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  • JEREMY N. MORRIS, 99

    Epidemiologist linked exercise, heart health

    Jeremy N. Morris, a British epidemiologist whose comparison of heart-attack rates among double-decker bus drivers and conductors in London in the late 1940s and early '50s laid the scientific groundwork for the modern aerobics movement, died Oct. 28 in Hampstead, London. He was 99 1/2.

  • GEORGE NA'OPE, 81

    George Na'ope | Hula master was last link to sacred tradition

    George Na'ope, whose mastery of the hula -- the flowing, pantomimic dance of Hawaii -- and its lilting chants made him a last link between an ancient ritual and modern entertainment, died on Oct. 26 at his home in Hilo, Hawaii. He was 81.

  • FRED L. SINGER, 76

    Fred L. Singer | Film pioneer best known for Burdines TV ads

    Fred L. Singer, the documentary and TV-commercial producer/director whose Coronado Studios helped pioneer Miami's film industry -- and launch several protégés' successful careers -- died of pancreatic cancer on Oct. 25.

  • FRANCISCO AYALA, 103

    Francisco Ayala | Spanish novelist examined abuses of power

    Francisco Ayala, an eminent Spanish novelist whose work explored societies in which there is much despotism and little benevolence, died on Tuesday at his home in Madrid. He was 103.

  • AUGUST COPPOLA, 75

    August Coppola | Former professor, actor Nicolas Cage's father

    August Coppola, a former literature professor and the father of actor Nicolas Cage and the brother of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola and actress Talia Shire, has died. He was 75.

  • MARSHALL HARRIS, 77

    Marshall Harris | Brainy lawmaker known for budget mastery

    Marshall Stanton Harris, a powerful Democratic legislator from Miami-Dade County in the 1960s and '70s -- and running mate of then-Florida Attorney General Jim Smith in an unsuccessful 1986 bid for governor -- died Monday of cancer at his Coral Gables home, said his son, Andrew. He was 77.

  • QIAN XUESEN, 98

    Qian Xuesen | Father of China's space, missile programs

    Qian Xuesen, a former rocket scientist at the California Institute of Technology who helped establish the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., before being deported in 1955 on suspicion of being a Communist and who became known as the father of China's space and missile programs, has died. He was 98.


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