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Ali Bongo (1929-2009)
Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:45:28 -0700 (PDT)
Ali Bongo, who died on March 8 2009 aged 79, was a hard-working stage
magician with a prodigious talent for inventing tricks; although he
eventually became the inspiration for the outlandish magician Adam
Klaus in the BBC's Jonathan Creek, Ali spent most of his career in
television behind the scenes, devising rout ...
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Alastair McCorquodale (1925-2009)
Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:41:16 -0700 (PDT)
Alastair McCorquodale, who died on February 27 2009, aged 83, was an
acclaimed sportsman and athlete who lost out on a medal at the 1948
London Olympics after officials separated the 100m finalists using
photo-finish technology normally reserved for the racecourse.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/4987 ...
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Lord Clyde (1932-2009)
Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:38:42 -0700 (PDT)
The Lord Clyde, who has died aged 77, became one of the two Scottish
law lords in 1996, having earlier led the inquiry into Scotland's most
serious child abuse scandal, in Orkney.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/4987350/Lord-Clyde.html
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Derek Benfield (1926-2009)
Fri, 13 Mar 2009 05:34:43 -0700 (PDT)
Derek Benfield, actor, has died. He played Patricia Routledge's
husband in the TV series Hetty Wainthropp Investigates.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Benfield ...
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Don't You Believe Aliens - Here is the Proof:
Sat, 7 Mar 2009 07:37:25 -0800 (PST)
One day, in North of USA one Space Ship of Aliens had damaged and had
feld down. In that ship there was 3 aliens got down and dead there. It
had known by only one person.But nobody know who is that person. But
USA Authorities maintained this incident as a secret. There is a
Aliens Space Charging Point in USA.
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Donald Patrick Moody: Died 9.30pm 27th Feb 2009
Sat, 28 Feb 2009 12:09:28 +0000
Donald Patrick Moody: Died 9.30pm 27th Feb 2009
Respected Scientist and Genealogist (to say just two of his many
fields of expertise) Don died in hospital after undergoing surgery.
Despite his age and the many medical problems he suffered from Don was
active to the end, his last post to soc.genealogy.britain mad ...
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David Snow (1924-2009)
Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:18:36 -0800 (PST)
David Snow, who died on February 4 2009 aged 84, was an eminent
ornithologist whose research ranged from studies of the common or
garden blackbird to the biology of tropical and neotropical bird
species such as hummingbirds, cotingas, and "dancing" manakins.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/4682464/Dav ...
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David Clarabut 1923-2009
Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:13:51 -0800 (PST)
David Clarabut, who died January 6, 2009, aged 85, dive-bombed the
Tirpitz and later rose to prominence in the City. Conditions in the
Norwegian Sea, between snow storms, were ideal for flying when, at
dawn on April 3 1944, Clarabut took off from the deck of the fleet
carrier Furious on Operation Tungsten. Carryin ...
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Sir Ernest Harrison (1926-2009)
Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:09:29 -0800 (PST)
Sir Ernest Harrison, who died on February 16 2009, aged 82, was one of
the outstanding British industrial entrepreneurs of his generation, as
the driving force of the electronics group Racal, which gave birth to
the mobile phone giant Vodafone.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/4781816/Sir-Ernest-Harris ...
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Major-General Geoffrey Collin (1921-2009)
Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:06:53 -0800 (PST)
Major-General Geoffrey Collin, who died on February 14 2009 aged 87,
had a highly successful career as a field gunner; awarded an MC at the
battle of Imphal, he had the unusual distinction of taking part in
operations with two of the Services in the Burma campaign and
subsequently serving with the third.
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