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Paul Cranis dead at age 91
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Barry Pearson dead at age 76
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died on August 16, 2026, at age 76. Born Barry Lynn…
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died on August 16, 2026, aged 80. Born in Añora in 1946, he became…
Marcelle Benoit dead at age 104
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Wally Sykes dead at age 83
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died on August 16, 2026, aged 83. Known also as Wallace Sykes, he competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics and represented…
Durga Lal Shrestha dead at age 91
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Raja Sen dead at age 70
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Hayden Panettiere dead at age 36
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Takeshi Fukuda dead at age 105
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Rex A. Wade dead at age 89
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died on August 16, 2026, aged 89. Known also as Rex Arvin Wade, he…
John Niland dead at age 82
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died on August 15, 2026, aged 82. Born John…
Baek In-chun dead at age 83, South Korean baseball player and manager, cardiac arrest from cerebral…
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