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Some people made jokes; one person established the Nobel Prize.

Kay Powell has written some stunning obituaries.

Forget about the funny pages. If Kay Powell wrote for your paper, you dove straight into the death notices.

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Remembering the man who probably beat Robert Peary to the North Pole, but didn’t get the credit he deserved until years later.

You weren’t Dave Schwartz’s audience. You were his friend.

Just like the decade it came to represent, the beehive was revolutionary.

He was also president of the Procrastination Club of America.

Tomlinson developed the first network person-to-person email in 1971.

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A quarry pit may hold clues pointing to a mass extinction more than 65 million years ago.

The author of "Awakenings" and "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" died today. Let's celebrate him.

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London's Westminster Abbey is not only a grand and glorious place of worship, but also the final resting place of hundreds of history's most famous figures.

Former child actress Shirley Temple has passed away at the age of 85. But thanks to DVDs (and Turner Classic Movies), she will remain a dimpled, curly-topped 5-year-old for generations to come. We hope you enjoy these fun facts about the life and career o

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Matthew Henson, the Arctic Explorer Who Stood on Top of the World

Weather Channel Meteorologist Dave Schwartz Dies at Age 63

Margaret Vinci Heldt, Creator of the Beehive Hairdo

Les Waas, Writer of the Mister Softee Jingle

Ray Tomlinson, Pioneer of Email and the @ Symbol, Dies at Age 74

New Jersey Fossil Haven Might Reveal What Killed Off the Dinosaurs

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