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Museum of African Art Founder Warren Robbins

Warren M. Robbins, 85, founder of the Museum of African Art, forerunner to the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art, died Dec. 4 at George Washington University Hospital of complications from a fall at his home last month.


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Paul Benedict, 70; Played Neighbor on 'The Jeffersons'

Paul Benedict, 70, an American actor who played the British neighbor Harry Bentley on the CBS sitcom "The Jeffersons" in the 1970s and 1980s, was found dead Dec. 1 at his home on Martha's Vineyard, Mass. The cause of death is under investigation.


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