AP - Eartha Kitt, the self-proclaimed "sex kitten" whose sultry voice and catlike purr attracted fans even as she neared 80, has died. The singer, dancer and actress was 81.
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Reuters - Alvah Chapman Jr., a legendary Miami civic leader who once headed the Miami Herald and the defunct Knight Ridder newspaper chain, has died at age 87, the Herald reported on Friday.
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AP - Better-known works by the late British playwright Harold Pinter, who won the Nobel Literature prize in 2005.
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AP - Few playwrights but Harold Pinter are known for their deliberate use of silence a dramatic style now known as "Pinter-esque" to describe the Nobel laureate's use of halting dialogue and pregnant pauses.
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AP - Jazz pianist and singer Page Cavanaugh, whose popular trio in the 1940s and 1950s played in motion pictures and on Frank Sinatra's radio show, has died at 86.
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AP - Guinea President Lansana Conte, who has ruled the African nation with an iron hand since seizing power in a coup nearly a quarter century ago, has died following a lengthy illness, the National Assembly president said Tuesday.
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AP - Robert Mulligan, the Academy Award-nominated director of "To Kill a Mockingbird" who later helped launch the career of Reese Witherspoon, has died at 83.
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AP - Poet Adrian Mitchell, whose passionate works about nuclear war, Vietnam and racism were often sung at left-wing rallies, has died at 76.
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AP - The Rev. James L. Bevel, a prominent figure in the civil rights movement whose legacy was clouded by an incest conviction has died, a relative said. He was 72.
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