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US Open 2021 - Maria Sakkari : "Now it's probably my time at the age of 26"
Maria Sakkari est en demies de l'US Open !
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American Astronaut Michael Collins of Apollo 11 Fame Dies at 90
A statement released by his family said Collins died of cancer
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Walter Mondale, Carter's Vice President, Dies at Age 93
No cause was cited in the death of the former US senator, ambassador and Minnesota attorney general
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Britain's Prince Philip, Husband of Queen Elizabeth, Dies at 99
Philip, also known as the Duke of Edinburgh, married Elizabeth in 1947 and was the longest-serving consort in British history
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Jovan Divjak, Defender of Sarajevo, Dies at Age 84
Divjak was one of the very few ethnic Serbs to fight for the Bosnian army during the 1990s inter-communal conflict that ripped the former Yugoslavia a
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Democratic US Congressman Alcee Hastings of Florida Dies at 84
Hastings, who became the first African American elected to Congress in Florida since the post-Civil War period, was serving his fifteenth term
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'Lonesome Dove' Author McMurtry Dies at 84
In addition to a Pulitzer Prize for 'Lonesome Dove' in 1986, McMurtry won an Academy Award in 2006 with writing partner Diana Ossana for the screenpla
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Papua New Guinea's Michael Somare, 'Father of the Nation,' Dies at 84
He led the Pacific archipelago to independence from Australia in 1975
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Legendary Supremes Singer Mary Wilson Dies at Age 76
Wilson was member of legendary Motown singing trio with Diana Ross and Florence Ballard
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Reagan's Longtime Secretary of State George Shultz Dies at 100
A lifelong Republican, Shultz held three major Cabinet positions in GOP administrations during a lengthy career of public service
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Oscar-winning 'Sound of Music' Star Christopher Plummer Dies at 91
He later called the role of Captain von Trapp 'humorless and one-dimensional,' but it helped make him a star
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Ex-Tuskegee Airman Alfred Thomas Farrar Dies at Age 99
He died days before a ceremony planned to honor his service in the program that famously trained Black military pilots during World War II
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Chuck Yeager, First Person to Break the Sound Barrier, Dies at Age 97
Historic 1947 flight that broke 1,100 kilometers an hour paved the way towards supersonic flight and manned spaceflight
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Benton-Banai, Co-Founder of American Indian Movement, Dies at 89
He made a life of connecting American Indians with their spirituality and promoting sovereignty
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Former Niger President Mamadou Tandja Dies At Age 82
Niger observes three days of mourning following death of Former President Mamadou Tandja/
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Co-Founder of Viral ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Dies at 37
Pat Quinn helped inspire participation in the social media challenge, which has raised more than $200 million worldwide for Lou Gehrig's disease resea
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Top Syria Diplomat Moalem, Soft-Spoken Defender of Assad, Dies
The government gave no details of the cause of death, but the 79-year-old had been in poor health with heart problems
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Hall of Fame Yankees Pitcher Ford Dies at 91
He had the best winning percentage of any pitcher in the 20th century and helped New York become baseball's perennial champions in the 1950s and '60s
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Fashion Designer Kenzo Takada Dies From COVID-19 at age 81
His family said in a statement to French media Sunday that Takada died from complications from COVID-19 in a hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine, near Paris
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'Avengers' and 'Game of Thrones' Star Diana Rigg Dies at 82
Daughter Rachael Stirling said she died of cancer that was diagnosed in March
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Czech Oscar-Winning Director Jiri Menzel Dies at Age 82
Jiri Menzel's movies represented radical departure from socialist realism, typical communist-era genre focusing on realistically depicting struggles o
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Baseball's Tom Seaver, Heart and Mighty Arm of Miracle Mets, Dies at 75
Pitcher personified the rise of expansion teams
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1 Dies at Ivory Coast Protest Against President's Pursuit of Third Term
Tensions running high in Ivory Coast after deadly demonstrations/against President Alassane Ouattara
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Grandson of Elvis Presley has Died at Age 27, Agent Says
TMZ reports that Keough died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound Sunday in Calabasas, California
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Kelly Preston, Actor and Wife of John Travolta, Dies at 57
Preston had a lengthy acting career in movies and television; she last starred together with her husband in the 2018 film 'Gotti,' with Travolta play