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Those who died in 2011

Writer and pundit Christopher Hitchens. Soul singer Amy Winehouse. Boxer Joe Frazier. Musician Gil Scott-Heron. Musician Clarence Clemons. Laotian general Vang Pao. Director Sidney Lumet. Painter Helen Frankenthaler. Painter Lucian

Freud. “60 Minutes” commentator Andy Rooney. First Lady Betty Ford. Actress Elizabeth Taylor. Canadian politician Jack Layton.

Osama bin Laden. Muammar el-Gaddafi. Kim Jong-il.

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