Wikinews Shorts: October 31, 2007
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===Singer Robert Goulet dies at age 73===
[[Image:Pulmon fibrosis.PNG|right|170px|An image showing extensive fibrosis]]

[[United States|American]] performer [[w:Robert Goulet|Robert Goulet]] died on Tuesday in Los Angeles. The American-born, [[Canada|Canadian]]-raised singer and actor gained widespread attention in the 1960s, eventually winning [[w:Tony Award|Tony]] and [[w:Grammy Award|Grammy]] awards for his talent.

Goulet was admitted to hospital in [[w:Las Vegas|Las Vegas]] late last month where it was learned he contracted [[w:idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis|idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis]]. He was transferred to [[w:Cedars-Sinai Medical Center|Cedars-Sinai Medical Center]] in Los Angeles earlier this month and died there awaiting a lung transplant. He was 73.

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*{{source|url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20071030/robert_goulet_071030/20071030?hub=TopStories
|title=Singer, actor Robert Goulet dies at 73
|author=CTV.ca news staff
|pub=CTV News
|date=October 30, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2007/10/30/goulet-death.html
|title=Singer, actor Robert Goulet dies at 73
|author=CBC News
|pub=CBC News
|date=October 30, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/10/30/obit.robert.goulet.ap/index.html
|title=Entertainer Robert Goulet dies at 73
|author=Associated Press
|pub=CNN
|date=October 30, 2007}}

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===Goalkeeper Srđan Mrkušić dies at age 92===
[[Image:Serbia Belgrade.png|right|100px|An image showing the location of Belgrade in Serbia]]
Yugosloav [[w:Goalkeeper (football)|football (soccer) goaltender]] [[w:Srđan Mrkušić|Srđan Mrkušić]] of [[w:Red Star Belgrade|Red Star Belgrade]] died on Tuesday in [[w:Belgrade, Serbia|Belgrade]], [[Serbia]], aged 92. He was part of [[w:Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia's national football team]] at the [[w:1950 FIFA World Cup|1950 FIFA World Cup]].

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*{{source|url=http://www.b92.net/sport/fudbal/vesti.php?yyyy=2007&mm=10&dd=30&nav_id=270020
|title=Preminuo (departed) Srđan Mrkušić
|author=Zoran Panjković
|pub=B92
|date=October 30, 2007}} (Serbian)
*{{source|url=http://www.blic.co.yu/sport.php?id=17953
|title=Preminuo Srđan Mrkušić
|author=Blic online
|pub=Blic
|date=October 30, 2007}} (Serbian)

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===Columnist Dina Rabinovitch dies at age 44===
[[Image:GuardianHQLondon1.jpg|right|180px|The Guardian's head office in London, England]]
Today also marked the death of [[w:Dina Rabinovitch|Dina Rabinovitch]], a [[United Kingdom|British]] columnist for ''[[w:The Guardian|The Guardian]]'' newspaper. She succumbed to [[w:breast cancer|breast cancer]] at 44. Her final column was published in ''The Guardian'' earlier this month.

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*{{source|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2007/oct/30/pressandpublishing?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront
|title=Guardian columnist Dina Rabinovitch dies
|author=Stephen Brook
|pub=The Guardian
|date=October 30, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,2202001,00.html
|title=	Loved and lost
|author=
|pub=The Guardian
|date=October 30, 2007}}

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American performer Robert Goulet died on Tuesday in Los Angeles. The American-born, Canadian-raised singer and actor gained widespread attention in the 1960s, eventually winning Tony and Grammy awards for his talent.

Goulet was admitted to hospital in Las Vegas late last month where it was learned he contracted idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. He was transferred to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles earlier this month and died there awaiting a lung transplant. He was 73.

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