2015 Obituaries of Note

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    Secret Service agent who helped wounded Reagan, dies...

    Jerry Parr, Secret Service agent who helped wounded Reagan, dies
    Fri October 9, 2015 Jerry Parr, a Secret Service agent who helped save a wounded Ronald Reagan during a 1981 assassination attempt, has died, his wife said Friday. He was 85. Carolyn Parr said her husband died of congestive heart failure, three days short of their 56th wedding anniversary.
     
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    So many memories came back to me on that horrifying day. Jerry Parr was a hero.
     
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    Cory Wells, Three Dog Night singer, dies at 74
    Oct. 22, 2015 -- Cory Wells, co-founder and singer of the band Three Dog Night, has died at age 74.
     
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    He saw us through the Balkan wars during Clinton admin...
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    Former US national security advisor Berger dead
    2 Dec.`15 Washington (AFP) - Former US national security advisor Sandy Berger, who aided president Bill Clinton during the Balkan wars, died Wednesday, according to his colleagues.
     
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    Character actor Robert Loggia passes...
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    Robert Loggia Dies at 85
    Dec 4, 2015, Oscar-nominated actor Robert Loggia, who was known for gravelly voiced gangsters from "Scarface" to "The Sopranos" but who was most endearing as Tom Hanks' kid-at-heart toy-company boss in "Big," has died. He was 85.
     
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    Veteran actor Harry Morgan passes away...
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    Harry Morgan, Colonel Potter on ‘M*A*S*H,’ Dies at 96
    DEC. 7, 2011 - Harry Morgan, the prolific character actor best known for playing the acerbic but kindly Colonel Potter in the long-running television series “M*A*S*H,” died on Wednesday morning at his home in Los Angeles. He was 96.
     

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