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Fosse, bowled over by Rose in ASG, dies at 74

ESPNOctober 14, 2021October 14, 2021

by ESPNOctober 14, 2021October 14, 202100

OAKLAND, Calif. — Ray Fosse, the strong-armed MLB catcher whose career was upended when he was bowled over by Pete Rose during the 1970 All-Star Game, has died. He was 74. Carol Fosse, his wife of 51 years, said in a statement online that Fosse died Wednesday after a 16-year......

Former BBC commentator Laidlaw dies

BBCOctober 13, 2021October 13, 2021

by BBCOctober 13, 2021October 13, 2021047

Laidlaw was born in Edinburgh in 1939 Tributes have been paid to respected golf broadcaster and journalist Renton Laidlaw, who has died, aged 82. He reported on 58 Open Championships and 42 Masters during his career, which included extensive work for the BBC. The Scot was BBC golf correspondent for......

Jimmy Neary, Whose Irish Pub Became a Power Brokers’ Hub, Dies at 91

New York TimesOctober 12, 2021October 12, 2021

by New York TimesOctober 12, 2021October 12, 202101

James Joseph Neary was born in Tubbercurry on Sept. 14, 1930. His father, Patrick, was a police officer and a farmer. His mother, Catherine (Marren) Neary, was a homemaker. At school they poked fun at Jimmy for his size. But he later got the last laugh when he cleaned out......

Anne Saxelby, Who Championed Fine American Cheeses, Dies at 40

New York TimesOctober 12, 2021October 12, 2021

by New York TimesOctober 12, 2021October 12, 202100

“We grew up in cheese together,” Mateo Kehler, who started Jasper Hill Farm with his brother, Andy, said by phone. “Thanks to her, our cheeses are on menus all over the city.” Dan Barber, the executive chef and an owner of Blue Hill at Stone Barns in Pocantico Hills, N.Y.,......

Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner dies, days after stepping down for health reasons

CNBCOctober 12, 2021October 12, 2021

by CNBCOctober 12, 2021October 12, 20210253

CNBC – For more and to sign up click here Brian Goldner CEO of Hasbro Adam Jeffery | CNBC The toymaker Hasbro announced on Tuesday that its longtime Chief Executive Brian Goldner has passed away, just two days after he took medical leave. Goldner, 58, had been serving as CEO......

Eddie Jaku: Holocaust survivor and peace campaigner dies aged 101

BBCOctober 12, 2021October 12, 2021

by BBCOctober 12, 2021October 12, 202100

After surviving the Nazis’ brutal regime, Jaku dedicated the rest of his life to advocating for peace. BBC – For more and to sign up click here To Return to the Main Aggregate News Page – click here GoCoin – Latest Cryptocurrency News and Trading...

Paddy Moloney: Chieftains founder dies

BBCOctober 12, 2021October 12, 2021

by BBCOctober 12, 2021October 12, 2021026

The piper founded the Irish traditional music group, The Chieftains, in 1962. BBC – For more and to sign up click here...

Bernard Tapie, French Tycoon, Actor and Politician, Dies at 78

New York TimesOctober 11, 2021

by New York TimesOctober 11, 202100

New York Times – For more and to sign up click here PARIS — Bernard Tapie, a swaggering French businessman who lurched throughout his life from wild success to humiliation, knowing everything from high political office to the prison cell, died on Oct. 3 in Paris. He was 78. The......

Man dies in California after fight with people he apparently tried to run over

October 10, 2021

by October 10, 202100

USA TODAY – For more and to sign up click here Monique Beals A man died in California after fighting with a crowd of people he intentionally tried to hit his truck. The Associated Press reported that the man was asked to leave a business in Hawthorne, Calif. on Saturday. After an argument......

Gen. Raymond T. Odierno Dies at 67; Oversaw Iraq Surge

New York TimesOctober 10, 2021

by New York TimesOctober 10, 202100

New York Times – For more and to sign up click here General Odierno favored the rapid deployment of about 20,000 additional troops — the surge, as it was called — to help quell the insurgency. The troop reinforcement proposal split the military and was opposed by Defense Secretary Donald......

Abdul Qadeer Khan, Father of Pakistan’s Nuclear Program, Dies at 85

New York TimesOctober 10, 2021

by New York TimesOctober 10, 202100

New York Times – For more and to sign up click here “We had monitored their acquisition of these materials from around the world and did quite a bit to stop their obtaining some of them,” Mr. Hummel said. “Yet they were chugging ahead at a site that we knew......

Abdul Qadeer Khan: ‘Father of Pakistan’s nuclear bomb’ dies

BBCOctober 10, 2021October 10, 2021

by BBCOctober 10, 2021October 10, 202100

AQ Khan is considered a national hero but was also called “the greatest nuclear proliferator of all time”. BBC – For more and to sign up click here To Return to the Main Aggregate News Page – click here GoCoin – Latest Cryptocurrency News and Trading...

OBITUARY Pakistan nuclear scientist AQ Khan, at centre of proliferation scandal, dies

ReutersOctober 10, 2021

by ReutersOctober 10, 202100

KARACHI, Pakistan, Oct 10 (Reuters) – Abdul Qadeer Khan, a Pakistani nuclear scientist who acknowledged being part of a nuclear proliferation ring, died on Sunday. He was 85. Khan was admitted to Khan Research Laboratories Hospital on Aug. 26 after testing positive for COVID-19 and was later moved to a......

Army Gen. Raymond Odierno, who commanded Iraq War strategy, dies at 67

CNNOctober 9, 2021

by CNNOctober 9, 202100

USA TODAY – For more and to sign up click here Kelly provided a statement from the Odierno family confirming Odierno’s death. “It is with deep regret that I can confirm the death of General Raymond T. Odierno on October 8th, 2021,” the Odierno family statement reads. “The general died......

Former Iranian President Bani-Sadr dies in Paris

ReutersOctober 9, 2021

by ReutersOctober 9, 202100

PARIS, Oct 9 (Reuters) – Abolhassan Bani-Sadr, who became Iran’s first president after the 1979 Islamic revolution before fleeing into exile in France, died on Saturday aged 88. He died at the Pitie-Salpetriere hospital in Paris following a long illness, his wife and children said on Bani-Sadr’s official website. Bani-Sadr......

Banisadr, Iran’s first president after 1979 revolution, dies

PoliticoOctober 9, 2021October 9, 2021

by PoliticoOctober 9, 2021October 9, 2021051

Politico.com – For more and to sign up click here Banisadr would never consolidate his grip on the government he supposedly led as events far beyond his control — including the U.S. Embassy hostage crisis and the invasion of Iran by Iraq — only added to the tumult that followed......

Abolhassan Banisadr: Iran’s first president after revolution dies at 88

BBCOctober 9, 2021October 9, 2021

by BBCOctober 9, 2021October 9, 202100

Banisadr then served as Iran’s minister of economics and foreign affairs and, with the help of the Islamic clergy, became president. He faced huge difficulties from the start, including the US embassy hostage crisis and the Iran-Iraq war but, above all, the opposition of fundamentalist clerics. BBC – For more......

Budge Patty, Elegant Tennis Champion of the 1950s, Dies at 97

New York TimesOctober 8, 2021

by New York TimesOctober 8, 202100

Richard Goldstein Budge Patty, one of only three Americans to win the French and Wimbledon men’s singles tennis championships in the same year and a glamorous figure on the international tennis scene of the 1950s, died on Monday in Lausanne, Switzerland. He was 97. The International Tennis Hall of Fame......

Former Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire dies, aged 53

BBCOctober 8, 2021October 8, 2021

by BBCOctober 8, 2021October 8, 2021024

The former Northern Ireland Secretary was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2018. BBC – For more and to sign up click here...

Robert Schiffmann, Inventive Guru of the Microwave, Dies at 86

New York TimesOctober 6, 2021October 6, 2021

by New York TimesOctober 6, 2021October 6, 202100

As a scientist he saw the potential of microwave ovens when he observed one heating up a sandwich in the 1960s. Microwaveable oatmeal, among other advances, was in his future. For more and to sign up click here To Return to the Main Aggregate News Page – click here Break’n......

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