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Dead at 86 is ‘ICU Grandpa’ who won hearts by snuggling babies, dies from pancreatic cancer.

Dead at 86 is 'ICU Grandpa' who won hearts by snuggling babies, dies from pancreatic cancer

ICU Grandpa story: For nearly 15 years, David Deutchman — aka the “ICU Grandpa” — cuddled babies in the neonatal intensive care unit and played with ailing toddlers as a volunteer at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. His efforts to help…

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Bernard Cohen, age 68, a civil liberties attorney, is Dead

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Bernard Cohen was a civil liberties attorney and Democratic member of the Virginia House of Delegates; he died at age 68. On April 10, 1967, with co-counsel Philip Hirschkop, he presented an oral argument for the petitioners in Loving v. Virginia before the U. S. Supreme Court. On June 12,…

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Hugh Downs American broadcaster, television host, news anchor, TV producer dead at 99

Hugh Downs Hugh Downs American broadcaster, television host, news anchor, TV producer dead at 99

Hugh Downs was an American broadcaster, television host, news anchor, TV producer, author, game show host, music composer, who also had a regular television presence from the 1940s through the 1990s. Hugh Downs also had several successful roles on morning…

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Steve Bing Movie producer, film financier, real estate heir, and major Democratic political donor dead at 55

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LOS ANGELES — Steve Bing died. He was 55. The Los Angeles County coroner said Bing died Monday at his residence in the Century City section of Los Angeles. The coroner said Tuesday that the cause of death was suicide.…

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