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A 990-pound (450-kilogram), bedridden man who had appealed on Mexican television for help tackling his weight problem died Tuesday of heart failure, his family said.

Sheila Oppenheimer was only a day away from giving birth, and she was worried. "I was on the fetal monitor, and I was very scared." She looked out a window and saw a blue-eyed man, Paul Newman, walking by. Then, she knew everything would be all

Screen legend Paul Newman died Friday after a battle with cancer at his farmhouse in Connecticut. He was 83.

Actor Paul Newman has died at the age of 83. His publicist says he died yesterday at his farmhouse near Westport, Connecticut after a long battle with cancer.

Outside the Zekai Tahir Burak maternity hospital stands a bronze statue of a mother nursing a baby with an inscription from the Prophet Mohammed: "Paradise lies at the feet of the mother."

The mother of a Spanish man who died from the human form of mad cow disease has also died from the illness, Spain's Ministry of Health says.

A Pink Floyd spokesman says founding member Richard Wright has died. He was 65.

The newly appointed al Qaeda chief in Pakistan, Abu Haris has died of his wounds following a missile attack in northwestern Pakistan, according to a guard who was also wounded in the attack.

Bill Melendez, the animator who gave life to Snoopy, Charlie Brown and other "Peanuts" characters in scores of movies and TV specials, has died. He was 91.

A KGB spy who switched allegiances at the height of the Cold War and was considered by the CIA as its most valuable and economical defector has died.