2010----In Remembrance.

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James Aubrey who starred in the first film version of Lord of the Flies, died April 6 of pancreatitis. He was 62.

 

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Venezuelan boxer Edwin Valero hung himself today. He was 28.

 

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Dorothy Height, a pivotal figure in the civil rights movement, died today. She was 98.

 

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Rapper Guru, who melded hip hop with jazz as both a solo artist and a member of Gang Starr, died yesterday of cancer. He was 43.

 

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Writer and anime producer Carl Macek, best known for his work on Robotech, died last Saturday of a heart attack. He was 58.

 

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Juan Antonio Samaranch, the seventh president of the International Olympic Committee, died today. He was 89.

 

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Character actor Michael Pataki dies of cancer at age 72 on Tuesday, April 20, 2010. Among his numerous television roles were that of Korax in Star Trek's "The Trouble with Tribbles" and Karnas in Star Trek: The Next Generation's "Too Short a Season".

 

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Elizabeth Post, who wrote over a dozen books on etiquette and was the spokesperson for the Emily Post Institute, died last Saturday. She was 89.

 

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Actress Dorothy Provine died April 25 of emphysema. She was 75.

Provine appeared in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, That Darn Cat!, The Great Race, and the TV series The Roaring 20s and 77 Sunset Strip.

 

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Leslie Buck, who created the Anthora paper coffee cup, which has become a symbol of New York City, died Monday. He was 87.