In Remembrance--2011

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Pop art pioneer Richard Hamilton dies at the age of 89

British artist Richard Hamilton, regarded as a pioneer in the field of Pop art, has died at the age of 89 following a short illness.

The London-born artist's best known work was a 1956 collage featuring a body builder and a tin of ham, which earned him the title "Father of Pop"

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Entertainment reporter Eleanor Mondale, the daughter of Walter Mondale, died today of brain cancer. She was 51.

 

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Frances Bay, who played the title character's grandmother in Happy Gilmore, and fought Seinfeld for the last loaf of marble rye, died Thursday. She was 92.

 

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Kara Kennedy, the only daughter of Ted Kennedy, died last Friday of an apparent heart attack. She was 51.

Kara worked as a filmmaker and television producer and was active in a number of causes from the arts to fetal alcohol syndrome.

 

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Dave Gavitt, the first commissioner of the Big East conference, died last Friday after a long illness. He was 73.

 

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Singer Dolores Hope, the wife of Bob Hope, died today. She was 102.

 

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Tom Wilson Sr., who created the comic strip Ziggy, died last Friday of pneumonia. He was 80.

 

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Former Browns/Ravens offensive tackle, Orlando "Zeus" Brown, found dead at age 40.

Former offensive tackle Orlando Brown found dead at 40 - Shutdown Corner - NFLBlog - Yahoo! Sports

 

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Wangari Maathai, founder of the Green Belt movement and the first African woman to win a Nobel Prize, died yesterday of cancer. She was 71.

 

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Beatles photographer Robert Whitaker dies aged 71

Photographer Robert Whitaker, best known for this work with The Beatles during the 1960s, has died aged 71.

Whitaker took many pictures of the Fab Four, including a cover for the album Yesterday and Today featuring meat and dismembered dolls.

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