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Robert Culp, most notably recognized for his ground-breaking role alongside Bill Cosby in the 1960s TV series I Spy, died Wednesday after collapsing outside his Hollywood home. He was 79.

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Ron Banks, singer for and founder member of the Dramatics, an R&B vocal group, died of a heart attack Thursday in his Detroit home. He was 58.

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Emilio Lavazza, the man who made Lavazza coffee the best-selling espresso in Italy, has died of a heart attack, the company said today. Lavazza died Tuesday in Turin, Italy. He was 78.

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The man who inspired Dustin Hoffman’s Oscar-winning performance in Rain Man died Saturday. Kim Peek, or the “Real Rain Man” as he has come to be known, died of a heart attack in his Utah home. He was 58.

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Former NBA all-star Randy Smith died last Thursday, suffering a massive heart attack while exercising. He was 60.

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