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Famous figures fade in a long AP obituary timeline
A sweeping AP obituary list recounts the May to December passings of icons across music, film, sports, politics, and culture. Notable names include Eric Clapton influence, Jimi Hendrix, Timothy Leary, Margaux Hemingway, John Bonham drummer of Styx, Tupac Shakur, Spiro Agnew, James Earl Jones, and Pete Rozelle among others. The record notes ages, causes, and dates, reflecting a century's arc of public life.
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Eric Claptor
Jimi Hendrix
Timothy Leary
Harvard
Leonard Katzman
Dallas
Bill Monroe
Tupac Shakur
Kennedy
Iital
Spiro T. Agnew
Richard Nixon