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Odetta; Matriarch For Generation Of Folk Singers
Odetta, 77, a forceful singer during the folk music revival and civil rights struggle of the 1950s and 1960s and a self-described "musical historian" who championed the downtrodden by reviving slave, prison and work songs, died Dec. 2 at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York. She had heart disease and...
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Ted Rogers; Canadian Media Mogul, Jays Owner
Ted Rogers, 75, founder of Canada's largest cable television and mobile phone company and owner of the Toronto Blue Jays baseball team, died Dec. 2 at his home in Toronto.
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Doris J. Dungey; Blogger Chronicled Mortgage Crisis (Post, December 4, 2008; Page B06)
GWU Economics Professor James R. Millar (Post, December 4, 2008; Page B06)
Donald G. Baer; Decorated WWII Submarine Commander (Post, December 4, 2008; Page B06)
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From Exile, The Voice of South Africa: Miriam Makeba, Heard but Not Seen (Post, November 11, 2008; Page C01)
Appreciation: Unsung Prosecutor Brought A Shadowy Trade to Justice (Post, November 8, 2008; Page C01)
Appreciation: An Ear for the Lyrical Voice of Everyman (Post, November 1, 2008; Page C01)
Appreciation: The Pins and Needles of Outrageous Fashion (Post, October 21, 2008; Page C01)
Appreciation: Olsson's Books And the Tomes Of Our Lives (Post, October 1, 2008; Page C01)
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