George Foreman, Ageless Heavyweight Champion, Dies at 76
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George Foreman, Ageless Heavyweight Champion, Dies at 76

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines George Foreman, a heavyweight boxing champion who returned to the sport to regain his title at the improbable age of 45, and parlayed his fame and amiable personality into a multimillion-dollar grill business, died on Friday. He was 76. His family announced his…

Slick Watts, N.B.A. Fan Favorite and Headband Pioneer, Dies at 73
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Slick Watts, N.B.A. Fan Favorite and Headband Pioneer, Dies at 73

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Donald “Slick” Watts, an unheralded, undersized, patchy-haired point guard who turned his obstacles into springboards, endearing himself to fans of the Seattle SuperSonics long past the team’s existence and helping to invent the headband as a basketball fashion signature, has died. He was…

Nita Lowey, Tenacious New York Representative, Dies at 87
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Nita Lowey, Tenacious New York Representative, Dies at 87

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Nita M. Lowey, who represented a congressional district based in Westchester County for 32 years, ardently supporting liberal causes and playing a key role in shaping legislation to advance them, died on Saturday at her home in Harrison, N.Y. She was 87. Her…

Alan K. Simpson, a Folksy Republican Force in the Senate, Dies at 93
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Alan K. Simpson, a Folksy Republican Force in the Senate, Dies at 93

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Alan K. Simpson, a plain-spoken former Republican senator from Wyoming who championed immigration reforms and conservative candidates for the Supreme Court while fighting running battles with women’s groups, environmentalists and the press, died on Friday in hospice in Cody, Wyo. He was 93….

Ron Nessen, Ford’s White House Press Secretary, Dies at 90
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Ron Nessen, Ford’s White House Press Secretary, Dies at 90

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Ron Nessen, who as President Gerald R. Ford’s press secretary from 1974 to 1977 pledged a new era of openness after the Watergate scandal but had an often rocky relationship with the White House press corps, died on Wednesday in Bethesda, Md. He…

Joan Dye Gussow, Pioneer of Eating Locally, Is Dead at 96
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Joan Dye Gussow, Pioneer of Eating Locally, Is Dead at 96

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Joan Dye Gussow, a nutritionist and educator who was often referred to as the matriarch of the “eat locally, think globally” food movement, died on Friday at her home in Piermont, N.Y., in Rockland County. She was 96. Her death, from congestive heart…

Betty Bonney, 100, Dies; Her Paean to Joe DiMaggio Was a Big-Band Hit
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Betty Bonney, 100, Dies; Her Paean to Joe DiMaggio Was a Big-Band Hit

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Betty Bonney was already a veteran big-band vocalist at 17 when she joined Les Brown and His Orchestra in 1941 — in time to sing the praises of the New York Yankees star Joe DiMaggio as he was racking up his major-league-record 56-game…

Ricardo Scofidio, Boldly Imaginative Architect, Is Dead at 89
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Ricardo Scofidio, Boldly Imaginative Architect, Is Dead at 89

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Son of a Jazz Man Ricardo Merrill Scofidio was born on April 16, 1935, in New York City to Earle and June (Matthews) Scofidio. He had a brother, Basilio. His father, a jazz musician who played the alto saxophone and the clarinet, was…

Sylvester Turner, Sworn In as U.S. Representative in January, Dies at 70
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Sylvester Turner, Sworn In as U.S. Representative in January, Dies at 70

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Sylvester Turner, a former mayor of Houston who was sworn in as a U.S. representative in January, died on Tuesday night in Washington. He was 70 and had been in attendance at the president’s speech on Capitol Hill. His death was announced on…

Peter Sichel, Wine Merchant With a Cloak-and-Dagger Past, Dies at 102
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Peter Sichel, Wine Merchant With a Cloak-and-Dagger Past, Dies at 102

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Refugee, prisoner, wine merchant, spy: Peter Sichel was many things in his long, colorful life, but he was probably most often identified as the man who made Blue Nun one of the most popular wines in the world in the 1970s and ’80s….