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• Paul Naschy, 75, Spanish dean of horror films

  
  The Boston Globe | Boston.com — Authority: 748
  Paul Naschy, an actor, director, and screenwriter widely acknowledged as the dean of Spanish horror films, whose dark web of credits includes “Night of the Werewolf,’’ “The Night of the Executioner,’’ “The Nights of the Wolf Man,’’ “Night of the Howling Beast’’ and “Good Night, Mr. ...
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• Joseph M. Tierney, longtime City Council president, 68

  
  The Boston Globe | Boston.com — Authority: 748
  Quick with a quip, Joseph M. Tierney was ready when reporters asked how he eked out a slender victory in 1984 for the fourth of five one-year terms as president of the Boston City Council.
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• Larry Sultan, photographer, Conceptual artist; at 63

  
  The Boston Globe | Boston.com — Authority: 748
  Larry Sultan, a highly influential California photographer whose 1977 collaboration, “Evidence’’ - a book made up solely of pictures culled from vast industrial and government archives - became a watershed in the history of art photography, died Sunday at his home in Greenbrae, Calif. He was 63.
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• Irving Chase, at 91; retired rear admiral and businessman

  
  The Boston Globe | Boston.com — Authority: 748
  When it came to titling his memoir, retired Rear Admiral Irving H. Chase came up with “Come to the Cabaret, Old Chum,’’ signaling that his life was a rich one.
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• They will Incinerate you for a special price, unless you are fat. By Geniusofdespair

  
  EYE ON MIAMI — Authority: 479
  Only 4 days left to lock in that cremation special. I was wondering what "No Oversize" meant in the ad so I called. He said that is for people over 450 to 500 pounds. Damn, I forgot to ask how much extra he charges per pound. So if you are mega wide in the girth forget about the $485 bargain price. I guess you can ...
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• Nobel laureate Paul Samuelson, eminent economist, dead at 94

  
  The Boston Globe | Boston.com — Authority: 748
  Paul A. Samuelson, a giant of 20th-century economics and the first American recipient of the Nobel Economics Prize, who helped popularize the Keynesian revolution and introduce generations of undergraduates to economics through his famous textbook, died yesterday of congestive heart failure at his home in Belmont. He ...
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• RIP Gene Barry

  
  WELCOME TO HELL ~ by Glenn Walker — Authority: 125
  Actor Gene Barry passed away Wednesday at the age of 90. He had leading roles in "The Name of the Game," "Burkes Law," "The Adventurer" and of course also played the title role in "Bat Masterson." He might also be remembered for his role as Dr. Clayton Forrester in 1953s classic War of the Worlds, and even had a ...
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• RIP Gene Barry.

  
  Towse — Authority: 117
  RIP Gene Barry. His three TV series were among my favorites growing up. AP article by Bob Thomas LOS ANGELES — Gene Barry, who played the well-dressed man of action in the television series "Bat Masterson," "Burkes Law" and "The Name of the Game," has died at age 90 of unknown causes, his son said Thursday. ...
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• Thomas Hoving, 78, dies of cancer.

  
  Towse — Authority: 117
  Thomas Hoving, 78, dies of cancer. Globe and Mail article by Verna Dobnik. Thomas Hovings charismatic but controversial leadership of New Yorks Metropolitan Museum of Art is summed up in his autobiography Making the Mummies Dance. Dr. Hoving died yesterday of lung cancer at his Manhattan home, his family said. ...
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• Mark Ritts, star on TV’s ‘Beakman’s World’

  
  The Boston Globe | Boston.com — Authority: 748
  Mark Ritts, who played Lester the lab rat on the wacky children’s science series “Beakman’s World’’ and operated and voiced the puppet cohost Kino on the PBS children’s show “Storytime,’’ has died. He was 63.
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• Mark Ritts, star on TV’s ‘Beakman’s World’

  
  The Boston Globe | Boston.com — Authority: 748
  Mark Ritts, who played Lester the lab rat on the wacky children’s science series “Beakman’s World’’ and operated and voiced the puppet cohost Kino on the PBS children’s show “Storytime,’’ has died. He was 63.
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• Richard Nader, 69; revived oldies music with concerts

  
  The Boston Globe | Boston.com — Authority: 748
  Richard Nader, whose wildly popular oldies concerts at Madison Square Garden in the 1970s helped to jump-start a revival of classic rock ’n’ roll and to open up second careers for many former stars, died Dec. 1 in Stony Brook, N.Y. He was 69.
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• Richard Nader, 69; revived oldies music with concerts

  
  The Boston Globe | Boston.com — Authority: 748
  Richard Nader, whose wildly popular oldies concerts at Madison Square Garden in the 1970s helped to jump-start a revival of classic rock ’n’ roll and to open up second careers for many former stars, died Dec. 1 in Stony Brook, N.Y. He was 69.
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• Margaret Young, author, widow of civil rights leader

  
  The Boston Globe | Boston.com — Authority: 748
  Margaret Buckner Young, author, educator, and widow of noted civil rights leader Whitney M. Young Jr., died at her Denver home Saturday. She was 88.
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• Margaret Young, author, widow of civil rights leader

  
  The Boston Globe | Boston.com — Authority: 748
  Margaret Buckner Young, author, educator, and widow of noted civil rights leader Whitney M. Young Jr., died at her Denver home Saturday. She was 88.
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• Gene Barry Obituary

  
  Allan R. Ellenberger — Authority: 128
  OBITUARYGene Barry dies at 90; star of ‘Bat Masterson’ and co-star of ‘La Cage aux Folles’ Gene Barry (left) and Ann Robinson from “War of the Worlds” (1953) The actor was known for his roles as debonair leading men on TV. His other key series were ‘Burke’s Law’ and ‘The Name of the Game.’ By ...
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• Otto Lambsdorff, architect of Nazi victims fund; at 82

  
  The Boston Globe | Boston.com — Authority: 748
  Otto Lambsdorff, a former leader of a small but pivotal German political party and his country’s chief architect of a program that paid reparations to hundreds of thousands of Nazi-era slave laborers, died in Bonn Saturday. He was 82.
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• Otto Lambsdorff, architect of Nazi victims fund; at 82

  
  The Boston Globe | Boston.com — Authority: 748
  Otto Lambsdorff, a former leader of a small but pivotal German political party and his country’s chief architect of a program that paid reparations to hundreds of thousands of Nazi-era slave laborers, died in Bonn Saturday. He was 82.
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• Jim Finkenstaedt, 56, longtime copy editor at Globe

  
  The Boston Globe | Boston.com — Authority: 748
  After the presses rolled and the first edition arrived in the newsroom, Jim Finkenstaedt kept editing. Globe in hand, he bade farewell by name to each copy desk colleague as he left for the night, but his mind still churned, teasing out a better headline than one already in print or considering the placement of a ...
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• Jim Finkenstaedt, 56, longtime copy editor at Globe

  
  The Boston Globe | Boston.com — Authority: 748
  After the presses rolled and the first edition arrived in the newsroom, Jim Finkenstaedt kept editing. Globe in hand, he bade farewell by name to each copy desk colleague as he left for the night, but his mind still churned, teasing out a better headline than one already in print or considering the placement of a ...
  4 days ago

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