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fessor George Zinkhan, 57, shot and killed his wife and two men outside a community theater in Athens before taking his own life. Actress Beatrice Arthur died in Los Angeles at age 86.
One year ago: President Barack Obama consoled a rural Texas community rocked by a deadly fertilizer plant explosion, telling mourners during a memorial service at Baylor University they were not alone in their grief. President Obama joined his four living predecessors to dedicate the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas. Reggaeton star Don Omar was the top winner of the Billboard Latin Music Awards in Coral Gables, Fla., taking home 10 prizes.

Today's Birthdays: Movie director-writer Paul Mazursky is 84. Actor Al Pacino is 74. Ballroom dance judge Len Goodman (TV: "Dancing with the Stars") is 70. Rock musician Stu Cook (Creedence Clearwater Revival) is 69. Singer Bjorn Ulvaeus (ABBA) is 69. Actress Talia Shire is 68. Actor Jeffrey DeMunn is 67. Rock musician Michael Brown (The Left Banke) is 65. Rock musician Steve Ferrone (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers) is 64. Country singer-songwriter Rob Crosby is 60. Actor Hank Azaria is 50. Rock singer Andy Bell (Erasure) is 50. Rock musician Eric Avery is 49. Country musician Rory Feek (Joey + Rory) is 49. TV personality Jane Clayson is 47. Actress Renee Zellweger is 45. Actress Gina Torres is 45. Actor Jason Lee is 44. Actor Jason Wiles is 44. Actress Emily Bergl is 39. Actress Marguerite Moreau is 37. Singer Jacob Underwood is 34. Actress Melonie Diaz is 30. Actress Sara Paxton is 26. Actress Allisyn Ashley Arm is 18.

Thought for Today: "There is nothing in the universe that I fear but that I shall not know all my duty, or shall fail to do it." - Mary Lyon, American educator (1797-1849).

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