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Remembering Those Who Died in 2005 Newspaper obituary writers and a family member remember notable deaths in 2005. Guests include Kay Powell, obituary writer and editor at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and Steve Miller, obituary writer at the New York Sun. And Lee Levinson reads a family-written obituary.

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Remembering Those Who Died in 2005

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Remembering Those Who Died in 2005

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Kay Powell, obituary writer and editor at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, discusses important people who have died this year. Also, Steve Miller, obituary writer at the New York Sun, shares some of his favorite inventors who died this year. And Lee Levinson reads a family-written obituary -- his own father's paid death notice.