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This time it's true... Tony Dow Dead at 77, Following Premature Death Announcement
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Tom Petty, Julie Strain, Tony Dow and I seem to recall at least one other. I have to wonder if maybe they didn't really die initially but there were some legal issues that need to be ironed out so the announcements were adjusted.
Citydude
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Bill Russell died this morning at the age of 88.
Celtics great Russell, 11-time champ, dies at 88
Bill Russell, the cornerstone of the Celtics' dynasty that won eight straight titles and 11 overall during his career, died Sunday at age 88.
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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Samuel Sandoval, one of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers who transmitted messages in World War II using a code based on their native language, has died.
Sandoval died late Friday at a hospital in Shiprock, New Mexico, his wife, Malula told The Associated Press on Saturday. He was 98.
Hundreds of Navajos were recruited from the vast Navajo Nation to serve as Code Talkers with the U.S. Marine Corps. Only three are still alive today: Peter MacDonald, John Kinsel Sr. and Thomas H. Begay.
The Code Talkers took part in every assault the Marines conducted in the Pacific, sending thousands of messages without error on Japanese troop movements, battlefield tactics and other communications critical to the war's ultimate outcome. The code, based on the then-unwritten Navajo language, confounded Japanese military cryptologists and is credited with helping the U.S. win the war.
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Sandoval died late Friday at a hospital in Shiprock, New Mexico, his wife, Malula told The Associated Press on Saturday. He was 98.
Hundreds of Navajos were recruited from the vast Navajo Nation to serve as Code Talkers with the U.S. Marine Corps. Only three are still alive today: Peter MacDonald, John Kinsel Sr. and Thomas H. Begay.
The Code Talkers took part in every assault the Marines conducted in the Pacific, sending thousands of messages without error on Japanese troop movements, battlefield tactics and other communications critical to the war's ultimate outcome. The code, based on the then-unwritten Navajo language, confounded Japanese military cryptologists and is credited with helping the U.S. win the war.
Samuel Sandoval, one of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers, has died at age 98
Sandoval was one of the hundreds of Navajos who were recruited from the vast Navajo Nation to help transmit messages in World War II for the Marine Corps. Only three are still alive today.
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tacticalturnip
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That bums me out; I am a Trekkie.
goeduck
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Bill Russell coached the then Seattle Sonics team and stayed in the Seattle area afterwards for the next ~50 years, moving away a year or two ago. I saw him around the area many times and met him a few times. Great man. RIP Bill.
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Louise Fletcher: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest's Nurse Ratched dies aged 88
Fletcher won an Oscar for her memorable portrayal of the film's villainous Nurse Ratched.
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Country music legend Loretta Lynn dies at age 90
The world of country music has lost a legend. Loretta Lynn, the coal miner's daughter, has died at the age of 90.