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Pat Derby, a former Hollywood trainer for Flipper, Lassie and other performing animals who later devoted her life to protecting them after seeing widespread abuse, died Friday of throat cancer at her…
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Jerry Buss, the Los Angeles Lakers' playboy owner who shepherded the NBA team to 10 championships from the Showtime dynasty of the 1980s to the Kobe Bryant era, died Monday at Cedars-Sinai Medical…
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British actor Richard Briers, an avuncular presence on TV and movie screens for decades who appeared in a number of films directed Kenneth Branagh, including as Polonius in "Hamlet," died at his…
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Mindy McCready, who hit the top of the country charts before personal problems sidetracked her career, has died. She was 37.
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Stuart Freeborn, a pioneering movie makeup artist behind creatures such as Yoda and Chewbacca in the "Star Wars" films, died Tuesday in London from a combination of ailments due to his age. He was 98.