Obituaries
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Irvine Robbins, 90; co-founder of the Baskin-Robbins ice cream empire
Irvine Robbins, co-founder of Baskin-Robbins whose penchant for creating unusual ice-cream flavors helped push post-World War II America far beyond its chocolate-vanilla-strawberry tastes, has died. He was 90.
Los Angeles Times – May 6, 2008 5:27 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Irvine Robbins, co-founder of Baskin-Robbins whose penchant for creating unusual ice-cream flavors helped push post-World War II America far beyond its chocolate-vanilla-strawberry tastes, has died. He was 90.
Los Angeles Times – May 6, 2008 5:27 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Ted Key, 95; creator of 'Hazel,' 'Mr. Peabody and Sherman' cartoon characters
Ted Key, the magazine cartoonist who created the bossy but lovable maid Hazel in the 1940s and later the time-traveling Mr. Peabody and Sherman of Rocky and Bullwinkle TV cartoon fame, has died. He was 95.
Los Angeles Times – May 6, 2008 07:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Ted Key, the magazine cartoonist who created the bossy but lovable maid Hazel in the 1940s and later the time-traveling Mr. Peabody and Sherman of Rocky and Bullwinkle TV cartoon fame, has died. He was 95.
Los Angeles Times – May 6, 2008 07:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Robert Vesco, 71; American fugitive accused of scams involving relatives of presidents
Robert Vesco, the American fugitive who cooked up moneymaking schemes that allegedly involved everyone from Colombian drug lords to the families of U.S. presidents, died in Cuba and was buried almost six months ago, according to an official document.
Los Angeles Times – May 6, 2008 07:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Robert Vesco, the American fugitive who cooked up moneymaking schemes that allegedly involved everyone from Colombian drug lords to the families of U.S. presidents, died in Cuba and was buried almost six months ago, according to an official document.
Los Angeles Times – May 6, 2008 07:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Alvin Colt, 92; Tony-winning costume designer outfitted more than 50 Broadway shows
Alvin Colt, a Tony-winning costume designer whose work spanned more than 60 years of theater from "On the Town" to the "Forbidden Broadway" revues, has died at 92.
Los Angeles Times – May 6, 2008 07:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Alvin Colt, a Tony-winning costume designer whose work spanned more than 60 years of theater from "On the Town" to the "Forbidden Broadway" revues, has died at 92.
Los Angeles Times – May 6, 2008 07:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Ted Key, 95, Creator of ‘Hazel’ Cartoon, Is Dead
Mr. Key’s cartoon creation was an independent-minded, impertinent maid who came to be known as Hazel, a name that became synonymous with live-in housekeepers.
New York Times – May 6, 2008 06:43 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Mr. Key’s cartoon creation was an independent-minded, impertinent maid who came to be known as Hazel, a name that became synonymous with live-in housekeepers.
New York Times – May 6, 2008 06:43 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Mildred Loving, Who Battled Ban On Mixed-Race Marriage, Dies at 68
Mildred Loving’s anger over being banished from Virginia for marrying a white man led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling overturning state miscegenation laws.
New York Times – May 6, 2008 02:56 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Mildred Loving’s anger over being banished from Virginia for marrying a white man led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling overturning state miscegenation laws.
New York Times – May 6, 2008 02:56 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Cartoonist Ted Key, creator of `Hazel' comic, dies at 95AP - Cartoonist Ted Key, whose comic strip "Hazel" about a bossy maid went from magazine page to TV screen, has died. He was 95.
Yahoo! – May 6, 2008 01:08 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Document: Fugitive US financier Robert Vesco diedAP - Robert Vesco, the American fugitive who cooked up moneymaking schemes that allegedly involved everyone from Colombian drug lords to the families of U.S. presidents, died in Cuba and was buried almost six months ago, according to an official document.
Yahoo! – May 6, 2008 12:35 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Bernard Archard: Star of the TV series 'Spycatcher'
Disillusioned with the experience of regular unemployment as an actor in Britain, in 1959 Bernard Archard booked a seat on the next boat to Canada, with plans to make a new start. But then he was asked to audition for the starring role in Spycatcher, as Lt-Col Oreste Pinto, a wartime Allied counter-espionage expert.
The Independent – May 5, 2008 11:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Disillusioned with the experience of regular unemployment as an actor in Britain, in 1959 Bernard Archard booked a seat on the next boat to Canada, with plans to make a new start. But then he was asked to audition for the starring role in Spycatcher, as Lt-Col Oreste Pinto, a wartime Allied counter-espionage expert.
The Independent – May 5, 2008 11:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Yossi Harel: Commander of the 'Exodus'
Yossi Harel, who as a young intelligence officer in 1947 commanded the illegal immigrant boat Exodus, was one of Israel's more anonymous heroes. Until the 60th anniversary of the epic voyage that bore about 4,500 Holocaust survivors from Europe to Haifa and back, he seldom talked about his role in one of the tipping points of Zionist history.
The Independent – May 5, 2008 11:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Yossi Harel, who as a young intelligence officer in 1947 commanded the illegal immigrant boat Exodus, was one of Israel's more anonymous heroes. Until the 60th anniversary of the epic voyage that bore about 4,500 Holocaust survivors from Europe to Haifa and back, he seldom talked about his role in one of the tipping points of Zionist history.
The Independent – May 5, 2008 11:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
