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            "name": "J. Craig Venter American genomics researcher, founder of Celera Corporation and JCVI, complications from cancer dead at age 79",
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            "description": "Donald MacRae, a Scottish folk singer who sang primarily in Gaelic, died on April 29, 2026, aged 84. Born in Stornoway on August 26, 1941, he grew up on crofts in South Lochs on the Isle of Lewis and later in Carishader. He moved to Glasgow in 1961, worked on buses briefly, and then spent 19 years at the Singer Company sewing machine factory in Clydebank until its closure in 1980. During that period, he began singing native Lewis songs at venues in Glasgow and the Outer Hebrides. He later worked at Barr and Stroud in optical engineering until 1991.",
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            "name": "Geoff Ablett dead at age 71, Australian footballer, complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis",
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            "name": "Gordon Snell dead at age 93, Author, scriptwriter",
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            "name": "Eddy Pratomo dead at age 72, Indonesian diplomat and law scholar",
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            "name": "Oskar Petr dead at age 73, lyricist and singer",
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            "description": "Oskar Petr died on April 29, 2026. He was a Czech composer, lyricist and singer. His work reached audiences through songs and film music, and he was known in Czech music circles for a long career as a writer and performer.",
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            "name": "Vladimir Voevodin Russian computer scientist dead at age 63",
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            "name": "Stephen Adamini dead at age 81, Attorney, politician",
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            "name": "Merle Bettenhausen American racing driver, complications from a stroke dead at age 82",
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            "description": "Merle Bettenhausen, an American racing driver, died on April 29, 2026, at age 82 of complications from a stroke. Born June 9, 1943, in Tinley Park, Illinois, he was the second oldest member of the Bettenhausen racing family and the son of Tony Bettenhausen. He was the brother of Gary Bettenhausen and Tony Bettenhausen Jr. His USAC Champ Car career included seasons in 1969, 1970 and 1972. Bettenhausen lived in Indianapolis and worked in the retail automobile business.",
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            "name": "Richard Harries, Baron Harries of Pentregarth British Anglican clergyman and life peer, bishop of Oxford and member of the House of Lords dead at age 89",
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