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VOA标准英语2012--American Folk Legend Doc Watson Dies

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VOA标准英语2013--Former US Pop Superstar Patti Page Dies at 85

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2017年CRI Zbigniew Brzezinski, former US National Security Advisor, dies at 89

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2006年VOA标准英语-Singer Lou Rawls Dies of Cancer

By Doug Levine Washington 06 January 2006 Renowned rhythm and blues vocalist Lou Rawls died of lung and brain cancer January 6 at a hospital in Los Angeles, California. He was 72 years old. Known for

AS IT IS 2016-03-05 Ramon Castro, Brother of Cuban Revolutionaries, Dies at 91

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2007年VOA标准英语-Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin Dies of

By Lisa McAdams Moscow 23 April 2007 Russian President Boris Yeltsin waves as he arrives at Helsinki airport (File photo - 20 Mar 1997) Russia's first freely elected president, Boris Yeltsin, has died of heart failure at the age of 76. VOA's Lisa Mca

美国国家公共电台 NPR Actor Martin Landau Of 'Mission: Impossible' Dies At 89

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Acclaimed Poet John Ashbery Dies At 90

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美国国家公共电台 NPR French Fashion Designer Hubert De Givenchy Dies At 91

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Former Cuban Leader Fidel Castro Dies At Age 90

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Filmmaker Jonathan Demme, Director Of 'Silence Of The Lambs,' Dies At 73

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美国国家公共电台 NPR He Called Himself 'One Lucky Bastard': Sir Roger Moore Dies At 89

DAVID GREENE, HOST: And we are sad to report this morning that the actor Sir Roger Moore has died at the age of 89. Roger Moore played the role of James Bond between 1973 and 1985. He was knighted in his home country of England in 2003. Reporter Jack

美国国家公共电台 NPR Polish Filmmaker Andrzej Wajda Dies At 90

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Aretha Franklin, The 'Queen Of Soul,' Dies At 76

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VOA常速英语2007年-Rock and Roll Legend Ike Turner Dies

By Ray McDonald Washington 13 December 2007 One of the founding fathers of rock and roll, Ike Turner, died Wednesday December 12 at his home near San Diego, California. He was 76. The cause of death was unknown. While an architect of the modern rock

2007年VOA标准英语-Anti-Apartheid Veteran Adelaide Tambo Dies

By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 01 February 2007 Adelaide Tambo, wife of the late Oliver Tambo and South African former President Nelson Mandela attend the unveiling of the O.R Tambo International Airport 27 Ocr 2006 in Johannesburg Adelaide Tambo, w

2006年VOA标准英语-Former Yugoslav President Milosevic Dies i

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