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Now playing Next USA Kool & the Gang co-founder Dennis Thomas dies aged 70 Kool & the Gang co-founder dies aged 70 08/08/2021
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Now playing Next Denmark Dane who drew controversial Muhammad caricature dies at 86 Political observers in the Nordic countries have described the cartoon incident as one of the most severe foreign policy crises for both Denmark and Norway in their recent histories. 19/07/2021
Now playing Next Egypt Widow of former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat dies in Egypt President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi's office said she had been a role model for Egyptian women and granted her a national award posthumously. 09/07/2021
Now playing Next Germany Last of Soviet soldiers who liberated Auschwitz dies at 98 As a young Red Army soldier, David Dushman flattened the forbidding electric fence around the notorious Nazi death camp with his T-34 tank on Jan. 27, 1945. 07/06/2021
Now playing Next USA 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' author Eric Carle dies at 91 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar', which introduces colours and animals to young readers, came out in 1967 and became a perennial bestseller. 27/05/2021
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