Remembering John Lewis crosses Selma bridge in final farewell
The body of civil rights icon John Lewis crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma for the last time as mourners gathered. His coffin on a horse drawn wagon retraced the Bloody Sunday route, with family placing red roses and crowds shouting thanks and good trouble. Alabama officials and relatives attended a Capitol repose and vigil, honoring a life of nonviolent leadership and urging renewal of voting rights protections.
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Monroe
Louisiana
Franz Hill
Hill
George Wallace
Bertha Surles
Edna Goldsmith
Montgomery
Surles
Pike County
Peggy Wallace Kennedy
Wallace
Capitol
Kay Ivey
Terri Sewell
Bernice King
Martin Luther King Jr
Troy
John
Congress
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Regis Philbin remembered as ultimate class act
Regis Philbin, longtime TV host and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire figure, dies at 88 from natural causes. Tributes rain in from Kathie Lee Gifford, Kelly Ripa, and peers. Survived by wife Joy and three daughters, his career spanned 15,000 hours on air and record Guinness recognition.
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New York
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Kelly
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Gifford
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Henry Winkler
Rosie O’donnell
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Pee-Wee Herman
LeVar Burton
Los Angeles
Hugh Downs
ABC
Danny
USA Today
David Letterman
Letterman
Johnny) Carson
Joy
J.J
Joanna Philbin
Amy Philbin
Catherine Faylen
Peter Green
Fleetwood Mac
Swan Turton
Green
B.B. King
Mick Fleetwood
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Olivia de Havilland dies at 104 in Paris
Oscar winner Olivia de Havilland died at her Paris home at age 104 after a long career spanning six decades. The Gone With the Wind star challenged Hollywood contracts with the De Havilland decision, won two Oscars, and starred with Errol Flynn and Montgomery Clift before passing away from natural causes.
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Lisa Goldberg
de Havilland
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David O. Selznick
Vivien Leigh
Clark Gable
Leslie Howard
Ashley Wilkes
Melanie
Warner Bros
Bette Davis
California Court of Appeals
France
Gisele Galante Chulack
Enter the Dragon star John Saxon dies at 83
John Saxon, longtime actor known for Enter the Dragon with Bruce Lee and Nightmare on Elm Street films, died at his Murfreesboro Tennessee home at 83 from pneumonia. Born Carmine Orrico in Brooklyn, he rose under talent agent Henry Willson and appeared in nearly 200 roles across seven decades, with a Golden Globe win in 1966 for The Appaloosa.
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Tennessee
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Marlon Brando
Carmine Orrico
Brooklyn
New York
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Hollywood
Willson
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Tab Hunter
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George Cukor
Marco Polo
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