Scottish artist George Wyllie, best known for giant public works like The Paper Boat, has died aged 90.

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Scots artist George Wyllie dies

One of China’s best known dissidents, Chen Guangcheng, escapes house arrest and releases a video addressed to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.

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The US painter Thomas Kinkade, best known for his pictures of idyllic landscapes, has died at the age of 54, his family say.

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Soul and blues singer Etta James, best known for the tracks At Last and for I’d Rather Go Blind, has died aged 73.

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The author Reginald Hill, who is best known for his crime novels about police detectives Dalziel and Pascoe, has died at the age of 75.

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The most shocking moment in “ Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel ” isn’t a clip from a film by the documentary’s subject, director and producer Roger Corman, best known for such B-movie classics as “ Bloody Mama ,” “ Piranha ” and “ Death Race 2000 .” It comes when Jack Nicholson breaks down in tears recalling Corman’s influence on his own life and career. Read full article > >

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British cartoonist Ronald Searle, best known for creating the fictional girls school St Trinian’s, dies aged 91.

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US pop artist James Rizzi, best known for his cartoon-like art, dies aged 61.

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US actor Harry Morgan, best known for playing Colonel Sherman Potter in the popular series Mash, dies at the age of 96.

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British film director Ken Russell, best known for his 1969 film Women In Love, dies at the age of 84.

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Film-maker Ken Russell dies at 84

Playwright Shelagh Delaney, best known for penning A Taste of Honey, dies at the age of 71.

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Playwright Delaney dies aged 71

Actor James Earl Jones, best known as the voice of Darth Vader in Star Wars, has been given an honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement.

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The  Cleveland Clinic  is best known for providing excellent health care. A bustling, brisk medical campus, the clinic has been ranked the top hospital in the country for cardiac care for 16 years. It treats Saudi sheiks — and funds itself, at least in part, through their grateful, post-operation donations — and is constantly toured by campaigning politicians looking to associate themselves with the best of American medicine. Read full article > >

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The promise and peril of wellness

Actor and singer Roy Skelton, best known for voicing puppets George and Zippy in the popular children’s programme Rainbow, dies aged 79.

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Donald Hewlett, who was best known for his role in the 1970s BBC sitcom It Ain’t Half Hot Mum, has died aged 90.

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