In Remembrance--2011

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Folk singer Facundo Cabral killed in Guatemala

Gunmen with rifles shot and killed one of Latin America's most famous folk singers, Facundo Cabral, on Saturday.

The 74-year-old Argentine singer and novelist was on his way to Guatemala's main airport when gunmen attacked his vehicle, hitting him with at least eight bullets, said city fire department spokesman Jose Rodriguez. He said Cabral's concert promoter also was wounded. The motive was not clear.

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Michael "Wurzel" Burston, the guitarist for Motorhead, died last Saturday. He was 61.

 

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Sukeban Deka Director Hideo Tanaka Passes Away

Movie and television director Hideo Tanaka passed away on Saturday, June 9 at 1:30 p.m. at a Sayama City hospital due to stomach cancer. He was 78.

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French choreographer Roland Petit dies at 87

French choreographer and dancer Roland Petit has died in Geneva at the age of 87, the Paris Opera Ballet has said.

Petit helped set up dance company Les Ballets des Champs-Elysees in 1945 and is credited with revolutionising ballet for his theatrical choreography.

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Sherwood Schwartz, the creator of Gilligan's Island and The Brady Bunch, died today. He was 94.

Schwartz also wrote the theme songs for both shows.

 

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Amed Karzai- half-brother of the Afghani president Hamid, and tribal leader in his own right- has been killed by one of his bodyguards (who was shot by other bodyguards).

Amed Wali Karzai, President's Brother, Killed By Bodyguard in Kandahar - Auburn Journal

 

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"That Girl" co-creator Sam Denoff dead at 83

Sam Denoff, the Emmy-winning television writer and co-creator of the hit Marlo Thomas sitcom "That Girl" has died at age 83.

Denoff died at his Brentwood home on Friday and had reportedly been suffering from Alzheimer's.

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Character actor Roberts Blossom, best known as the neighbor in Home Alone, died July 8. He was 87.

 

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Former X Japan/Loudness Bassist Taiji Sawada Passes Away

Taiji Sawada, a former bassist of the rock bands X Japan (then known as X) and Loudness, passed away at the Commonwealth Health Center on the island of Saipan on Saturday, July 17 at around 11:00 a.m. He was 45.

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Googie Withers dies in Australia aged 94

Actress Googie Withers, best known for appearing in Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes and TV's Within These Walls, has died in Australia aged 94.

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