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BEST-SELLING AUTHOR DIES AT 82

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Oliver Wolf Sacks (July 9, 1933 – August 30, 2015)

(FoxNews) – Oliver Sacks, the eminent neurologist and acclaimed best-
selling author, died Sunday of cancer at his home in New York City.

His career included a number of hugely popular books, including
“Awakenings” (1990) which became an Academy Award-nominated
movie starring Robin Williams and Robert De Niro.

 

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NEW HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PAST

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Clinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. is 85 today.

Before becoming a cultural icon, Eastwood worked as a lifeguard, a caddy, and
a grocery clerk while growing up. He served as the nonpartisan mayor of Carmel
by-the-Sea, California
from 1986 to 1988.

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HIGHLIGHTS OF PAST NEWS EVENTS

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Mike Gracia

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THE ONLY “OSCAR” TO WIN AN OSCAR

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Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II
(July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960)

Songwriter Hammerstein won the first of two of his Oscars for
the song “The Last Time I Saw Paris” from the 1941 musical
Lady Be Good.


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