Hollyoaks actor and TV personality Paul Danan dies at 46

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  Paul Oreffice, a Combative Chief of Dow Chemical, Dies at 97

  He led the company as it flourished in the ’70s and ’80s while confronting veterans and environmentalists over its toxic products like Agent Orange and dioxin.
  
  The New York Times - 5d

• Peter Yarrow, of Peter, Paul and Mary, dies at age 86

  Peter Yarrow, of the folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary, has died at age 86. The group was responsible for songs like "Puff the Magic Dragon." Yarrow's career and political activism were marred ...
  
  CBS News - Jan. 7
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  Peter Yarrow, folk singer of Peter, Paul and Mary fame, dies at 86

  Folk singer Peter Yarrow — writer of the timeless classic "Puff the Magic Dragon" and one-third of the legendary folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary — died Tuesday, a family representative said.
  
  NBC News - Jan. 7

• Peter Yarrow of '60s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary dies at 86

  The singer and songwriter who helped popularize folk music in the 1960s died of bladder cancer at his home in New York.
  
  Los Angeles Times - Jan. 7

• Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary dies at age 86

  Peter Yarrow was a singer-songwriter and a social activist, but he was best known as one-third of the folk-music group Peter, Paul and Mary.
  
  CBS News - Jan. 7
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  Peter Yarrow of folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary dies aged 86

  Known for his political songs as well as Puff, the Magic Dragon, the group’s co-songwriter died of bladder cancer. Peter Yarrow, a vocalist with the US folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, has died aged ...
  
  The Guardian - Jan. 7
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  Peter Yarrow, the Peter of Peter, Paul and Mary, Dies at 86

  The folk trio he formed with Noel Paul Stookey and Mary Travers became a pop phenomenon, scoring hits like “If I Had a Hammer” and “Puff the Magic Dragon.”
  
  The New York Times - Jan. 7
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  Oldest Person in the World Dies at 116

  Yahoo News - Jan. 5

• World's oldest person has died at 116

  Tomiko Itooka, who loved bananas and a yogurt-flavored Japanese drink called Calpis, was born on May 23, 1908.
  
  CBS News - Jan. 4

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  Police chief suspended for alleged gross misconduct

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