decades

Mountaineer’s remains identified nearly 6 decades after falling from Austrian glacier Blogging Sole

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The remains of a man discovered near an Austrian glacier have been identified as those of a German mountaineer who died almost 60 years ago, local police announced Thursday. Climate change accelerated the melting of glaciers, the retreat of the ice freeing the bodies of climbers that it had held for years, even decades. The … Read more

Meredith Vieira’s husband, Richard Cohen, who lived for five decades with multiple sclerosis, has died at the age of 76. – Blogging Sole

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Meredith Vieira’s husband, Richard Cohen, who lived for five decades with multiple sclerosis, has died at the age of 76. – Blogging Sole

Former “Today” show anchor Richard Cohen, husband of former anchor Meredith Vieira, died on Christmas Eve, the show’s current co-anchors announced Tuesday. He was 76 years old. Cohen, an Emmy Award-winning journalist who built a career as a producer at both CBS News and CNN, lived for more than 50 years before his death. Multiple … Read more

Women changed at birth in 1965 say mistake was covered up for decades: ‘They kept it a secret’ Blogging Sole

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In 1965, a Norwegian woman gave birth to a baby girl in a private hospital. Seven days later, she returned home with a baby. When the baby developed dark curls that made her look different from herself, Karen Rafteseth Dokken assumed she simply took after her husband’s mother. It took almost six decades to discover … Read more