Tom Robbins, Whose Comic Novels Drew a Cult Following, Dies at 92
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Tom Robbins, Whose Comic Novels Drew a Cult Following, Dies at 92

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Tom Robbins, whose cosmically comic novels about gargantuan-thumbed hitchhikers, stoned secret agents and mystic stockbrokers caught hold of millions of readers in the 1970s counterculture, died on Sunday at his home in La Conner, Wash. He was 92. His son Fleetwood confirmed the…

Gyalo Thondup, Political Operator and Brother of the Dalai Lama, Dies at 97
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Gyalo Thondup, Political Operator and Brother of the Dalai Lama, Dies at 97

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Gyalo Thondup, the eldest brother of the Dalai Lama and a political operator in Tibet and the greater region, has died, the Dalai Lama’s office confirmed in a statement. He died on Sunday in Kalimpong in West Bengal, India, according to Tibetan media….

Tony Roberts, Nonchalant Fixture in Woody Allen Films, Dies at 85
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Tony Roberts, Nonchalant Fixture in Woody Allen Films, Dies at 85

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines His first movie with Mr. Allen was the comedy “Play It Again, Sam” (1972), written by Mr. Allen but directed by Herbert Ross. Mr. Roberts played a businessman who had had “the foresight to buy Polaroid at 8 1/2” but is too busy…

Susan F. Wood, Who Resigned From the F.D.A. Over Plan B, Dies at 66
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Susan F. Wood, Who Resigned From the F.D.A. Over Plan B, Dies at 66

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Susan F. Wood, a women’s health expert who resigned in protest from the Food and Drug Administration in 2005, accusing the agency of knuckling under to politics by not approving over-the-counter sales of the morning-after pill known as Plan B, died on Jan….

The Aga Khan IV, Wealthy Leader of the Ismaili Muslims, Dies at 88
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The Aga Khan IV, Wealthy Leader of the Ismaili Muslims, Dies at 88

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Aga Khan IV, who as the leader of the world’s Ismaili Muslims fused entrepreneurship and philanthropy in becoming one of the world’s wealthiest hereditary rulers, died on Tuesday in Lisbon. He was 88. His death was confirmed by his Aga Khan Development…

Kultida Woods, Mother of Tiger Woods, Dies at 80
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Kultida Woods, Mother of Tiger Woods, Dies at 80

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Kultida Woods, whose guidance and support helped propel her son, the professional golfer Tiger Woods, to become one of his sport’s most dominant athletes, died on Tuesday. She was 80. In announcing her death, Mr. Woods wrote on social media: “She was my…

Fay Vincent, Baseball Commissioner in a Stormy Era, Dies at 86
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Fay Vincent, Baseball Commissioner in a Stormy Era, Dies at 86

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Fay Vincent, a lawyer who presided over Major League Baseball as its eighth commissioner during a time when it was shaken by labor strife, the first shadows of steroid use and, quite literally, a powerful earthquake that interrupted the 1989 World Series, died…

Phyllis Dalton, Oscar-Winning Costume Designer for Historical Epics, Dies at 99
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Phyllis Dalton, Oscar-Winning Costume Designer for Historical Epics, Dies at 99

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Phyllis Dalton, a British costume designer whose unflinching attention to detail earned her Oscars for “Doctor Zhivago” and “Henry V” and acclaim for her emotive, striking costumes in “Lawrence of Arabia,” died on Jan. 9 at her home in Somerset, England. She was…

Barry Goldberg, Who Backed Dylan When He Went Electric, Dies at 83
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Barry Goldberg, Who Backed Dylan When He Went Electric, Dies at 83

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Barry Goldberg, an acclaimed keyboard player who slipped through a side door into the rock pantheon by taking part in Bob Dylan’s epochal electric set at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965, died on Jan. 22 in the Tarzana neighborhood of Los Angeles….