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    Retired US Astronaut John Young Dies at 87...
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    Retired US Astronaut Young Dies at 87
    January 06, 2018 - Veteran U.S. astronaut John Young, who walked on the moon and even smuggled a corned beef sandwich into orbit during one of his six missions in space, has died at age 87, NASA said Saturday.
     
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    Creator of 'Beetle Bailey,' comic strip dies at 94...
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    Mort Walker, creator of 'Beetle Bailey,' dies at 94
    Jan. 27, 2018 -- Creator of the legendary comic strip "Beetle Bailey," Mort Walker, died of pneumonia Saturday at his home in Stamford, Conn. He was 94.
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    Dead Poets Society founder dies after ordering tombstone
    Sun, Jan 28, 2018 -The founder of the Dead Poets Society of America had a fatal heart attack a little more than a month after commissioning his own tombstone.
     
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    Second-Oldest Pearl Harbor Survivor Dies at 104...
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    Second-Oldest Pearl Harbor Survivor, Jim Downing, Dies at 104
    15 Feb 2018 - At 104, Pearl Harbor survivor Navy Lt. Jim Downing was a confidant of presidents and a star of national television.
     
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    Vietnam War My Lai massacre figure passes on...
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    Ernest Medina, Key Figure in My Lai Massacre, Dies at 81
    14 May 2018 — Former Army Capt. Ernest L. Medina, a key figure in the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam war, has died in Wisconsin.
     

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