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"Jurassic Park" author Michael Crichton dies at 66
(Reuters) Reuters - Best-selling U.S. author Michael Crichton, who wrote such novels as "The Andromeda Strain" and "Jurassic Park" and created the popular TV drama "ER," has died unexpectedly of cancer at age 66, his family said on Wednesday. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Remembering Michael Crichton - Entertainment Weekly Entertainment WeeklyRemembering Michael CrichtonEntertainment Weekly - 4 hours agoThere's a line between our awe of science and technology, with all the possibilities they offer us, and our fear of same, that the sense of control they offer is a lethal illusion.Mich Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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"Killing Fields" survivor Dith Pran dies of cancer - Reuters Voice of America"Killing Fields" survivor Dith Pran dies of cancerReuters - 10 hours agoBy Karen Brettell NEW YORK (Reuters) - Photojournalist Dith Pran, whose harrowing experiences in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge were dramatized in the film "The Killing Fields," die Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Obama's grandmother dies after battle with cancer - CNN Obama's grandmother dies after battle with cancerCNN - 2 hours ago(CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama's grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, has died following a bout with cancer, Obama and his sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng, said Monday.Barack Obama's grandmother Madelyn Dunham dies Chicago T Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Teenager dies after park attack A teenager dies in hospital after suffering head injuries in an attack in a west London park. Home > Rss Directory > General > BBC |
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Longtime Rep. Tom Lantos dies of cancer - San Francisco Chronicle Boston GlobeLongtime Rep. Tom Lantos dies of cancerSan Francisco Chronicle - 43 minutes ago(02-11) 18:14 PST WASHINGTON -- In the nearly 60 years Rep. Tom Lantos spent in the United States, the San Mateo Democrat never lost his Hungarian accent, his love for animals or Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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St Louis Rams owner Georgia Frontiere dies at 80 - Reuters Metro TorontoSt Louis Rams owner Georgia Frontiere dies at 80Reuters - 47 minutes agoBy Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - St. Louis Rams owner Georgia Frontiere, a former nightclub entertainer who became one of the few women to own a major US sports franchise when s Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Former Yankee great Murcer dies at 62 - MLB.com Seattle Post IntelligencerFormer Yankee great Murcer dies at 62MLB.com - 1 hour agoBy Bryan Hoch / MLB.com Bobby Murcer, a personable, popular five-time All-Star who went on to a successful broadcasting career with the New York Yankees, died Saturday after a battle wit Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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MP MacDougall dies after illness The Scottish Labour MP John MacDougall dies while battling the cancer-related condition, mesothelioma. Home > Rss Directory > General > BBC |
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Leroy Sievers, 53, Journalist Who Wrote of Cancer Battle, Dies Mr. Sievers was a television news producer who covered more than a dozen wars but became best known to the public as he chronicled his illness for NPR in a blog called “My Cancer.” Home > Rss Directory > Business > NY Time |
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Obama's grandmother dies of cancer in Hawaii
(Reuters) Reuters - The grandmother who helped raise Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama and whom he had credited with shaping his values has died of cancer, he said in a statement on Monday. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Michael Crichton's Rich, Mixed Legacy Though Michael Crichton didn't always get the science right, he successfully turned people on to science with his books, movies and television show. Scientists give him mixed reviews, but nobody would deny his impact or his ability to entertain. Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Michael Crichton's Rich, Mixed Legacy Though Michael Crichton didn't always get the science right, he successfully turned people on to science with his books, movies and television show. Scientists give him mixed reviews, but nobody would deny his impact or his ability to entertain. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Why Early Detection Is the Best Way to Beat Cancer When the first cell in one of Brenda Rosenthal's ovaries mutated and turned cancerous, she felt no symptoms. The telltale pains or lumps that signal cancer were still months, if not years, away. But there were signs, sparks thrown off by the tumor that had begun to smolder in her belly. As mo Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Why Early Detection Is the Best Way to Beat Cancer When the first cell in one of Brenda Rosenthal's ovaries mutated and turned cancerous, she felt no symptoms. The telltale pains or lumps that signal cancer were still months, if not years, away. But there were signs, sparks thrown off by the tumor that had begun to smolder in her belly. As mo Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Gallery: A Little Hope for Cancer Treatment : Photo: Dave Bullock/Wired.comLOS ANGELES -- UCLA scientists have developed a process for targeting cancer cells that could eliminate some of the worst side effects of chemotherapy. The new technique deploys nanoscale, light-activated containers filled with cancer-fighting drugs throughout the b Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Gallery: A Little Hope for Cancer Treatment : Photo: Dave Bullock/Wired.comLOS ANGELES -- UCLA scientists have developed a process for targeting cancer cells that could eliminate some of the worst side effects of chemotherapy. The new technique deploys nanoscale, light-activated containers filled with cancer-fighting drugs throughout the b Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Billionaire inventor James Sorenson dies at 86 James LeVoy Sorenson, inventor of the computerized heart monitor and of disposable paper surgical masks, died on Sunday of cancer at age 86. The Utah billionaire and chairman of the board of Sorenson Companies passed away in Salt Lake City. Home > Rss Directory > Business > CNN |
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Former U.S. ambassador, subprime mortgage pioneer dies LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Roland Arnall, founder of subprime pioneer Ameriquest Mortgage Co, died of cancer on Monday morning in Los Angeles, his family said in a statement. Home > Rss Directory > General > Reuters |
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Hockey and steel tycoon John McConnell dies at 84 John McConnell, a steel-processing entrepreneur who grew the company he started on a $600 loan into a billion-dollar enterprise, died Friday of cancer at age 84. McConnell passed away at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, the same city in which he founded his business. Home > Rss Directory > Business > CNN |