make an announcement soon.
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Ishmeet Singh, 20
Winner of a reality TV singing contest in India, drowned in a Maldives hotel swimming pool. 7/29/08
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