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DIED. Houari Boumedienne, 53, President of Algeria since 1965; of a rare blood and bone-marrow disease known as Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia, after lingering in a coma for 39 days; in Algiers (see WORLD...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jan. 8, 1979 | 1/8/1979 | See Source »

...like "Hey, baby!" Newton jumped out of the car, Orloff says, and began arguing with one of them, Kathleen Smith, 17. The others ran. When they heard a shot fired, they turned back and saw Smith lying on the ground, shot in the head. The girl lingered in a coma for 96 days before she died...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Odyssey of Huey Newton | 11/13/1978 | See Source »

...Tennessee-born Gilliam joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1953, replacing Jackie Robinson at second base, and was celebrated as a "ballplayer's ballplayer" before turning into a player-coach in 1965 and a full-time coach two years later. Stricken on Sept. 15, Gilliam slipped into a coma and never knew that his team had dedicated its league championship and World Series play...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Medicine, Oct. 23, 1978 | 10/23/1978 | See Source »

DIED. Louis Prima, 66, jazz trumpeter and gravel-voiced singer and bandleader; after lingering in a coma for three years; in New Orleans. With his wife, Singer Keely Smith, he staged a raucous nightclub act that made the couple Las Vegas headliners until their divorce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Sep. 4, 1978 | 9/4/1978 | See Source »

...kills two hours with a breathless progression of incredible plot twists and daredevil aerial stunts. Even at its silliest-which is quite silly-this thriller makes The Greek Tycoon seem like a slow yacht to China. At its best, Capricorn One almost matches the trashy highs of Coma, the junk movie of the year to date...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Fake-Out | 6/12/1978 | See Source »

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