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| Obituary: Hughie Healy tried to join the army when he was 16 in 1941. His m |
| Hughie Healy tried to join the army when he was 16 in 1941 His mother stopped the enlistment by revealing his age ' You look more like Shirley Temple than a soldier,' she told him But she couldn't prevent him volunteering a year later (more) |
| Soldier David Bleak; Won Medal of Honor |
| David B Bleak, 74, an Army medical aidman during the Korean War who received the Medal of Honor for hand to hand combat and for blunting the effects of a grenade that fell near a comrade, died March 23 at Lost Rivers District Hospital in Arco, Idah (more) |
| Obituary: Lynne Perrie |
| Perrie joined the Street in 1971 making minor appearances as one of the three girls the others were Vera and Ida who worked in the local factory (more) |
| Prolific Director Richard Fleischer, 89 |
| Richard Fleischer, 89, who made a handful of excellent films, dozens more across many genres and was once called "the most prolific and least identifiable director in America," died March 25 at the Motion Picture and Television Hospital in Woodland (more) |
| Caterer, Liberia native like a 'sister to everyone' |
| Monday, March 27, 2006 Phyllis Wadia Sancho, Detroit Caterer from West Africa 'like a sister to everyone' Darren A Nichols The Detroit News Advertisement Phyllis Wadia Sancho was well known throughout Metro Detroit for her love and compassion (more) |
| 15.03.06, obituary: Maureen Stapleton |
| But neither does she miss its exaltation (more) |
| 14.03.06, obituary: Anna Moffo |
| One of the most glamorous sopranos of the 1950s and 60s, Anna Moffo, who has died aged 73, scored a sensation on Italian television in 1955, appearing as an unknown singer in Madama Butterfly (more) |
| Soldier David Bleak; Won Medal of Honor |
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| Martin Savitz; specialized in spinal surgery |
| By Jennifer Nelson, Globe Correspondent | As a neurosurgeon, Dr Martin Harold Savitz would often spend more than 18 hours in complicated brain surgery operations (more) |
| Herbert Huskey |
| March 27, 2006 Herbert Huskey served five terms in the Illinois House and proudly embraced the title 'Mr Republican of the Southwestern Suburbs ' But upon his death, it was a Democrat who said: 'We're going to miss him (more) |
| Obituaries |
| Orie Lee Pickren Manson, 80, a writer, businesswoman and volunteer, died March 14 at the Fountains at Washington House, an Alexandria retirement facility, from complications of a stroke (more) |
| Harlan 'Kent' Snyder |
| March 27, 2006 In 1941, Harlan 'Kent' Snyder Jr married the daughter of invention or, to be exact, the daughter of James Dewar, the inventor of the Hostess Twinkie (more) |
| Paul Grayson, at 76, architect; melded accessibility, aesthethics |
| By Gloria Negri, Globe Staff | When architect Paul J Grayson designed a building, he was concerned about how it would be used as much as how it would look Would it be people friendly? (more) |
| Allan Temko -- critic was 'the conscience of architecture' in S.F |
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| Prolific Director Richard Fleischer, 89 |
| He had a respiratory infection Mr Fleischer was the son of Max Fleischer, once a rival to Walt Disney in early movie animation through comedy shorts featuring cartoon flapper Betty Boop and Popeye the Sailor (more) |
| Obituaries |
| Dale Austin Jackson, 83, who formerly owned and operated a Silver Spring based insurance brokerage firm, Prime Time Inc , died March 11 in the swimming pool of the Indian River Estates assisted living facility in Vero Beach, Fla , where he lived (more) |
| Erma Ora Byrd |
| March 27, 2006 CHARLESTON, W Va Erma Ora James Byrd, the wife of U S Sen Robert Byrd, has died after battling an illness for five years She was 88 Mrs (more) |
| Obituary: Robin Coombs, 85, innovator behind a life-saving blood test |
| Robin Coombs, a British immunologist who in the 1940s invented a blood test that bears his name and a version of which is still widely used to diagnose some kinds of anemia and to prevent negative reactions to transfusions, died Jan (more) |
| Kathleen Barrett; pioneered work with canine unit; at 53 |
| By Aubrey Gibavic, Globe Correspondent | Sergeant Kathleen M ( Foley) Barrett received one final accolade last week for her years of service as a Massachusetts State Police trooper (more) |
| Richard Fleischer, 89; Director of '20,000 Leagues,' 'Tora! Tora! Tora!' |
| Richard Fleischer picked up the phone more than half a century ago and was stunned Walt Disney was on the line, asking him to direct '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea ''You do know who I am?' Fleischer recalled asking (more) |
| 10.03.06, obituary: Theodore Draper |
| He was by no means consistent, but he was a prolific and highly regarded essayist for more than half a century (more) |
| Robert Campbell; promoter helped build NASCAR |
| By Hank Kurz Jr , (more) |
| Richard Fleischer, 89; his films included 'Boston Strangler' |
| He had a respiratory infection He was 89 Mr (more) |
| Richard Fleischer, 89; Director of '20,000 Leagues', 'Soylent Green' |
| Richard Fleischer picked up the phone more than half a century ago and was stunned Walt Disney was on the line, asking him to direct '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea ' ' You do know who I am?' Fleischer recalled asking (more) |
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