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“SpongeBob SquarePants” creator Stephen Hillenburg dies at 57
Stephen Hillenburg, a onetime marine biology teacher who created the enduringly popular "SpongeBob SquarePants," an Emmy Award-winning animated Nickelodeon program about a goofy underwater world that was the defining cartoon...
Vinnie Paul, hard-hitting drummer for heavy metal band Pantera, dies at 54
Vinnie Paul, the hard-hitting drummer for Pantera, one of the most popular heavy metal groups of the 1990s, who saw his brother killed onstage by a fan in 2004, died...
Jim Bunning, Hall of Fame pitcher and former U.S. senator, dies at 85
Former U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning, a Hall of Fame pitcher who parlayed his sports fame into a political career as an uncompromising advocate for conservative causes, has died. He was...
Stanley Greene, photographer of indelible moments of war and disaster, dies at 68
"I honestly believe photography is 75 percent chance, and 25 percent skill," he said in a 2012 talk in Charlottesville. "In accidents, we really discover the magic of photography."