The inventor of the television remote control has died at the age of 96, his former employer has said.

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Crowded House drummer Peter Jones dies at the age of 45.

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Crowded House drummer Jones dies

Colin McIntyre, founding editor of the BBC’s Ceefax service, the world’s first teletext service, has died at the age of 85, his family confirms.

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Ceefax founding editor dies at 85

The respected German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, famed for his performances of Schubert’s song cycle Winter Journey, dies at the age of 86.

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Baritone Fischer-Dieskau dies

President Barack Obama joins a host of music industry luminaries in paying tribute to Donna Summer following the disco star’s death at the age of 63.

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Obama leads Donna Summer tributes

Schooling in England should not start until the age of six because having formal lessons too early can put bright children off learning, research claims.

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Early school entry ‘detrimental’

Carlos Fuentes, one of the most famous Latin American authors, known for fiction and political essays, dies in Mexico at the age of 83.

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Mexico writer Carlos Fuentes dies

Beastie Boys rapper Adam Yauch has died at the age of 47, three years after being diagnosed with cancer.

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Jamaican double bassist Lloyd Brevett, whose band The Skatalites pioneered ska music and paved the way for reggae, dies at the age of 80.

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Ska pioneer Lloyd Brevett dies

More than 30,000 people attend the funeral of Tanzania’s most popular film star Steven Kanumba, who died on Saturday at the age of 28.

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Tanzania mourns soap star Kanumba

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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Artist Thomas Kinkade dies at 54

Scientists have for the first time homed in on several gene mutations that they say sharply increase the chances of autism, and have found that the risk increases with the age of the parents, particularly the father.

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Scientists Link Rare Gene Mutations to Heightened Risk of Autism

At the age of 82.

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Poet Adrienne Rich Dies

Dory Previn, the US singer and composer who collaborated with former husband Andre on two Oscar-nominated songs, has died in Massachusetts at the age of 86.

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Singer-composer Dory Previn dies

US film and Broadway actor Ben Gazzara has died in New York at the age of 81.

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Acting veteran Ben Gazzara dies