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Pioneering Smokejumper dies
Earl Cooley, who died Nov. 9 at age 98, became the superintendent of the U.S. Forest Service's first squad of smokejumpers, based in Montana
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Stefanie Spielman
Stefanie Spielman, 42, loses her battle with breast cancer
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James Armstrong
Birmingham barber and civil rights foot soldier dies at 86
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Jose Cisneros
Artist known for vivid depictions of the Southwest has died at 99
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Thomas Benton Hollyman, 89
A leading magazine photographer has died at age 89
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Irving Kriesberg
American painter has died in New York City at age 90
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