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Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, passed away this weekend from complications caused by recent heart surgery. He was 82 years old.

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The first person to set foot on the Earth’s moon, Neil Armstrong passed away today (Aug. 25) due to complications resulting from cardiovascular procedures. He was 82.

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Legendary comedienne and TV star Phyllis Diller has died at the age of 95. Diller’s health had been in decline and she died earlier this morning at her Los Angeles home.

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Sad news to report today, as former ‘Welcome Back, Kotter’ star and noted acting teacher Ron Palillo died this morning of a heart attack, at the age of 63.  Palillo was reportedly found by his lifelong partner Joseph Gramm early this morning in their Beach Gardens home, before being taken to the hospital and pronounced dead.  The news was reported by one of Palillo’s close personal friends.

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Three people are dead and four more were wounded after a gunman opened fire from inside his home near the campus of Texas A&M university.

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Mel Stuart, the acclaimed director of ‘Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory,’ passed away Thursday night in his Los Angeles home at the age of 83.

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Marvin Hamlisch, an Academy Award, Tony and Grammy award-winning film and stage composer, died Monday in Los Angeles after collapsing from an undisclosed illness, announced his family.

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Gore Vidal, the writer of such novels as ‘Myra Breckinridge,’ plays such as ‘The Best Man,’ and screenwriter on such films as ‘Suddenly Last Summer’ and ‘Caligula,’ has died from complications from pneumonia. He was 86.

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George Jefferson is moving on up to a deluxe apartment in the sky.

Sherman Hemsley, the actor who portrayed the combative, but lovable George Jefferson on the sitcom ‘The Jeffersons,’ has died.

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Sally Ride, the first American woman to go into space, has died. Ride, 61, passed away peacefully at her home in La Jolla, CA. on Monday, July 23 after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer.

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