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Dave Toschi, 86 (1931 - 2018)
The San Francisco detective who led the investigation into the Zodiac serial-killer case in the late 1960s and early 1970s has died, according to the Associated Press. Dave Toschi was 86. For full coverage and obituary from Legacy.com, click here.
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Vladimir Katriuk, 93 (1921 - 2015)
The Associated PressMONTREAL (AP) — Vladimir Katriuk, the man who held the No. 2 spot on the Simon Wiesenthal Center's list of most wanted Nazi war criminals, has died, his lawyer said Thursday. He was 93.Katriuk passed away last week after a long illness, Orest Rudzik said.News of Katriuk's death emerged several hours after the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs said Ottawa should take the...
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Frank DiPascali, 58 (1956 - 2015)
The Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — Bernard Madoff's former right-hand man, who once admitted he was loyal to his boss "to a terrible, terrible fault," has died less than a month before he faced sentencing for his role in the multi-billion dollar fraud.Frank DiPascali, 58, died Thursday of lung cancer after spending his final years cooperating with investigators.DiPascali had been due to appear...
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Soren Kam, 93 (1921 - 2015)
The Associated PressBERLIN (AP) — Soren Kam, a former SS officer wanted for war crimes in his native Denmark, has died in Germany. He was 93.The Simon Wiesenthal Center counted Kam among its top targets for the killing of an anti-Nazi newspaper editor in Copenhagen in 1943.The center's top Nazi hunter, Efraim Zuroff, told The Associated Press Tuesday that Kam had been "totally unrepentant" for...
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Thomas Clyde Bowling (2015)
The Associated PressLAGRANGE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky death row inmate involved in a lawsuit against the state over how executions are carried out has died.A statement from the Kentucky Department of Corrections says Thomas Clyde Bowling died Saturday due to "complications stemming from cancer." He was 62.Bowling was convicted of fatally shooting Eddie and Tina Earley and injuring their 2-year...
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Stig Bergling (2015)
By KARL RITTER, The Associated PressSTOCKHOLM (AP) — Stig Bergling, a former Swedish security officer who sold secrets to the Soviet Union during the Cold War and brazenly escaped while serving a...
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"Mad" Frankie Fraser, 91 (1923 - 2014)
By JILL LAWLESS, The Associated Press LONDON (AP) — "Mad" Frankie Fraser, an old-school London criminal who spent more than 40 years in prison and became an underworld celebrity, has died. He...
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John A. Walker, 77 (1937 - 2014)
MICHAEL BIESECKER, The Associated PressRALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) — A former American sailor convicted during the Cold War of leading a family spy ring for the Soviet Union has died in a prison...
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Jack W. Tocco (2014)
The Associated Press GROSSE POINTE PARK, Michigan (AP) — Reputed Detroit mob boss Jack W. Tocco, who was convicted of racketeering in 1998 in a federal crackdown on organized crime, has died. He...
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David Greenglass, 92 (1922 - 2014)
VERENA DOBNIK, The Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — In 1953, at the height of the Cold War, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg died in the electric chair after being convicted of conspiring to pass secrets...
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Gen. Jesus Gutierrez Rebollo (2013)
The Associated PressMEXICO CITY (AP) — Disgraced former Mexican drug czar Gen. Jesus Gutierrez Rebollo has died from complications from prostate cancer while serving a 40-year sentence for...
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Ronnie Biggs, 84 (1929 - 2013)
JILL LAWLESS, The Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Ronnie Biggs was a petty criminal who set out to transform his life with the daring heist of a mail train packed with money. The plan worked...
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Mark "Chopper" Read (2013)
KRISTEN GELINEAU, The Associated PressSYDNEY (AP) — Mark "Chopper" Read, one of Australia's most notorious and colorful crime figures, died on Wednesday after a long battle with liver cancer, his...
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Juan David Ochoa (1949 - 2013)
LIBARDO CARDONA, The Associated PressBOGOTA, COLOMBIA (AP) — The eldest of the three Ochoa brothers who founded the Medellin cocaine cartel in the 1980s with Pablo Escobar has died of a heart...
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Jorge Rafael Videla, 87 (1925 - 2013)
MICHAEL WARREN, The Associated PressBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Former dictator Jorge Rafael Videla, who took power in a 1976 coup and led a military junta that killed thousands of his fellow...
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Billie Sol Estes, 88 (1925 - 2013)
BETSY BLANEY, The Associated Press LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Billie Sol Estes, a flamboyant Texas huckster who became one of the most notorious men in America in 1962 when he was accused of looting...
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Ieng Sary, 87 (1925 - 2013)
The Associated PressPHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Ieng Sary, co-founder of the Khmer Rouge regime responsible for the deaths of more than 1 million Cambodians in the 1970s, has died. The 87-year-old...
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Frank Calabrese, 75 (1937 - 2012)
The Associated PressCHICAGO (AP) — The Federal Bureau of Prisons says convicted Chicago mobster Frank Calabrese (KAL'-uh-brees) Sr. has died at the age of 75.Bureau of Prisons spokesman Ed Ross...
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James Fogle, 75 (1937 - 2012)
The Associated PressSEATTLE (AP) — James Fogle, who wrote "Drugstore Cowboy," an autobiographical crime novel that led to an acclaimed 1989 film starring Matt Dillon, has died. He was 75.Fogle died...
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Gregory Powell (2012)
The Associated PressLOS ANGELES (AP) — Gregory Powell, who was convicted of killing a Los Angeles police officer during an infamous kidnapping that inspired Joseph Wambaugh's true-life crime novel ...
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Henry Hill, 69 (1943 - 2012)
By ANDREW DALTON, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Henry Hill spent much of his life as a "goodfella," believing his last moment would come with a bullet to the back of his head. In the end...
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Klaas Faber, 90 (1922 - 2012)
GEIR MOULSON, The Associated PressBERLIN (AP) — Klaas Faber, a Dutch native who fled to Germany after being convicted in the Netherlands of Nazi war crimes, has died. He was 90.A hospital official...
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Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, 60 (1952 - 2012)
ADEL OMRAN, The Associated Press TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — He was the embodiment of one of modern Libya's darkest chapters — a man synonymous with horrifying scenes of wreckage, broken families...
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John Demjanjuk, 91 (1920 - 2012)
DAVID RISING, The Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — John Demjanjuk was convicted of being a low-ranking guard at the Sobibor death camp, but his 35-year fight on three continents to clear his name...
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Raymond Scott (2012)
CASSANDRA VINOGRAD, The Associated PressLONDON (AP) — A flamboyant, unemployed antiques dealer jailed for handling a stolen first edition of Shakespeare's plays has died, Britain's Prison Service...
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Mark J. Gerard, 76 (1934 - 2011)
The Associated Press, The Associated PressMark J. Gerard, the veterinarian for champion horses Secretariat and Kelso whose racing career was ruined when he ran a ringer in a 1977 race at Belmont Park...
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U.S. Troops' Success (2011)
Leave a condolence or light a candle for the victims of 9/11 on the Memory Book Click here to view the September 11th Memorial Page By KIMBERLY DOZIER and DAVID ESPO Associated Press ...
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Judith Coplon Socolov, 88 (1922 - 2011)
JIM FITZGERALD, The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — She was young and smart and claimed she was in love, and when Judith Coplon was accused of being a Soviet spy in 1949 she became a sensation....
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John E. du Pont (1938 - 2010)
JENNIFER C. YATES, The Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — John du Pont, the chemical fortune heir who killed an Olympic gold medal-winning wrestler at his palatial estate near Philadelphia, died...
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Emilio Eduardo Massera, 85 (1925 - 2010)
DEBORA REY, The Associated PressBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentine coup leader Emilio Eduardo Massera died Monday after suffering for years from a heart condition and dementia that left him...
