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Edward HeathAge: 89 leader of Britain's Conservative Party who, as prime minister, guided the country's 1973 entry into Europe's Economic Community, now called the European Union. He…
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Nina Simone(Eunice Kathleen Waymoa)Age: 70 sultry chanteuse whose difficult-to-classify music combined jazz, classical, folk, and gospel. Her biggest hit was “My Baby Just Cares for Me.” A…
Phil SokolofAge: 82 businessman who used his considerable wealth to promote low-fat and low-cholesterol diet. Sokolof, who had a near-fatal heart attack at age 44, took out full-page ads in…
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