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Edd Byrnes, Who Combed His Way to TV Stardom, Dies at 86

2020-01-09T22:46:01+0000

He became one of television’s first teen idols as Kookie, the hair-combing, jive-talking youth on the hit series “77 Sunset Strip.”


Jessi Combs, TV Host and Racecar Driver, Dies in Attempt at Land Speed Record

2019-08-28T21:08:37+0000

Ms. Combs died while operating a powerful jet-shaped car as she sought to claim a world record.


Manfred Gans Is Dead at 88; Combed Wartime Europe for His Parents

2010-09-19T00:14:24+0000

Mr. Gans, after helping free his hometown in Germany and finding that his house had been used as a Nazi headquarters, embarked on a quest across hundreds of miles of German-held territory.


Abbott Combes, 64, Magazine Editor, Dies

2008-12-30T01:07:17+0000

Mr. Combes spent 27 years as a copy editor at The New York Times Magazine and helped create its "About Men" column.


STUNNED RESCUERS COMB ATTACK SITES, BUT THOUSANDS ARE PRESUMED DEAD; F.B.I. TRACKING HIJACKERS' MOVEMENTS

2001-09-13T05:00:00+0000

Rescuers comb mountains of rubble of collapsed World Trade Center Towers in Manhattan in grim search for survivors among thousands presumed dead, as investigators cast worldwide net for those behind hijackers who slammed jetliners into twin towers and Pentagon in worst terrorist attack in American history; first clues to identities of those responsible point to five suspect; suggest their movements may have taken them to Boston, Canada and Florida and that they had Middle Eastern and Islamic con ...


Paid Notice: Deaths COMBS, MASON

2001-07-18T05:00:00+0000

COMBS-Mason. The Officers and members of the Society of Illustrators deeply mourn the passing of beloved member Mason Combs. He will be missed by all who knew him.


Retired O.S.S. Man Combs Slovenian Alps for Allied War Dead

1997-07-10T05:00:00+0000

Robert Plan, retired American intelligence agent, combs Slovenian Alps to learn fate of British and American soldiers assigned with him to help Yugoslavian Partisans fight Germans toward end of World War II; has found mass grave of his commander and 16 Partisans, killed after they were captured by Germans; Partisans, supplied by Allies, began obstructing Allies and stockpiling arms for struggle to control postwar Yugoslavia and may have killed some of missing soldiers (M)


Clarence Combs, 81, Dies; Veterinarian Was Polo Star

1996-06-20T05:00:00+0000

Dr. Clarence (Buddy) Combs, the galloping New Jersey veterinarian who rode his way into the United States Polo Hall of Fame, died last Sunday at his home in Colt's Neck, N.J. He was 81. He wife, Dr. Margaret Combs, said the cause was complications from a series of strokes over the last decade.


Bert T. Combs, 80, Dies in Flood; Was Kentucky Governor in 60's

1991-12-05T05:00:00+0000

Former Gov. Bert T. Combs of Kentucky, a Democrat who championed fiscal reforms and civil rights in his four-year tenure as the state's chief executive three decades ago, was found dead in a river in east-central Kentucky yesterday after his car was swept away by floodwaters. He was 80 years old. The police said Mr. Combs's body was found in the Red River at Rosslyn, Ky., just downstream from his car, hours after he had been reported missing. They said he had apparently driven the car onto a ...


Leslie Combs, Horse Owner, Is Dead at 88

1990-04-10T05:00:00+0000

LEAD: Leslie Combs 2d, the founder of Spendthrift Farm and a leading owner and breeder of thoroughbred horses, died of cancer Saturday at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington, Ky. He was 88 years old.



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