Dan Wakefield, novelist, reporter and spiritual chronicler, dies at 91
He was 91. His attorney, H ... The book drew on Mr. Wakefield’s own experience in show business, notably as the creator of ...
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Anne Innis Dagg, Who Studied Giraffes in the Wild, Dies at 91
She was 91. Alison Reid, who documented Dr. Dagg’s life in the 2018 film “The Woman Who Loves Giraffes,” said the cause of her death, in a hospital, was pneumonia. Dr. Dagg was often called ...
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Brazilian icon Ziraldo dies at 91 years old: do you know his relationship with football?
Ziraldo, the creator of the famous character “The Nutty Boy,” died at the age of 91 this Saturday (6). He was also a cartoonist, caricaturist, and journalist. Ziraldo was one of the founders ...
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Anne Innis Dagg, Giraffe Researcher Who Was Held Back by Sexism, Dies at 91
In 1956, at age 23, Anne Innis Dagg found herself sweltering inside a tiny Ford Prefect, parked in the middle of a sprawling South African grassland, day after day. She was “out giraffing ...
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Olga Fikotová Connolly, discus champion in Olympic romance, dies at 91
Discus thrower Olga Fikotová Connolly practices in Los Angeles in 1964. She finished 12th at the Olympic Games in Tokyo that year, after winning gold at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne, Australia ...
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Death Railway survivor dies at 91
De Mello, who was among those who survived the horror of being forced to work on the project, died at the age of 91 at the Tuanku Ja’afar Hospital on Monday following an illness. His remains ...
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Pioneering Waterloo giraffologist dies at 91
When Anne Innis Dagg — who passed away Monday at 91 after a short illness — headed to South Africa in 1956 to become the first person to study giraffes in the wild, she couldn’t have ...
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David Capper: Former BBC journalist dies aged 91
He was a familiar presence on TV and radio during some of the darkest days of the Troubles. Reporting for BBC Northern Ireland's Scene Around Six and as the national radio correspondent he covered ...
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Bob Tyler, longtime football coach throughout Mississippi, dies at 91
He was 91. Tyler's coaching career started in 1957 when he was hired by Water Valley High in his hometown. The first part of his high school coaching career featured stops at Okolona, Corinth ...
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B.C.’s first female lieutenant-governor, Iona Campagnolo, dies at 91
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has confirmed former B.C. lieutenant-governor Iona Campagnolo has died at the age of 91. Campagnolo was appointed as the province’s 27th lieutenant ...
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Rabbi Albert Thaler, founding director of Ramah Nyack day camp, dies at 91
He was 91. “He was a visionary leader and educator who inspired generations of children and young adults, and served as a mentor and role model for many Ramah directors,” Ramah administrators ...
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Olga Fikotová Connolly, discus champion in Olympic romance, dies at 91
Olga Fikotová Connolly, discus champion in Olympic romance, dies at 91 By Harrison Smith The Washington Post, Updated April 27, 2024, 4:40 p.m. Email to a Friend ...