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            "name": "David Simon American real estate developer, CEO of Simon Property Group, cancer dead at age 63",
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            "name": "The Pillows Japanese rock drummer, esophageal cancer dead at age 61",
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            "name": "Peter Stead Welsh writer dead at age 83",
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            "name": "Ed Blaine American football player dead at age 86",
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            "description": "Ed Blaine, an American football player who played guard for the Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles, died on March 22, 2026, at age 86. Born Edward Homer Blaine in Farmington, Missouri, on January 30, 1940, he played college football for the Missouri Tigers and earned first-team All-American honors in 1961. Blaine was selected by the Packers in the second round of the 1962 NFL draft and later became an honorary professor and investigator at the University of Missouri after his football career.",
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            "name": "Daniel Karaba public figure dead at age 77",
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            "description": "Daniel Karaba, a Kenyan politician and former senator for Kirinyaga County, died on March 22, 2026. He represented Kirinyaga County in the Kenyan Senate from 2013 to 2017 as a member of The National Alliance (TNA), a constituent party of the Jubilee Alliance coalition. Born on June 22, 1948, in Kiamaina village in Kirinyaga County, he studied at Kiamaina Primary School, Kamuiru High School and Kagumo High School before enrolling at the University of Nairobi for a bachelor’s degree in education. Karaba went on to work as a professional teacher and later served as deputy principal and principal at several schools in Kenya, including Kagumo High School, Highway Secondary School, Kianyaga High School, Kirimara High School and Njegas Secondary School.",
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            "name": "Sylvia Kersenbaum Argentine pianist, composer and teacher dead at age 84",
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            "description": "Sylvia Kersenbaum, an Argentine pianist, composer and teacher, died on March 22, 2026. Born in Buenos Aires on Dec. 27, 1941, she was known for performing the complete cycle of 32 Beethoven piano sonatas twice, in 1989–1990 and 2003–2004, and for her music for the ballet The Masque of the Red Death, based on a story by Edgar Allan Poe. She studied music from an early age and later taught and performed internationally.",
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            "name": "Tin Myint Aung Burmese football player and manager dead at age 58",
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            "description": "Tin Myint Aung, a Burmese football player and manager, died on March 22, 2026. He was associated with Finance and Revenue F.C. and the Myanmar national team. Born on March 25, 1967, he established his playing career at Yangon University and was a key player for Finance and Revenue in 1987. He moved to Malaysia with Myo Hlaing Win and Than Toe Aung in 1989, returned in 1991, and retired in 2000.",
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            "name": "Andrew Pawley Linguist dead at age 84",
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            "name": "Ronnie Bowman Musician dead at age 64",
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            "description": "Ronnie Bowman, an American bluegrass musician, died on March 22, 2026, in a traffic collision. Bowman, born William Franklin Bowman on July 9, 1961, was a singer and composer known for his solo work and for performing with the Lonesome River Band. A native of Mount Airy, North Carolina, he sang gospel music from age 3 until his late teens. He also sang in his family band with his four sisters and joined the bluegrass band The Lost and Found in 1987, performing with them for two years.",
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            "name": "Helen Rankin American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives dead at age 89",
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            "description": "L. Helen Rankin, an American politician who served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1978 to 1994, died on March 22, 2026. She was 89. Rankin was the first African-American woman to serve in the Ohio House of Representatives. In February 2013, she was recognized by the Cincinnati City Council as a prominent local African American.",
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            "name": "Jerry Hanlon American football player and coach dead at age 96",
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            "description": "Jerry Hanlon, an American football player, coach and radio broadcaster, died on March 22, 2026. He was a halfback on Miami University teams from 1953 to 1955 that won two Mid-American Conference championships under Ara Parseghian. Hanlon later served as an assistant football coach at the University of Dayton in 1965, Miami University from 1966 to 1968, and the University of Michigan from 1969 to 1991. He was also an announcer for Michigan Wolverines football games on WJR radio from 1993 through 1995.",
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            "name": "Michael Aaron Rockland American writer dead at age 90",
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            "description": "Michael Aaron Rockland, an American writer, journalist and academic who was professor of American Studies at Rutgers University, died on March 22, 2026. Born in The Bronx, New York City, on July 14, 1935, he attended Hunter College and later served in the U.S. Navy for two years in Yokosuka, Japan as a medic in a locked psychiatric ward for American military personnel. That experience informed his memoir, Navy Crazy. After his discharge in 1957, he pursued graduate study in American Studies at the University of Minnesota and later entered the diplomatic service in 1961, serving seven years in posts that included Argentina and Spain.",
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            "name": "Per Hegna Norwegian tennis player dead at age 80",
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            "name": "Celeste M. Stiehl American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives dead at age 100",
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            "description": "Celeste M. Stiehl, an American politician and member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1975 to 1983, died on March 22, 2026. Born Celeste Sullivan in Belleville, Illinois, on September 7, 1925, she attended the Belleville public schools and the Katherine Gibbs School in New York. Stiehl was involved in civic and political activities and was a Republican. She died in Glen Carbon, Illinois, at age 100. Her husband was William Donald Stiehl, who served as a United States District Court judge.",
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        {
            "name": "Hermann Huppen Belgian comic book creator dead at age 87",
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            "description": "Hermann Huppen, the Belgian comic book creator known for Jeremiah, died on March 22, 2026, at the age of 87. Better known by the pen name Hermann, he was born on July 17, 1938, in Bévercé, now part of Malmedy, in Liège Province. He made his debut as a comic book artist in 1964 in Spirou and later began working on Bernard Prince. In 1977, he started writing his own stories with Jeremiah, his best-known post-apocalyptic series, which was adapted into a television series. He also created Nick and Les Tours de Bois-Maury.",
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            "name": "Leonard Swidler American academic dead at age 97",
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            "description": "Leonard Swidler, an American academic, died on March 22, 2026. He was professor of Catholic Thought and Interreligious Dialogue at Temple University in Philadelphia, where he taught from 1966 to 2022. Swidler co-founded the Journal of Ecumenical Studies with Arlene Swidler in 1964 and served as its editor. He also founded and led the Dialogue Institute, served as senior advisor to iPub Global Connection, and founded the Association for the Rights of Catholics in the Church.",
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        {
            "name": "Lionel Jospin French politician, prime minister, minister of national education, and member of the Constitutional Council, complications from surgery dead at age 88",
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