‘His contributions to the U.S.-Philippines bilateral relationship and advancing our shared goals of peace and democracy will always be remembered,’ the U.S. Embassy in Manila said.
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Bill Donovan, journalist who covered Navajo Nation for five decades, dies at 76
His knowledge of the Navajo people, history and tribal government was encyclopedic, said Tom Arviso, former publisher of the Navajo Times.
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Black British civil rights campaigner Roy Hackett dies at 93
In 1963, Hackett helped organize a boycott of the government-owned Bristol Omnibus Co. over its refusal to hire Black or Asian drivers and conductors.
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Mo Ostin, longtime Warner records chairman, dies at 95
Ostin helped launch many famous groups and musicians, including a hardly-known Jimi Hendrix and Fleetwood Mac when they were a blues act.
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Stuart Woods, author of Stone Barrington novels, dies at 84
Woods received the Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere, France’s most prestigious award for crime and detective fiction, in 2010 for his novel, ‘Imperfect Strangers.’
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Tim Giago, trailblazing Native American journalist, dies at 88
A member of the Oglala Lakota tribe, Giago founded The Lakota Times with his first wife, Doris, in 1981.
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Muriel Engelman, front-line nurse in World War II, dies at 101
She was among those at a field hospital who endured months of near-constant attacks prior to the Battle of the Bulge.
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Jessie Duarte, former senior aide to Nelson Mandela, dies at 68
Admirers embraced her as a fiery stalwart from the anti-apartheid struggle and one of the few consequential women in South African leadership.
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Gerald McEntee, longtime president of influential labor union, dies at 87
He led the largest union of state and local government workers in the U.S., the AFSCME, for over 30 years.
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Cardinal Hummes, close friend of Pope Francis, dies at 87
The Brazilian Catholic cardinal inspired the pontiff to pick his name after the 2013 conclave,