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DEATHS | ED LIMATO, 73

Hollywood agent for Brando, Gere

(AP) -- Ed Limato, a longtime Hollywood agent known for overseeing the careers of actors Marlon Brando, Denzel Washington and Richard Gere, has died. He was 73.
MARIA CRISTINA HERRERA, 75

Cuban scholar inspired open talks, teachings

María Cristina Herrera, a Cuba scholar both admired and vilified in the Cuban exile community, died early Friday at South Miami Hospital. She was 75.
DEATHS | ILENE WOODS, 81

Voice in classic Disney cartoon

Ilene Woods, who provided the speaking and singing voice for the title character in Walt Disney's classic 1950 animated feature Cinderella, has died. She was 81.
ARNOLD FRIBERG, 96

Artist Arnold Friberg, known for `The Prayer at Valley Forge,' dies at age 96

Arnold Friberg, a Utah artist best known for his painting of George Washington in prayer at Valley Forge, died Thursday, his family said. He was 96.
ELLIOTT KASTNER, 80

Film producer Elliott Kastner recruited literary talent

Elliott Kastner, a producer whose affinity for literary writers and man's-man movie stars resulted in films like Harper, Where Eagles Dare, The Long Goodbye, The Missouri Breaks and Equus, died on Wednesday in London, where he had lived and worked for many years. He was 80.
WILLIAM TAYLOR, 78

William Taylor | Lawyer fought discrimination

William Taylor, a Washington lawyer and civil rights activist for more than half a century who fought discrimination on many fronts and was particularly dedicated to desegregating the nation's schools, died Tuesday at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Md., of complications from a fall. He was 78.
COREY ALLEN, 75

Corey Allen | Actor in `Rebel Without a Cause'

Corey Allen, an actor-turned Emmy Award-winning director who earned a slice of film immortality in the 1950s playing the doomed high school gang leader who challenges James Dean to a ``chicken run'' in Rebel Without a Cause, has died.