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Young superhero has a team behind him
Sounds strange, I know. But I hope you never have reason to meet Dr. Noah Federman, who makes his living saving children's lives. Extraordinary guy. Take all the athletes I've met in more than 40 years and this is my hero, even though he has to admit,...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Diseases and Illnesses, Make-A-Wish Foundation of America, Health Treatments, Los Angeles Times Columnists
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Dale Robertson dies at 89; TV and western movie star
Dale Robertson, an Oklahoma horseman who became a TV and western movie star during the genre's heyday, died Tuesday at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla. He was 89. Robertson, who was best known for starring in the series "Tales of Wells Fargo" from...
Tags: Dale Robertson, Pneumonia, Toronto Star, Betty Grable, Dallas 2011 (tv program)
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PASSINGS: Bobbie Smith, Frank Thornton
Bobbie Smith Original member of Spinners R&B group Bobbie Smith, 76, a singer with the Spinners soul music group since the 1950s, died Saturday in Orlando, Fla., of complications from pneumonia and influenza. He had been diagnosed with lung cancer...
Tags: Pneumonia, Are You Being Served? (tv program), Obituaries, Entertainment, Celebrities
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PASSINGS: Malachi Throne
MALACHI THRONE Character actor was in 'It Takes a Thief' Malachi Throne, 84, a character actor who had a featured role as Robert Wagner's boss Noah Bain on the television spy series "It Takes a Thief" in the late 1960s, died Wednesday of lung cancer...
Tags: Criminals, Robert Wagner, Entertainment, Celebrities, Television
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Geraldine Hamilton: Hard life full of help for those around her
In her 65 years on Earth, Geraldine "Gerry" Hamilton was given plenty of reason to be angry. Born in Alabama in 1947, she lost both her parents before she was 10. With no one to care for her, she landed in an orphanage and was separated from her...
Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Orlando
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Brown County: "Unreal" support seen for stricken woman
A longtime public servant who's been a long way from home for far too long remains on the minds of her friends and co-workers. Charlene Millim, former Brown County welfare director, has been out of town for nearly eight months battling pancreatic...Tags: Pancreatic Cancer, West Nile Virus, Health, Family, Politics
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Iona M. Quillen
janeth@herald-mail.comIona Quillen was proud of her roots. She spent a lot of time researching and could trace the family tree beyond her growing-up years in West Virginia, back to the McDonalds in Ireland. She was an only child, but her parents adopted a male cousin after...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Health Treatments, Fairchild Corporation, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Korean War (1950-1953)
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Carolyn Carter Small: Sharecropper's daughter rose to top accountant
Carolyn Carter Small grew up as one of seven children of a sharecropper in rural North Carolina. She rose from those humble beginnings to become the first in her family to graduate from high school, then college. She added a master's from Rollins...
Tags: University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Colleges and Universities, Rollins College, Maitland, Education
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Cancer survivors walk the runway in Hollywood
She wore a diamond clasp in her short blond hair. But it was her blue, floor-length gown that had ruffles tumbling down her back and diamonds across her middle that caught everybody's attention. As Wendy Mascolo walked the runway, it was clear that...Tags: Leukemia, Breast Cancer, here! (tv network), Human Interest, Ralph Lauren
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Should smokers pay more for health insurance?
I’m one of those non-smoking California types who has grown “allergic” to smoking. Can’t stand to be around people who smoke, can’t stand the way they stink up the joint, can’t stand to look at an ashtray full of butts....
Tags: Health Treatments, Los Angeles Times Journalists, Insurance, Quitting Smoking, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Mary D. Thompson
Aberdeen: Memorial services for Mary D. Thompson, 90, of Aberdeen will be 11 a.m. Monday, April 1, 2013, at Plymouth Congregational Church in Aberdeen. Pastor Jill Warner will officiate. Inurnment will follow at a later date in Groton Union Cemetery,...
Tags: Leukemia, Washington, DC, Human Interest, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Groton
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Nearly 18 million Americans will be cancer survivors in 2022
Better cancer treatments and an aging population will push the number of cancer survivors in the U.S. to nearly 18 million by 2022, according to a new report from researchers at the National Cancer Institute. As of January 2012, there were 13.7...
Tags: Health Treatments, Prostate Cancer, Science and Technology, Palliative Care, Skin Cancer
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