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		<title>Oscar Nomineee Tim Hetherington Passes Away in Libya</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 02:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Cody</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tim Hetherington]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was saddened today to learn Oscar nominee Tim Hetherington, the British DP, photographer and co-director of last year&#039;s Oscar-nominated documentary, Restrepo, was killed while filming in Libya earlier today. One of my first pieces here at Rope of Silicon caused a bit of a sensation when I questioned whether viewers of Restrepo really understood [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sidney Lumet Passes Away at the Age of 86</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/sidney-lumet-passes-away-at-the-age-of-86/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Apr 2011 16:29:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Obituaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sidney Lumet]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lumet on the set of Dog Day Afternoon Director Sidney Lumet passed away this Saturday morning of lymphoma at his home in New York City. He was 86. Lumet last directed Before the Devil Knows You&#039;re Dead in 2007, but was best known as the director of 12 Angry Men, Network, Dog Day Afternoon, The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elizabeth Taylor Has Passed Away at the Age of 79</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/elizabeth-taylor-has-passed-away-at-the-age-of-79/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Obituaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elizabeth Taylor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor died early this morning at the age of 79 of congestive heart failure at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. She was surrounded by her four children, Michael Wilding, Christopher Wilding, Liza Todd and Maria Burton. In a statement to ABC News her son Michael said the following: &#034;My Mother was an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar Nominee, Pete Postlethwaite Has Died at the Age of 64</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-nominee-pete-postlethwaite-has-died-at-the-age-of-64/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 16:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pete Postlethwaite]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=35031</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#039;m not sure how most people came to be familiar with the work of Pete Postlethwaite, but for me it was his performance as Kobayashi in Bryan Singer&#039;s The Usual Suspects. Of course, his work extends far beyond the small role in Singer&#039;s film including David Fincher&#039;s Alien3, Michael Mann&#039;s The Last of the Mohicans, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Irvin Kershner, Director of &#039;Empire Strikes Back&#039;, Dies at the Age of 87</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/irvin-kershner-director-of-empire-strikes-back-dies-at-the-age-of-87/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:12:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Irvin Kershner]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It brings me no pleasure to be writing back-to-back articles reporting on the deaths of two well-known industry individuals, but such is the occasion. It&#039;s been reported that Irvin Kershner, director of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, passed away in Los Angeles on Monday morning at the age of 87. His goddaughter Adriana Santini [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leslie Nielsen Passes Away at Age of 84</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/leslie-nielsen-passes-away-at-84/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 06:29:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Obituaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leslie Nielsen]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some sad and sudden news arrived late tonight as it was land actor Leslie Nielsen, probably best known for his performance as Lt. Frank Drebin in the Naked Gun series of films, passed away at the age of 84 due to complications from pneumonia. Outside of Naked Gun and its two sequels, Nielsen starred in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tarantino&#039;s Longtime Editor, Sally Menke, Dies in Los Angeles Heat Wave</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/tarantinos-longtime-editor-sally-menke-dies-in-los-angeles-heat-wave/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christoph Waltz and Sally Menke Sally Menke, Quentin Tarantino&#039;s longtime editor, died yesterday while hiking with her dog in Monday&#039;s 113-degree record-breaking Los Angeles heat. Menke, 56, was discovered dead early Tuesday morning by searchers in Beachwood Canyon, according to law-enforcement sources. I should also make sure to state the heat has not yet been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rue McClanahan Dies at the Age of 76</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/rue-mcclanahan-dies-at-the-age-of-76/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 16:17:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Obituaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rue McClanahan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#034;The Golden Girls&#034; are down to just one surviving member, as Betty White is the last of the comedy quartet that was loved by so many with today&#039;s unfortunate passing of Rue McClanahan at the age of 76. People carries the quote from her manager, Barbara Lawrence, saying, &#034;She passed away at 1 a.m. this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dennis Hopper Passes Away at the Age of 74</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/dennis-hopper-passes-away-at-the-age-of-74/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 17:43:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Obituaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dennis Hopper]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters is reporting Dennis Hopper, the Oscar nominated actor of Easy Rider and Hoosiers passed away today at his home in Venice, California, from complications of prostate cancer. Hopper became the source of many articles back in early April while going through a quarrelsome divorce with his fifth wife, Victoria Duffy, and it was made [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Corey Haim Passes Away at Age 38</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/corey-haim-passes-away-at-age-38/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Obituaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corey Haim]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[News this morning brings word &#039;80s movie star Corey Haim has passed away due to an apparent accidental overdose, according to the LAPD&#039;s North Hollywood Division. KTLA reports police said Haim was found unresponsive inside a unit at the Oakwood Apartment Complex, located between Burbank and the Hollywood Hills. He was at home with his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Departed: Those We Lost in 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/the-departed-those-we-lost-in-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/the-departed-those-we-lost-in-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Obituaries]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(from left) Michael Jackson, David Carradine, Bea Arthur, Ricardo Montalban, Karl Malden, Brittany Murphy and Patrick Swayze After losing the likes of Paul Newman, Bernie Mac, George Carlin, Estelle Getty, Roy Scheider and Heath Ledger in 2008 who would have ever thought 2009 would have also taken so many recognizable and loved names. Of course, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brittany Murphy Dies at Age of 32</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/brittany-murphy-dies-at-age-of-32/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/brittany-murphy-dies-at-age-of-32/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:51:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Obituaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brittany Murphy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well, another young actor has passed away as Brittany Murphy died of a heart attack today at the age of 32. TMZ reports Murphy went into full cardiac arrest early Sunday and could not be revived. The site reports a 911 call was made at 8:00 AM from a home in Los Angeles that is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Patrick Swayze Dies at the Age of 57</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/patrick-swayze-dies-at-the-age-of-57/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/patrick-swayze-dies-at-the-age-of-57/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:17:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Obituaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patrick Swayze]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Patrick Swayze&#039;s publicist reports the actor has passed away at the age of 57 following a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Reports began surfacing this weekend saying the actor best known for his roles in Dirty Dancing and Ghost had returned home for his final days. &#034;Patrick Swayze passed away peacefully today with family at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writer/Director John Hughes Dies at the Age of 59</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/writerdirector-john-hughes-dies-at-the-age-of-59/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/writerdirector-john-hughes-dies-at-the-age-of-59/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:28:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Obituaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Hughes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=18918</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It looks as if 2009 will continue to deal a cruel hand to several of the entertainment industry&#039;s icons with today being no exception as CNN is reporting writer/director/producer and altogether generational icon, John Hughes died today of a heart attack while taking a morning walk in Manhattan. It seems almost pointless to list his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Karl Malden Passes Away at the Age of 97</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/karl-malden-passes-away-at-the-age-of-97/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/karl-malden-passes-away-at-the-age-of-97/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:34:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Obituaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karl Malden]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It has been a rough two weeks for the entertainment business when it comes to the passing of major celebrity names as Karl Malden has passed away at the age of 97. Malden died in his sleep about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, his manager Bud Ross tells CNN. Malden won an Oscar for his performance alongside [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michael Jackson Dies at the Age of 50</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/michael-jackson-dies-at-the-age-of-50/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/michael-jackson-dies-at-the-age-of-50/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Obituaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Jackson]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=17689</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[No, it&#039;s not movie news, but growing up in the age of Michael Jackson I can&#039;t help but report this as TMZ was the first to report the passing of pop star Michael Jackson who died after suffering from a cardiac arrest earlier this afternoon and paramedics were unable to revive him. Paramedics arrived Jackson [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UPDATED: David Carradine Found Dead in a Bangkok Hotel</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/david-carradine-found-dead-in-a-bangkok-hotel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/david-carradine-found-dead-in-a-bangkok-hotel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:25:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Obituaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Carradine]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=17096</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: CNN&#039;s report now says Carradine was found &#034;hanging by a nylon rope,&#034; which &#034;was believed to be from the hotel room curtains, Bangkok Police Lt. Col. Pirom Chanpirom said.&#034; There were no signs of forced entry. Autopsy results are not expected for at least another day. &#034;Knowing David, he would never commit suicide,&#034; and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Departed: Those We Lost in 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/the-departed-those-we-lost-in-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/the-departed-those-we-lost-in-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 06:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2008 Lists]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anthony Minghella]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bernie Mac]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brad Renfro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlton Heston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Estelle Getty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Carlin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heath Ledger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Isaac Hayes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Newman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Scofield]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roy Scheider]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sam Bottoms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sydney Pollack]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=11592</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(from left) Paul Newman, Bernie Mac, George Carlin, Estelle Getty, Roy Scheider and Heath Ledger For the past two years I have started doing a recap of a select group of notable names we lost from the entertainment world (and a few others) over the past year. This is by no means an all-encompassing list, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paul Newman Passes Away at the Age of 83</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/paul_newman_passes_away_at_the_age_of_83_20080927/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/paul_newman_passes_away_at_the_age_of_83_20080927/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 08:21:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Obituaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Newman]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=10422</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Strangely enough I was recently considering writing a Cinematic Revival article about Paul Newman as I had been revisiting several of his earlier films such as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Hustler, The Verdict, Slap Shot and many others. Unfortunately we now learn that what we have gotten is all we are going [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Trailer to Remember LaFontaine By</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 05:35:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Obituaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Don LaFontaine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[From Dusk Till Dawn]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It may sound weird to even ask who is going to voice movie trailers as voice actor Don LaFontaine died Monday of complications from a collapsed lung, but his voice has become synonymous with movie marketing. So many times it has been made fun of due to the corny things he would say such as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Isaac Hayes Passes Away at 65</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/isaac_hayes_passes_away_at_65/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/isaac_hayes_passes_away_at_65/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 02:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Obituaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Isaac Hayes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well, they say celebrities pass away in threes, and after Bernie Mac&#039;s untimely death at the age of 50 yesterday we now lose another celeb as Isaac Hayes died today. Sheriff&#039;s officials in Memphis, Tennessee, reported Sunday. Relatives found Hayes, 65, unconscious in his home next to a still-running treadmill, said Steve Shular, a spokesman [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comedian Bernie Mac Dies at 50</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/comedian_bernie_mac_dies_at_50/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/comedian_bernie_mac_dies_at_50/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Obituaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bernie Mac]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bernie Mac I don&#039;t know much about Bernie Mac as a man, but I loved him as an entertainer and I learned today he has died on Saturday after being hospitalized with pneumonia. Publicist Danica Smith confirmed the death in a statement but gave no further details. &#034;We ask that his family&#039;s privacy continues to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>George Carlin Passes Away at Age 71</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/george_carlin_passes_away_at_age_71/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/george_carlin_passes_away_at_age_71/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:14:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Obituaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Carlin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am currently prepping my mid-2008 features and one part of it is going to detail the folks we have lost already this year and the list is crazy. Seriously, as I was putting it together I took a look back at last year and it seems as if this year looked at prior years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sydney Pollack Dies of Cancer</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/sydney_pollack_dies_of_cancer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/sydney_pollack_dies_of_cancer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 18:11:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Obituaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sydney Pollack]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[CNN is reporting that Academy Award-winning director Sydney Pollack died of cancer this Monday afternoon at his home in Pacific Palisades. He was 73. Pollack won the Oscar for Best Director with the 1986 film Out of Africa, which also went on to win six other Oscars including Best Picture. He was seen as recently [...]]]></description>
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