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Stacy Rowles, a jazz trumpet and fluegelhorn player and vocalist who was the daughter of pianist and composer Jimmy Rowles, has died. She was 54. Rowles died Tuesday at her home in Burbank of complications

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Seymour Fromer dies at 87; founder of Jewish museums - 4 Hours ago

Seymour Fromer, who built one of the country's largest collections of Judaica with little money but enormous drive to preserve the history of Jews, especially those who helped settle the American West,

Obituary: Athlete, exec Wilford 'Speedy' Moore, 91 - 3 Hours ago

Wilford ?Speedy? Moore, college football player, prosperous businessman and a prankster whose very presence could brighten one's day, died Monday. He was 91. An East Texas native who came to Houston in

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William Belton Ornithologist William Belton, 95, a Foreign Service officer who in retirement became a major contributor to Cornell University's ornithology library, died of congestive heart failure Oct.

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William C. Miller, 79; Montgomery, Md., judge - 11/7/2009

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George Na'ope dies at 81; guardian of native Hawaiian culture - 11/7/2009

George Na'ope, a guardian of native Hawaiian culture who taught traditional hula dance and chanting to generations of students and introduced the ancient art forms to new audiences, has died. He was 81.

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Judah Magnes Museum founder Seymour Fromer dies - 11/6/2009

Seymour Fromer, whose love of history and knack for collecting launched what is now the third-largest Jewish museum in North America, died Oct. 25 at his home Berkeley. He was 87. Mr. Fromer and his wife,

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Nancy Spero dies at 83; pioneering feminist artist - 11/6/2009

Nancy Spero, a pioneering feminist artist who examined the treatment of women and the horrors of war, has died. She was 83. Spero died Oct. 18 in a Manhattan hospital of respiratory complications from

Hero Complex blog: For your inner fanboy - 11/6/2009

There is no film this year that has been anticipated, discussed or debated as much as 'Avatar,' the sci-fi epic from director James Cameron that reaches theaters Dec. 18. We're going to start a monthlong

Ex-Chronicle director Michael de Young Tobin dies - 11/3/2009

Michael Henry de Young Tobin, a leading banker and member of the San Francisco family that founded The Chronicle nearly 150 years ago, died Thursday of complications from pneumonia at Peninsula Medical

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Humphrey Kay obituary - 11/5/2009

Humphrey Kay in the 1960s at London's Royal Marsden hospital. Humphrey Kay, who has died aged 86, was an early pioneer in the scientific approach to the diagnosis and treatment of leukaemia. When Humphrey

Bill Provines - fireman on novel train - dies - 11/5/2009

Bill Provines, the last surviving employee of the famous 'crookedest railroad in the world' that once climbed Mount Tamalpais, died Friday at his home in Novato of heart failure. He was 101. In later

Thomas L. Jenkins, 54; architect was devoted Capital fans - 11/5/2009

Mr. Jenkins, who had worked in the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts since 1992, was a season ticket holder and could often be seen in the third row behind the left faceoff circle. 'He had a boisterous

Claire Rathbun Bergeron, 81, former office manager - 11/5/2009

Mrs. Bergeron worked for many years at M.J. Murtaugh Associates, retiring in 1988. She was a volunteer for Meals on Wheels in the late 1980s and for the Laurel Historical Society in the 1990s. She was

Lou Filippo dies at 83; boxing hall of famer played ring judge in 'Rocky II' - 11/5/2009

Lou Filippo, a boxing hall of famer from Downey who became a referee and ring judge, memorably counting out Sylvester Stallone's champion rival Apollo Creed in the film 'Rocky II,' died Monday at Downey

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Marian L. Gore dies at 95; antiquarian bookseller - 11/5/2009

Antiquarian bookseller Marian L. Gore, who specialized in tomes about food and wine, once opened a book on ancient cookery and started to read a 15th century recipe for 'Goos in Hochepot.' 'Take a goos

Francisco Ayala obituary - 11/4/2009

One of the greats of Spanish literature, he spent decades in exile in the Franco era The Spanish literary lion Francisco Ayala, who has died aged 103, enjoyed a remarkable privilege: attending a major

Frank Blakesley obituary - 11/4/2009

My father, Frank Blakesley, who has died aged 94, started submitting crosswords to the Guardian in 1968, and they were still appearing in the paper in 2006. Being 'Janus' (named after the two-faced Roman

August Coppola, arts educator, dies at 75 - 11/4/2009

He created the Exploratorium's Tactile Dome. He brought visual arts to the blind. And as an arts educator, author and former trustee of the California State University system, August Coppola is remembered

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