<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - obituary</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/obituary</link><description>Newsvine - obituary</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2013 15:39:24 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:11:32 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Scottish author Iain Banks dies of cancer, aged 59</title>
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Scottish author Iain Banks, best known for his novels The Wasp Factory and The Crow Road, has died aged 59, two months after revealing that he had terminal cancer, his publisher said.
Banks died less than a fortnight before the scheduled publication of his final book, The Quar&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></source><link>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/10/18876049-scottish-author-iain-banks-dies-of-cancer-aged-59</link><guid>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/10/18876049-scottish-author-iain-banks-dies-of-cancer-aged-59</guid><category>cancer</category><category>death</category><category>literature</category><category>scotland</category><category>united-kingdom</category><category>world-news</category><category>obituary</category><category>uk-news</category><category>iain-banks</category><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 07:49:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ray Harryhausen, visual effects master, dies aged 92</title>
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Visual effects master Ray  Harryhausen, whose stop-motion wizardry graced such films as Jason and  the Argonauts and Clash of the Titans, has died aged 92.
The American made his models by hand and painstakingly shot  them frame by frame to create some of the best-known animate&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></source><link>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/07/18112716-ray-harryhausen-visual-effects-master-dies-aged-92</link><guid>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/07/18112716-ray-harryhausen-visual-effects-master-dies-aged-92</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>film</category><category>death</category><category>animation</category><category>obituary</category><category>visual-effects</category><category>ray-harryhausen</category><pubDate>Wed, 8 May 2013 02:23:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=redwolf0D9B38A3-DDE6-0A98-0321-C218B0596670.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="81" width="144" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=redwolf0D9B38A3-DDE6-0A98-0321-C218B0596670.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Antonia Larroux Obituary</title>
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Waffle House lost a loyal customer on April 30, 2013. Antonia W. "Toni" Larroux died after a battle with multiple illnesses: lupus, rickets, scurvy, kidney disease and feline leukemia. She had previously conquered polio as a child contributing to her unusually petite ankles and&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></source><link>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/05/18071382-antonia-larroux-obituary</link><guid>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/05/18071382-antonia-larroux-obituary</guid><category>death</category><category>united-states</category><category>us-news</category><category>humour</category><category>obituary</category><category>antonia-larroux</category><pubDate>Sun, 5 May 2013 22:43:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=redwolf1E9EE3B0-AA56-4D69-7E75-4ACD62775CF6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="200" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=redwolf1E9EE3B0-AA56-4D69-7E75-4ACD62775CF6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Divinyls singer Chrissy Amphlett dies</title>
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Australian rock legend Chrissy Amphlett, best known as the singer of the Divinyls, has died in New York aged 53.
The charismatic frontwoman was surrounded by family and friends at her home when she died this morning.
Her husband of 14 years, former Divinyls drummer Charley Dr&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></source><link>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/22/17858812-divinyls-singer-chrissy-amphlett-dies</link><guid>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/22/17858812-divinyls-singer-chrissy-amphlett-dies</guid><category>death</category><category>music</category><category>australia</category><category>breast-cancer</category><category>world-news</category><category>obituary</category><category>multiple-sclerosis</category><category>au-news</category><category>australia-obituary</category><category>chrissy-amphlett</category><category>divinyls</category><pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:41:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Groundbreaking improv comic Jonathan Winters dies | General Headlines | Comcast</title>
<description><![CDATA[Goodbye to the Big W.All my life, he made me cry with laughter.&nbsp; All his death, he'll make me laugh with sorrow.&nbsp; He was a true Trickster.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Coyoty]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Coyoty]]></source><link>http://coyoty.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/13/17729109-groundbreaking-improv-comic-jonathan-winters-dies-general-headlines-comcast</link><guid>http://coyoty.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/13/17729109-groundbreaking-improv-comic-jonathan-winters-dies-general-headlines-comcast</guid><category>obit</category><category>death</category><category>pioneer</category><category>comedian</category><category>winters</category><category>arts</category><category>comedy</category><category>obituary</category><category>improv</category><category>trickster</category><category>jonathan-winters</category><category>big-w</category><pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 06:34:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=coyotyC2B77D9A-2483-990E-CAA4-2D9D68865E6B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="160" width="160" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=coyotyC2B77D9A-2483-990E-CAA4-2D9D68865E6B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Spanish filmmaker Bigas Luna 1946 - 2013</title>
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Spanish filmmaker Bigas Luna, who discovered actors Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem, has died at age 67 after a private battle with leukemia. The director, writer, producer leaves behind some 20 films, including the classics 'Jam&oacute;n, Jam&oacute;n' and 'Las edades de Lul&ua&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/07/17644118-spanish-filmmaker-bigas-luna-1946-2013</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/07/17644118-spanish-filmmaker-bigas-luna-1946-2013</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>obit</category><category>spain</category><category>film</category><category>celebrities</category><category>movies</category><category>penelope-cruz</category><category>cinema</category><category>obituary</category><category>javier-bardem</category><category>spain-article</category><category>bigas-luna</category><pubDate>Sun, 7 Apr 2013 21:59:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carlozC1C0151C-4D9D-A736-2F16-20B868153CC9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="354" width="361" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carlozC1C0151C-4D9D-A736-2F16-20B868153CC9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="118" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1DFkhMJGUk" ><media:thumbnail url="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/n1DFkhMJGUk/default.jpg" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Roger Ebert, Film Critic, Dies</title>
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Roger Ebert, the popular film critic and television co-host who along with his fellow reviewer and sometime sparring partner Gene Siskel could lift or sink the fortunes of a movie with their trademark thumbs up or thumbs down, died on Thursday in Chicago. He was 70.
His death &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></source><link>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/04/17603686-roger-ebert-film-critic-dies</link><guid>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/04/17603686-roger-ebert-film-critic-dies</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>film</category><category>death</category><category>united-states</category><category>obituary</category><category>roger-ebert</category><pubDate>Thu, 4 Apr 2013 20:36:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=redwolf76C81051-E483-4D92-37A3-38F97641B5FA.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="285" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=redwolf76C81051-E483-4D92-37A3-38F97641B5FA.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Etch A Sketch Inventor Dies at 86</title>
<description><![CDATA[Etch A Sketch was made by Ohio Art from 1960 onward.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liselotte]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Liselotte]]></source><link>http://liselotte.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/03/16828512-etch-a-sketch-inventor-dies-at-86</link><guid>http://liselotte.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/03/16828512-etch-a-sketch-inventor-dies-at-86</guid><category>business</category><category>obituary</category><pubDate>Sun, 3 Feb 2013 18:16:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=liselotte6935AFD0-FE6C-19F4-AF99-C27ED3FCF1EC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="174" width="262" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=liselotte6935AFD0-FE6C-19F4-AF99-C27ED3FCF1EC.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>California TV Personality Huell Howser Dead at Age 67  | NBC Southern California</title>
<description><![CDATA[I am so sad to hear of this. Huell Howser recently retired from his show, but he is unofficially California's head cheerleader and historian. RIP to the most Golden Californian :(]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[belle42]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[belle42]]></source><link>http://belle42.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/07/16398382-california-tv-personality-huell-howser-dead-at-age-67-nbc-southern-california</link><guid>http://belle42.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/07/16398382-california-tv-personality-huell-howser-dead-at-age-67-nbc-southern-california</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>dead</category><category>obituary</category><category>huell-howser</category><category>california-gold</category><pubDate>Mon, 7 Jan 2013 21:17:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=belle425002E61F-99F8-4F34-3DCE-B4E532180617.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=belle425002E61F-99F8-4F34-3DCE-B4E532180617.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>2012 The Less Remembered</title>
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In all the news items about who passed away in 2012, we must all remember that there were many not so well known people, who also passed, from illness, old age, and far too frequently, from violence. We get all upset over the killing of a few children in an elementary school, bu&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[cabaraoke]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[cabaraoke]]></source><link>http://cabaraoke.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/04/16353634-2012-the-less-remembered</link><guid>http://cabaraoke.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/04/16353634-2012-the-less-remembered</guid><category>obit</category><category>death</category><category>home</category><category>passing</category><category>indian</category><category>center</category><category>nursing-home</category><category>dove</category><category>nursing</category><category>obituary</category><category>not-news</category><category>meadows</category><category>turle</category><category>rememberance</category><category>turle-dove</category><pubDate>Fri, 4 Jan 2013 21:33:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cabaraoke99FE44DE-C148-77E2-A8AD-AC7D4061130B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="278" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cabaraoke99FE44DE-C148-77E2-A8AD-AC7D4061130B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="112" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cabaraokeEB08ADF5-EE4B-12B5-402C-5667B5C32F14.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="303" width="303" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cabaraokeEB08ADF5-EE4B-12B5-402C-5667B5C32F14.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>German magazine mistakenly publishes Bush obituary</title>
<description><![CDATA[Germany's respected news weekly Der Spiegel mistakenly published an obituary Sunday for former U.S. President George H.W. Bush, hours after a family spokesman said the 88-year-old was recovering from illness.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/30/16248816-german-magazine-mistakenly-publishes-bush-obituary</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/30/16248816-german-magazine-mistakenly-publishes-bush-obituary</guid><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>flop</category><category>world-news</category><category>obituary</category><category>der-spiegel</category><pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2012 13:18:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Gerry Anderson, Thunderbirds creator, dies</title>
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Gerry Anderson, the creator of hit TV shows including Thunderbirds, Stingray and Joe 90, has died at the age of 83.
He also created Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons and his  puppet superheroes fired the imaginations of millions of young viewers  in the 1960s and '70s.
Thunde&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></source><link>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/26/16170876-gerry-anderson-thunderbirds-creator-dies</link><guid>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/26/16170876-gerry-anderson-thunderbirds-creator-dies</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>death</category><category>obituary</category><category>thunderbirds</category><category>gerry-anderson</category><category>captain-scarlet</category><pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2012 21:37:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=redwolfCB17CAD7-7E72-BEE4-B721-2ECF82FDBA32.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="81" width="144" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=redwolfCB17CAD7-7E72-BEE4-B721-2ECF82FDBA32.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Charles Durning obituary</title>
<description><![CDATA[
The American actor Charles Durning, who has died aged 89, first grabbed audience attention as the crooked Lieutenant Snyder in The Sting (1973). He makes an explosive appearance, tearing down an alley after the slick grifter played by Robert Redford, and repeatedly lurches out &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></source><link>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/25/16150189-charles-durning-obituary</link><guid>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/25/16150189-charles-durning-obituary</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>film</category><category>death</category><category>obituary</category><category>charles-durning</category><pubDate>Tue, 25 Dec 2012 22:39:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=redwolf3BE9CE9F-F175-4371-AB11-2F3EC760A1B3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="132" width="220" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=redwolf3BE9CE9F-F175-4371-AB11-2F3EC760A1B3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Robert H. Bork, Conservative Jurist, Dies at 85 - NYTimes.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[Robert H. Bork, Conservative Jurist, Dies at 85
 

Jose R. Lopez/The New York Times
Robert H. Bork with President Ronald Reagan in 1987.

By ETHAN BRONNER

Published: December 19, 2012 260 Comments]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vic Eldred]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Vic Eldred]]></source><link>http://viceldred.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/19/16023756-robert-h-bork-conservative-jurist-dies-at-85-nytimescom</link><guid>http://viceldred.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/19/16023756-robert-h-bork-conservative-jurist-dies-at-85-nytimescom</guid><category>kennedy</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>us-news</category><category>obituary</category><category>bork</category><category>social-wars</category><category>social-war</category><pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 21:08:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Arlen Specter, Former Senator, Dies at 82 - NYTimes.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[
WASHINGTON &mdash; Arlen Specter, the irascible senator from Pennsylvania who was at the center of many of the Senate&rsquo;s most divisive legal battles &mdash; from the Supreme Court nominations of Robert H. Bork and Clarence Thomas to the impeachment of President Bill Clinto&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[cynergy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[cynergy]]></source><link>http://cynergy.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/14/14437509-arlen-specter-former-senator-dies-at-82-nytimescom</link><guid>http://cynergy.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/14/14437509-arlen-specter-former-senator-dies-at-82-nytimescom</guid><category>us-news</category><category>republican</category><category>democrat</category><category>obituary</category><category>roe-v-wade</category><category>christian-right</category><category>warren-commission</category><category>life-among-the-cannibals</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 01:55:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cynergyA70AE3BE-5018-A217-E83C-700C495CC754.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="75" width="75" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cynergyA70AE3BE-5018-A217-E83C-700C495CC754.jpg&amp;width=120" width="75" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Larrikin writer Robert G Barrett dies</title>
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Australian writer Robert G Barrett has died of cancer on the New South Wales central coast.
Barrett started his working life as a butcher at Bondi in Sydney's east before turning to writing in a deliberately politically incorrect style.
He introduced his best-known character &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></source><link>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/21/14004296-larrikin-writer-robert-g-barrett-dies</link><guid>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/21/14004296-larrikin-writer-robert-g-barrett-dies</guid><category>death</category><category>literature</category><category>australia</category><category>world-news</category><category>obituary</category><category>au-news</category><category>robert-barrett</category><category>les-norton</category><pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 08:23:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=redwolf2E751D44-C6BC-53C8-F033-E8E343C63ED3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="340" width="340" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=redwolf2E751D44-C6BC-53C8-F033-E8E343C63ED3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Green Mile star Michael Clarke Duncan dies at 54</title>
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Actor Michael Clarke Duncan, who rose to prominence playing a death row inmate in the acclaimed film The Green Mile, has died at the age of 54.
Duncan suffered a heart attack in July and died at a hospital in Los Angeles after failing to recover.
A former bodyguard, the 6ft 4&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></source><link>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/03/13646144-green-mile-star-michael-clarke-duncan-dies-at-54</link><guid>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/03/13646144-green-mile-star-michael-clarke-duncan-dies-at-54</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>film</category><category>death</category><category>obituary</category><category>michael-clarke-duncan</category><pubDate>Tue, 4 Sep 2012 03:04:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=redwolfEB6390F7-3E2C-C1B8-FFF5-94E2B70DE666.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="81" width="144" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=redwolfEB6390F7-3E2C-C1B8-FFF5-94E2B70DE666.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>First man on moon Neil Armstrong dead</title>
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The first man on the moon, Neil Armstrong, has died at the age of 82.
The former astronaut underwent heart-bypass surgery earlier this month, just two days after his birthday on August 5, to relieve blocked coronary arteries.
As commander of the Apollo 11 mission, Armstrong b&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></source><link>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/26/13484214-first-man-on-moon-neil-armstrong-dead</link><guid>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/26/13484214-first-man-on-moon-neil-armstrong-dead</guid><category>death</category><category>neil-armstrong</category><category>obituary</category><pubDate>Sun, 26 Aug 2012 06:35:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Comedian Phyllis Diller dies at 95</title>
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Phyllis Diller, the zany housewife-turned-stand-up comic with the electrified hairdo, outlandish wardrobe and a barrage of self-deprecating jokes punctuated by her trademark laugh, has died. She was 95.
Diller, whose career in comedy clubs spanned nearly 50 years, died in her &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></source><link>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/20/13381449-comedian-phyllis-diller-dies-at-95</link><guid>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/20/13381449-comedian-phyllis-diller-dies-at-95</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>death</category><category>comedy</category><category>obituary</category><category>phyllis-diller</category><pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2012 22:59:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=redwolfB8ADD5C4-3FFC-E3D1-A4F6-99265BAED8AC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="105" width="187" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=redwolfB8ADD5C4-3FFC-E3D1-A4F6-99265BAED8AC.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Sci-fi author Harry Harrison dies</title>
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American science fiction author Harry Harrison, who also created the Stainless Steel Rat comic space opera series, has died aged 87.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Sautter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Sautter]]></source><link>http://michaelsautter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/16/13310798-sci-fi-author-harry-harrison-dies</link><guid>http://michaelsautter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/16/13310798-sci-fi-author-harry-harrison-dies</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>books</category><category>obit</category><category>writers</category><category>obituary</category><category>sci-fi</category><category>scifi</category><category>science-fiction</category><category>harry-harrison</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 09:05:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=michaelsautter4D7A6252-D4FD-849E-D9FA-DC142D011806.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="81" width="144" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=michaelsautter4D7A6252-D4FD-849E-D9FA-DC142D011806.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bond Set For Attorney Who Submitted His Own Obituary </title>
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KENDALLVILLE, Ind. - A Kendallville attorney facing drug charges was ordered held on $75,000 bond after admitting he submitted his obituary to a newspaper to fake his own death.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[maddad]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[maddad]]></source><link>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/28/13009883-bond-set-for-attorney-who-submitted-his-own-obituary</link><guid>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/28/13009883-bond-set-for-attorney-who-submitted-his-own-obituary</guid><category>drug</category><category>arrested</category><category>jail</category><category>charges</category><category>odd-news</category><category>bond</category><category>crime</category><category>attorney</category><category>facing</category><category>obituary</category><category>set</category><category>own</category><category>submitted</category><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jul 2012 18:52:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=maddad0467EA65A4E0-DB3C-5EF0-9ED2-73F8273B5C84.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="299" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=maddad0467EA65A4E0-DB3C-5EF0-9ED2-73F8273B5C84.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Obituary: Val Patterson</title>
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Now that I have gone to my reward, I have confessions and things I should now say. As it turns out, I AM the guy who stole the safe from the Motor View Drive Inn back in June, 1971. I could have left that unsaid, but I wanted to get it off my chest. Also, I really am NOT a PhD.&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></source><link>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/19/12828336-obituary-val-patterson</link><guid>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/19/12828336-obituary-val-patterson</guid><category>death</category><category>obituary</category><category>val-patterson</category><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 09:30:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Man's obituary confesses to unearned Ph.D, other shenanigans </title>
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"To Disneyland: You can now throw away that "Banned for Life" file you have on me, I'm not a problem anymore &mdash; and SeaWorld San Diego, too, if you read this."
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Wise Wizard]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Wise Wizard]]></source><link>http://thewisewizard.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/17/12783887-mans-obituary-confesses-to-unearned-phd-other-shenanigans</link><guid>http://thewisewizard.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/17/12783887-mans-obituary-confesses-to-unearned-phd-other-shenanigans</guid><category>medical</category><category>odd-news</category><category>san-diego</category><category>smoker</category><category>disneyland</category><category>utah</category><category>obituary</category><category>phd</category><category>shenanigans</category><category>seaworld</category><category>dealth</category><category>admits-theft</category><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 08:20:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=TheWiseWizard04C86868-67AA-C649-E91F-BE481988BF52.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=TheWiseWizard04C86868-67AA-C649-E91F-BE481988BF52.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Utah man uses obituary to confess indiscretions</title>
<description><![CDATA[A 59-year-old Utah man who wrote his own obituary before he died last week used the opportunity to come clean.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/17/12779004-utah-man-uses-obituary-to-confess-indiscretions</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/17/12779004-utah-man-uses-obituary-to-confess-indiscretions</guid><category>us</category><category>odd</category><category>us-news</category><category>confession</category><category>obituary</category><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 04:06:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7b93fc28-3da3-4c7e-b0e7-41c584e54a93.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="328" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7b93fc28-3da3-4c7e-b0e7-41c584e54a93.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="99" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated photo provided by Starks Funeral Parlor shows Val Patterson, left, and his wife Mary Jane, of Utah. Patterson, a 59-year-old man who wrote his own obituary before he died last week, used the opportunity to come clean. His friends and family learned Sunday, July 15, 2012 that the man they thought held a doctorate from the University of Utah received the degree thanks to a paperwork mistake and that he never even graduated. (AP Photo/Starks Funeral Parlor)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Obituary: Ernest Borgnine</title>
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With his stocky build, bulging eyes and gap-toothed, pugnacious features, Ernest Borgnine, who has died aged 95, was one of Hollywood's leading character actors.
His looks meant he often ended up playing the heavy, so it was, perhaps, a mark of his versatility that his only Os&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></source><link>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/08/12629664-obituary-ernest-borgnine</link><guid>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/08/12629664-obituary-ernest-borgnine</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>film</category><category>death</category><category>television</category><category>obituary</category><category>ernest-borgnine</category><pubDate>Sun, 8 Jul 2012 23:31:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=redwolf6B2A25FD-E2A2-0BC3-23A8-113BFCAEE8E8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="81" width="144" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=redwolf6B2A25FD-E2A2-0BC3-23A8-113BFCAEE8E8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>