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Former CNN anchor Aaron Brown, who helped viewers through the Sept. 11 attacks, has died

Former CNN anchor Aaron Brown, who helped viewers through the Sept. 11 attacks, has died

Aaron Brown, a veteran television news anchor whose steady hand helped guide CNN viewers through the unfolding tragedy of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, has died. Brown died Sunday of pneumonia in Washington, D.C.

Former CNN anchor Aaron Brown, who helped viewers through the Sept. 11 attacks, has died

Aaron Brown, a veteran television news anchor whose steady hand helped guide CNN viewers through the unfolding tragedy of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks has died. CNN, citing a statement from Brown's family, reported that he died Sunday.
Jimmy Carter: Many evolutions for a centenarian ‘citizen of the world’

Jimmy Carter: Many evolutions for a centenarian ‘citizen of the world’

PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Newly married and sworn as a Naval officer, Jimmy Carter left his tiny hometown in 1946 hoping to climb the ranks and see the world.
Artist and activist Joe Average dies at 67, after life as vivid as his paintings

Artist and activist Joe Average dies at 67, after life as vivid as his paintings

VANCOUVER — Vancouver's Joe Average was an artist, advocate and activist whose bright, multicoloured images were as multi-faceted as his existence.

Hugo Sotil, former Peru and Barcelona forward, dies at 75

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Former forward Hugo Sotil, who thrived with Barcelona and Peru's national team in the 1970s, died on Monday. He was 75. Sotil died of kidney and liver failure, according to the Dos de Mayo hospital in Peru.
Linda Lavin, Tony-winning Broadway actor who starred in the landmark sitcom ‘Alice,’ dies at 87

Linda Lavin, Tony-winning Broadway actor who starred in the landmark sitcom ‘Alice,’ dies at 87

NEW YORK (AP) — Linda Lavin, a Tony Award-winning stage actor who became a working class icon as a paper-hat wearing waitress on the TV sitcom “Alice,” has died. She was 87.
Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president, has died at 100

Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president, has died at 100

ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling defeat after one tumultuous term and then redefined life after the White House as a global humanitarian, has
Linda Lavin, Tony-winning Broadway actress who starred in the sitcom ‘Alice,’ dies at 87

Linda Lavin, Tony-winning Broadway actress who starred in the sitcom ‘Alice,’ dies at 87

NEW YORK (AP) — Linda Lavin, a Tony Award-winning stage actress who became a working class icon as a paper-hat wearing waitress on the TV sitcom “Alice,” has died. She was 87.
Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter, once called a 'pretty good Canadian,' dies at 100

Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter, once called a 'pretty good Canadian,' dies at 100

Jimmy Carter, the self-effacing peanut farmer, humanitarian and former navy lieutenant who helped Canada avert a nuclear catastrophe before ascending to the highest political office in the United States, died Sunday at his home in Georgia.
The Latest: State funeral for Jimmy Carter will be Jan. 9

The Latest: State funeral for Jimmy Carter will be Jan. 9

Former President Jimmy Carter has died at the age of 100.
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