James Foley, Who Directed ‘Glengarry Glen Ross,’ Dies at 71
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James Foley, Who Directed ‘Glengarry Glen Ross,’ Dies at 71

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines James Foley, a veteran director whose films included “Glengarry Glen Ross” and the “Fifty Shades of Grey” sequels, and who also worked on the hit television series “House of Cards,” died on Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 71. The…

Will Hutchins, Gentle Cowboy Lawman in ‘Sugarfoot,’ Dies at 94
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Will Hutchins, Gentle Cowboy Lawman in ‘Sugarfoot,’ Dies at 94

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Will Hutchins, who had a comically genteel starring role during the craze for television westerns in the 1950s, playing a sheriff who favored cherry soda over whiskey on “Sugarfoot,” died on April 21 in Manhasset, N.Y., on the North Shore of Long Island….

Bob Filner, Mayor of San Diego Who Left Amid Scandal, Dies at 82
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Bob Filner, Mayor of San Diego Who Left Amid Scandal, Dies at 82

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Bob Filner, a progressive Democrat who served two decades in Congress and then successfully ran for mayor of San Diego, promising to shake up City Hall — but whose career imploded within months amid a storm of sexual harassment charges — died on…

Pierre Audi, Eminent Force in the Performing Arts, Dies at 67
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Pierre Audi, Eminent Force in the Performing Arts, Dies at 67

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines He was educated at the University of Oxford, where he directed a production of Shakespeare’s “Timon of Athens” in 1977. A few years before, Mr. Audi had led a group that purchased an early-19th-century building in the Islington neighborhood of London that, over…

Dick Barnett, Champion Knick With a Singular Jump Shot, Dies at 88
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Dick Barnett, Champion Knick With a Singular Jump Shot, Dies at 88

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Dick Barnett, who helped propel the Knicks to their glory days in the 1970s with his strange jump-shooting style, and who played on the only two N.B.A. championship teams in the Knicks’ history, died in his sleep last night in Largo, Fla. He…

Alexis Herman, First Black Secretary of Labor, Dies at 77
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Alexis Herman, First Black Secretary of Labor, Dies at 77

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Alexis Herman, a Democratic Party insider who grew up under segregation in Alabama and went on to become the first Black secretary of labor, a position in which she helped settle a crippling strike by United Parcel Service workers, died on Friday in…

Jed the Fish Dead: KROQ DJ Who Pioneered New Wave Radio Was 69
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Jed the Fish Dead: KROQ DJ Who Pioneered New Wave Radio Was 69

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Jed Gould, the influential Los Angeles disc jockey known as Jed the Fish, who used his off-kilter sensibility and deep musical knowledge to shine a light on artists like the Cure, Depeche Mode and the Offspring at the groundbreaking New Wave and alternative…

David Paton, Creator of Flying Eye Hospital, Dies at 94
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David Paton, Creator of Flying Eye Hospital, Dies at 94

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines David Paton, an idealistic and innovative ophthalmologist who converted a United Airlines jet into a flying hospital that took surgeons to developing countries to operate on patients and educate local doctors, died on April 3 at his home in Reno, Nev. He was…

Virginia Giuffre, Voice in Epstein Sex-Trafficking Scandal, Dies at 41
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Virginia Giuffre, Voice in Epstein Sex-Trafficking Scandal, Dies at 41

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Virginia Giuffre, a former victim of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking ring who said she was “passed around like a platter of fruit” as a teenager to rich and powerful predators, including Prince Andrew of Britain, died on Friday at her farm in Western Australia….

Virginia Giuffre, Voice in Epstein Sex Trafficking Scandal, Dies at 41
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Virginia Giuffre, Voice in Epstein Sex Trafficking Scandal, Dies at 41

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Virginia Giuffre, a former victim of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking ring who said she was “passed around like a platter of fruit” as a teenager to rich and powerful predators, including Prince Andrew of Britain, died on Friday at her farm in Western Australia….