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John Burrows
Bletchley codebreaker who became Chief Inspector of Schools.
Telegraph.co.uk  –  Sep 23, 2008 9:07 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
Phyllis Thom
Nurse who produced a harrowing account of her time in a Japanese prisoner of war camp after the fall of Singapore.
Telegraph.co.uk  –  Sep 23, 2008 9:04 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
Paola Timiras dies at 85; pioneered study of the physiology of aging
Paola Timiras, a medical doctor and researcher who pioneered the study of the physiology of aging and taught molecular and cell biology at UC Berkeley for more than 50 years, died Sept. 12 at the end of a full day's work. She was 85.
Los Angeles Times  –  Sep 23, 2008 07:00 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
Memorial service for Elmer Dills is Oct. 3
A public memorial service for Elmer Dills, the longtime restaurant and travel critic for KABC-TV and KABC-AM radio, will be held at 1 p.m. Oct. 3 at All Saints Church, 132 N. Euclid Ave., Pasadena. Dills, 82, died Sept. 15.
Los Angeles Times  –  Sep 23, 2008 07:00 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
Diversity advocate Nancy Hicks Maynard dies at 61
AP - Nancy Hicks Maynard, the first black female reporter at The New York Times who, with her husband, became publisher of the Oakland Tribune and the founder a renowned institute that trains minority journalists, has died. She was 61.
Yahoo!  –  Sep 23, 2008 02:00 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
James Crumley
Crime novelist whose book The Last Good Kiss saw him acclaimed as the heir to Raymond Chandler.
Telegraph.co.uk  –  Sep 23, 2008 01:18 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
Jack Nash
Refugee who became a pioneer of the modern hedge fund and a prominent philanthropist.
Telegraph.co.uk  –  Sep 22, 2008 8:35 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
Eric Longworth
Actor and theatre manager for hundreds of productions who played the town clerk in Dad's Army
Telegraph.co.uk  –  Sep 22, 2008 8:31 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
Germany: Knut's keeper found dead
AP - The zookeeper who gained fame for hand-rearing the beloved polar bear Knut was found dead in his Berlin apartment Monday.
Yahoo!  –  Sep 22, 2008 6:34 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
Mary Garber, Sportswriter, Dies at 92
Mary Garber, began covering athletics in North Carolina more than 60 years ago, when female sportswriters were often regarded as a curiosity if not an imposition.
New York Times  –  Sep 22, 2008 5:48 PM [GMT]  –  comment?