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The celebrated pianist and author Alfred Brendel has died aged 94 at his home in London.The musician was born on 5 January 1931 in Moravia (now…

Leonard Lauder, the businessman who built Estee Lauder into one of the world’s biggest cosmetic makers, has died aged 92.Lauder took over his parents company in…

Leonard A. Lauder—a powerhouse executive within the beauty world, and the Chairman Emeritus of Estée Lauder Companies—has died at 92. Mr. Lauder passed on June 14th…

Sunjay Kapur, an Indian billionaire who was reportedly a friend of Prince William, died Thursday following a heart attack during a polo match in Windsor, UK.…

Harris Yulin, a character actor with more than 100 film and TV credits, has died at the age of 88.According to Deadline, his death was announced…

Paul Marantz, a prominent architectural lighting designer who illuminated disco floors and skylines, libraries and chic hotels, train stations and concert halls, museums and embassies, died…

John L. Young, who used his experience as a computer-savvy architect to help build Cryptome, a vast library of sensitive documents that both preceded WikiLeaks and…

Niede Guidon, a Brazilian archaeologist whose work called into question a longstanding theory of how the Americas were first populated by humans, and who almost single-handedly…

Gabriela Pomeroy & Anna LamcheBBC NewsGunshots heard and building evacuated in videos filmed at Austrian schoolTen people have been killed in a school shooting in the…

Sly Stone, the American musician who lit up generations of dancefloors with his gloriously funky and often socially conscious songwriting, has died aged 82.“After a prolonged…