One thing about him I always liked was he has insisted his children attend public schools (called "state schools" in Britain). He felt it was important his kids were treated no differently than other children.
Video is here.
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Today New York gets a new governor.
Let's hope there are no further scandals.
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Rapper Tupac Shakur was probably right in identifying those who attacked him and left him for dead in 1994, a couple of years before he was murdered.
Edit: Sean Combs, also known as P. Diddy, categorically denies the report.
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Former ABBA drummer Ola Brunkert has died in a freak accident at his home in Spain. He was 61.
Details:
Police believe Brunkert hit his head on a window and shattered the glass which cut him. A post-mortem is taking place.
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The musician was found by a neighbour late on Sunday in a pool of blood.
He had managed to wrap a towel around his neck before leaving the house to summon help before collapsing in the garden.
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A baby suffers from a rare disease, Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome, which causes the body to age far quicker, and children invariably die of it.
It occurs once in 8 million births. Only about 100 cases have been identified in medical history.
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