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HUNGARIAN BORN ACTRESS HAS DIED AT 99

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Zsa Zsa Gabor (born Sári Gábor)
(February 6, 1917 – December 18, 2016)


Zsa Zsa Gabor died Sunday after reportedly suffering a heart attack. She
had been bedridden since a car accident in 2002 that left the actress
partially paralyzed and forced to use a wheelchair. Gabor also suffered a
stroke in 2005.

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HEIMLICH CREATOR HAS DIED AT 96

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Henry Judah Heimlich (February 3, 1920 – December 17, 2016)

CINCINNATI (AP) –  The surgeon who created the life-saving Heimlich
maneuver for choking victims has died.

Dr. Henry Heimlich died early Saturday at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati. His
son, Phil, says he suffered a heart attack earlier in the week.

Heimlich was director of surgery at Jewish Hospital in Cincinnati in 1974
when he devised the treatment for choking victims that made his name a
household word.

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Heimlich (right) demonstrates the maneuver on Johnny Carson
on the NBC television Tonight Show in 1979.

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BERNARD FOX DIES AT 89

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Bernard Fox (Bernard Lawson) (May 11, 1927 – December 14, 2016)

LOS ANGELES (AP) –  Bernard Fox, the mustachioed actor known to TV
viewers as Dr. Bombay on "Bewitched" and Col. Crittendon on "Hogan’s
Heroes," has died.

Harlan Boll, a spokesman for Fox’s family, said he died Wednesday of
heart failure at a Los Angeles-area hospital.

The Welsh-born actor’s extensive, film and TV credits included "The
Mummy," ”Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo," ”The Dyke Van Dyke Show,"
”McHale’s Navy" and "Columbo." He also appeared in both 1997’s
"Titanic," playing Col. Archibald Gracie.

 

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TELEVISION VILLIAN HAS DIED AT 87

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Joseph Mascolo (March 13, 1929 – December 8, 2016)

Joseph Mascolo, who played crime lord and patriarch Stefano DiMera on
NBC’s “Days of Our Lives” starting in 1982, died on Thursday. He had been
battling Alzheimer’s disease. Soap Opera Digest named him the all-time best
villain.

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FORMER ASTRONAUT HAS DIED AT 95

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John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016)

COLUMBUS, Ohio (FOXNEWS) — John Glenn, arguably Ohio’s most accomplished
and decorated civilian, has died. 

The former astronaut, Ohio Senator, and veteran, passed away at the Ohio State
James Cancer Hospital surrounded by his loved ones.

Glenn was admitted there more than a week before he died.

The Cambridge native served in more than100 combat missions over the Pacific
as a Navy fighter pilot during his service in World War II and the Korean War.

Glenn was then recruited to the newly formed NASA in 1958, where he became
the first American to orbit the Earth on February 20, 1962. He remained a part
of the space program until he retired as a Colonel in 1965.

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