NOTABLE DEATHS | April 14, 2016
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Legendary women's basketball player...
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Teens grieve differently than adults do, and some of their practices may be healthier.
President Abraham Lincoln led the United States through the Civil War.
To prepare it for burial, Muslim tradition requires that same-sex family members wash the body an odd number of times before covering it with a shroud.
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Each person must live their life as a model for others.
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Japan has one of the highest cremation rates in the world - 99.9% (compared to approximately 40% in the United States).
Obituaries usually inspire tears, but a few unique souls would rather make us laugh.
Prolific jazz composer who founded jazz studies program at Indiana University
World War II Native American code talker and tribal official.
Advertising executive and entrepreneur who founded The Mars Agency
Pilot, served in WWII, one of the first female students at Georgia Tech
The first African-American schoolteacher to integrate New Bern High School
Artist, writer and educator who wrote about African culture in Jamaican art.
Where there is love there is life.
Entrepreneur known as the Godfather of Rodeo Drive...
Cajun musician played with later-year Flying Burrito Brothers...
Tony-nominated actress...
Founder of the Philadelphia Flyers...
Produced music and starred on British reality TV...
Hosted nationally syndicated "Doug Banks Radio Show"...