Obituaries

New York Times reporter Robin Toner, 54, of colin* cancer. She reported on politics.
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Robert Chandler, a creator of 60 Minutes died at 80 of heart failure.
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Elmer Valentinue, 85, owner of rock clubs including the Whisky a Go Go, of heart failure.
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Singer Dennis Yost, 65, singer with the 1960s group the Classics IV, of respiratory failure after having been hospitalized since 2006 after suffering a brain injury.
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George S. Morrison, an admiral probably better known as the father of rock legend Jim Morrison, died at the age of 89. He died after a fall in the hospital, according to his daughter.
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Actor Paul Benedict, 70, who played the English neighbor in the sitcom The Jeffersons, was found dead on December 4.
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*--I must have had Colin Powell on the brain or some damned thing. I DO know how to spell "colon."