
NOTABLE DEATHS | February 19, 2016
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Versatile major league baseball player...

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Versatile major league baseball player...
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Sandra Dee was America's sweetheart by the time she was just 16.
What’s the difference between a funeral and a memorial service? A memorial service is held without the remains present.

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So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.

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Holocaust survivor who lived through a death march by stealing a loaf of bread

World War II Navajo Code Talker

Coached back to back women's college volleyball champions at Sul Ross State

Elementary school principal who sacrificed herself to save students

New York sports reporter who authored more than 60 books

Mississippi businessman who opposed segregationist culture

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Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides.

Authored the classic novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird'

Colorful star of 'Big Ang' and other reality TV shows

Mississippi Delta blues musician

Former contestant on the reality TV show 'The Bachelor'

Actor played adoptive dad on TV's 'Punky Brewster'

Egyptian statesman and former U.N. secretary-general