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FILE - This Jan. 29, 1997 file photo shows author Ray Bradbury at a signing for his book "Quicker Than The Eye" in Cupertino, Calif. Bradbury, who wrote everything from science-fiction and mystery to humor, died Tuesday, June 5, 2012 in Southern California. He was 91. (AP Photo/Steve Castillo, file)

Ray Bradbury was a pulp God

Last updated Wednesday, June 6, 2012 - 12:27pm

Science-fiction great Ray Bradbury died Tuesday night in California at the age of 91. He was renowned for his short stories as well as for the dystopian novel "Fahrenheit 451," which cast readers into a Cold War-inspired future of paranoid book burning. Back in 2005, Bryan Curtis argued that, despite his high-literary laurels, Bradbury truly belonged to the world of pulp fiction. The original piece is printed below.

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RFK Jr.'s wife hanged herself

Jim Fitzgerald The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 11:39am

BEDFORD, N.Y. -- The Kennedy family, so practiced at public mourning, is grieving again after the estranged wife of Robert Kennedy Jr. was found dead at her home in suburban New York.

Mary Richardson Kennedy, 52, an architect who struggled with drug and alcohol charges in recent years, hanged herself.

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In this 2008 photo provided by Peter Michaelis, Mary Richardson Kennedy poses for a photo outside her Bedford, N.Y. home. Kennedy, the estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. who had fought drug and alcohol problems, was found dead in her home Wednesday, May 16, 2012. She was 52. (AP Photo/Peter Michaelis)

RFK Jr.'s estranged wife led troubled life

Jim Fitzgerald The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 9:26am

BEDFORD, N.Y. -- Mary Richardson Kennedy's life had both highlights and troubled moments, just like other members of the famous political family she married into in 1994.

She was an architect who struggled with drug and alcohol abuse, and was the estranged wife of Robert Kennedy Jr.

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FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2008 file photo, Mexican author Carlos Fuentes is interviewed by The Associated Press in Beverly Hills, Calif. Fuentes, Mexico's most celebrated novelist and among Latin America's most prominent authors, died on May 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Mexican novelist, essayist Carlos Fuentes dies

Adriana Gomez Licon The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 2:14pm

MEXICO CITY — Author Carlos Fuentes, who played a dominant role in Latin America’s novel-writing boom by delving into the failed ideals of the Mexican revolution, died Tuesday in a Mexico City hospital. He was 83.

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Hairstyling pioneer Vidal Sassoon dies at 84

Sandy Cohen The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, May 9, 2012 - 2:50pm

LOS ANGELES -- Hairstylist Vidal Sassoon, who undid the beehive with his wash-and-wear cuts and went on to become an international name in hair care, died Wednesday. He was 84.

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'American Bandstand' host Dick Clark dies

Lynn Elber The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 2:51pm

LOS ANGELES — Dick Clark, the ever-youthful television host and tireless entrepreneur who helped bring rock ‘n’ roll into the mainstream on “American Bandstand,” and later produced and hosted a vast range of programming from game shows to the year-end countdown from Times Square on “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve,” has died. He was 82.

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Matthew David Stewart faces charges in the death of a Weber-Morgan Narcotics Strike Force agent and the wounding of five other law enforcement officials. His family has been trying to raise funds for his legal defense but must file for a permit and have it approved first.

Official explains fundraising legalities in Stewart case

Charles F. Trentelman Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, March 7, 2012 - 8:22pm

OGDEN — As far as the law knows, there’s only one difference between the family of Matthew David Stewart asking for money to pay their son’s legal bills in the shooting death of a policeman and the family of a sick child asking for money to pay hospital bills: Someone complained about the Stewart family.

Other than that, all things being equal, both situations are private charities seeking public donations. Both have to follow the law.

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FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2010 file photo, conservative media publisher and activist Andrew Breitbart is seen during an interview with the Associated Press at his home in Los Angeles. Breitbart, who was behind investigations that led to the resignations of former Rep. Anthony Weiner and former Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod, died Thursday, March 1, 2012 in Los Angeles. He was 43. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)

Conservative media activist Breitbart dies at 43

Philip Elliott, Sue Manning The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, March 1, 2012 - 11:06am

LOS ANGELES -- Conservative media publisher and activist Andrew Breitbart, who was behind investigations that led to the resignations of former Rep. Anthony Weiner of New York and former U.S. Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod, has died in Los Angeles. He was 43.

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FILE - In this July 6, 1967 file photo Davy Jones of Monkees singing group is shown at press conference at Warwick Hotel in New York City. Jones died Wednesday Feb. 29, 2012 in Florida. He was 66. Jones rose to fame in 1965 when he joined The Monkees, a British popular rock group formed for a television show. Jones sang lead vocals on songs like "I Wanna Be Free" and "Daydream Believer." (AP Photo/RH,File)

Monkees singer Davy Jones dies of heart attack at 66

Matt Sedensky The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, February 29, 2012 - 2:52pm

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Davy Jones, a former actor turned singer who helped propel the TV rock band The Monkees to the top of the pop charts and into rock 'n' roll history, died Wednesday in Florida. He was 66.

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Whitney Houston showed erratic behavior days before death

Gerrick D. Kennedy Los Angeles Times

Last updated Sunday, February 12, 2012 - 8:54am

Days before her death in a Los Angeles hotel, Whitney Houston behaved erratically during an appearance at a rehearsal for a Grammy awards party.

Houston died Saturday afternoon, a representative for the singer told the Associated Press. No cause of death has been announced and law enforcement sources said the singer was found in a hotel room at the Beverly Hills Hilton, where emergency medical personnel were called on Saturday.

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Whitney Houston, superstar of records, films, dies

Nekesa Mumbi Moody The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, February 11, 2012 - 11:31pm

LOS ANGELES — Whitney Houston, who reigned as pop music’s queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, has died. She was 48.

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Man who warned of Challenger disaster dies at 73

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - 4:23pm

NEPHI, Utah (AP) — Roger Boisjoly, a NASA contractor who repeatedly voiced concerns about the space shuttle Challenger before it exploded, has died. He was 73.

Boisjoly died of cancer on Jan. 6 in southwest Utah, his wife Roberta Boisjoly said.

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Ben Gazzara, veteran actor of stage and screen, dies at 81

Dennis McLellan Los Angeles Times

Last updated Saturday, February 4, 2012 - 9:06am

A New York native of Sicilian heritage, Ben Gazzara was a strongly masculine, subtly menacing screen presence with a gravelly voice that one writer described as "saloon-cured" and another said could strip paint at 50 paces.

The veteran actor, who died Friday in New York City, found fame on Broadway in the 1950s, starred in the TV series "Run for Your Life" in the 1960s and was closely identified on the big screen with independent filmmaker John Cassavetes.

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'Soul Train' creator Don Cornelius died of gunshot wound to head

Andrew Blankstein Los Angeles Times

Last updated Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - 11:06am

LOS ANGELES -- A family member of Don Cornelius arrived at his Mulholland Drive home on Wednesday morning and found the "Soul Train" creator with a gunshot wound to the head, authorities said.

He was rushed to Cedars Sinai Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, according to law enforcement sources.

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In this Sept. 4, 2004 file photo, Penn State coach Joe Paterno leads his team onto the field before an NCAA college football game against Akron in State College, Pa. Paterno, the longtime Penn State coach who won more games than anyone else in major college football but was fired amid a child sex abuse scandal that scarred his reputation for winning with integrity, died Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012. He was 85.

PSU coach Joe Paterno dies

Genaro C. Armas The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, January 23, 2012 - 3:55pm

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Happy Valley was perfect for Joe Paterno, a place where "JoePa" knew best, where he not only won more football games than any other major college coach, but won them the right way: with integrity and sportsmanship. A place where character came first, championships second.

Behind it all, however, was an ugly secret that ran counter to everything the revered coach stood for.

Paterno, a sainted figure at Penn State for almost half a century but scarred forever by the child sex abuse scandal that brought his career to a stunning end, died Sunday at age 85.