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Robin Williams, frenetic, fearless actor and comedian, dies at 63

Robin Williams, the Juilliard-trained actor and uncontainably exhibitionist comic who became one of the most dazzling all-around talents in show business, winning an Academy Award for a dramatic role in "Good Will Hunting" and an Emmy for his stand-up work, was found dead Monday at his home in Tiburon, Calif. He was 63.

Robin Williams brought brutal honesty to his best roles

Ever since bursting into the public consciousness as the manic, rainbow-suspender-wearing TV alien in the sitcom "Mork & Mindy," he seemed to be permanently toggling between two points on the emotional dial: wild, hyperkinetic looniness or unabashed sincerity.

Reagan spokesman, US anti-gun activist James Brady, 73, dies

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Former White House spokesman James Brady, a tireless advocate for gun control being severely wounded during a 1981 attempt on the life of his then-boss Ronald Reagan, has died at the age of 73.

Pilot, pianist, entrepreneur expat Richard Johnson dies at 91

The children of friends he used to visit in Escazú many years ago say he liked to drive backwards down the hill in his Cadillac. He loved to play Sinatra, Rachmaninoff and Chopin on his piano. And he once crash-landed his single-engine Cessna 210 on a farm in Alajuelita. When emergency responders reached him, Richard “Dick” Johnson was quietly sitting on a tree stump, filling out his flight log.

Tommy Ramone, punk band’s last original member, dies at 62

Tommy, who once said "we play short songs and short sets for people who don't have a lot of spare time," died Friday in a hospice following treatment for bile-duct cancer, according to a report in Variety.

Soul legend Bobby Womack dead at 70

LOS ANGELES, California – Legendary U.S. soul artist Bobby Womack, who influenced and wrote for generations of musicians, died Friday aged 70, a spokeswoman said.

Former Tico Times photojournalist, painter Julio Laínez dies at 76

Julio Eduardo Laínez Somoza, who was born in El Salvador but left his mark as an extraordinary photojournalist and painter in Costa Rica, died Friday evening at 76, following a long illness.

Swedish ‘Sugar Man’ documentary filmmaker dies at 36

STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Swedish director Malik Bendjelloul, who won an Oscar for his 2012 documentary "Searching for Sugar Man," died in Stockholm on Tuesday, the TT news agency reported. He was 36.

Costa Rica says goodbye to famous croc Pocho

Hundreds attended the funeral of the giant “domesticated” crocodile that died last week in Siquirres.

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