Eugene Polley dies at 96; inventor of wireless TV remote control
23.05.2012, 07:00:00
Polley's Flash-Matic was considered a luxury when it debuted in 1955, but its popularity has been tied to the explosion in cable TV. Polley felt he did not receive proper credit for his invention. Eugene Polley, inventor of the first wireless channel changer, a precursor to the remote control that surfers use to navigate the 500-plus channels offered by modern television, has died. He was 96.
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Robin Gibb dies at 62; rose to pop fame as one-third of the Bee Gees
21.05.2012, 07:00:00
Robin Gibb and his brothers, Maurice and Barry, produced a string of memorable hits and were at the forefront of the disco era with their iconic 'Saturday Night Fever' soundtrack. Robin Gibb was diagnosed with cancer that spread from his colon to his liver last year. Robin Gibb, a singer and songwriter who joined two of his brothers in forming the Bee Gees pop group that helped define the sound of the disco era with the best-selling 1977 soundtrack to"Saturday Night Fever," has died. He was 62.
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Lockerbie bomber dies in Libya
21.05.2012, 07:00:00
Abdel Basset Ali Megrahi, reported to have had prostate cancer, was the only person convicted in the downing of Pan Am Flight 103. He repeatedly denied a role. TRIPOLI, Libya — The Libyan intelligence officer convicted in the 1988 bombing of an American airliner over Lockerbie, Scotland, died at home here Sunday nearly three years after passions around the case were reawakened when he was freed on compassionate grounds because of what was reported as advanced prostate cancer.
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PASSINGS: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Bob Boozer, Jim Abdnor, Chuck Brown, Herbert Breslin
21.05.2012, 00:58:00
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone who championed German lieder, dies at 86; Bob Boozer, NBA great, dies at 75; Jim Abdnor, South Dakota Republican who defeated Democrat George McGovern to win a Senate seat, dies at 89; Chuck Brown, funk band leader, dies at 75; Herbert Breslin, Pavarotti manager, dies at 87 Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
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Evelyn Bryan Johnson dies at 102; pioneering female pilot
21.05.2012, 07:00:00
Evelyn Bryan Johnson took up flying in 1944, went on to hold a Guinness record for most hours in the air by a female pilot, and trained thousands of students. With her husband serving in the Army Air Forces during World War II, Evelyn Bryan Johnson was looking for something to occupy her time when she wasn't running their dry-cleaning business in Jefferson City, Tenn.
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Tom Fuentes, longtime O.C. Republican Party leader, dies at 63
20.05.2012, 07:00:00
Tom Fuentes was chairman of the Orange County Republican Party from 1985 to 2004. He helped maintain its powerhouse status and is remembered as 'the godfather of every idealistic person in the party, young and old.' Tom Fuentes, whose forceful leadership of the Orange County Republican Party confirmed it as an epicenter of GOP fundraising and political clout, has died. He was 63.
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Mike McGrady, journalist behind sexy bestselling hoax, dies at 78
20.05.2012, 07:00:00
'Naked Came the Stranger' was concocted by Newsday columnist Mike McGrady with two dozen colleagues to prove that a poorly written potboiler could succeed with enough sex. It became a sensation in 1969 when the hoax was exposed. In the summer of 1966, Newsday columnist Mike McGrady threw down the gauntlet to a trusted coterie of fellow journalists: Produce a novel so poorly written and relentlessly focused on sex that it would fly off bookstore shelves. Two dozen colleagues, including past and future Pulitzer Prize winners, accepted the challenge.
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Frank Edward Ray dies at 91; hero in Chowchilla school bus hijacking
19.05.2012, 07:00:00
In 1976, the school bus driver helped lead 26 children to safety after they'd been abducted and buried by three young men planning to seek ransom. Frank Edward Ray, the school bus driver hailed as a hero for helping to lead 26 children to safety after a bizarre kidnapping in the San Joaquin Valley town of Chowchilla 36 years ago, has died. He was 91.
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