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WORLD
#GERMANY: Germany finally looks set to get a government as Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and the Social Democrats have agreed a coalition deal after four months of political wrangling.
#BRITAIN: Notorious killer Jon Venables has admitted having more than a thousand indecent images of children. Venables murdered two-year-old James Bulger in 1993 when he was only 10-years-old.
#CANADA: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has apologised for interrupting a woman to ask her to say “mankind” instead of “peoplekind” because it’s more inclusive.
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Kelsey Grammer has paid an emotional tribute to his Frasier co-star John Mahoney, who died on Sunday at age 77.
“He was my father. I loved him,” the simple tweet reads, alongside a picture of Mahoney and Grammer embracing.
Mahoney received two Emmy and two Golden Globe nominations for playing the role of Grammer’s on screen father, Martin Crane. He played the character for 11 seasons in the hugely popular show.
Mahoney was born in Blackpool but moved to the United States at age 19 and became an American citizen in 1959. Before becoming a professional actor he served in the military and worked as an English teacher at Western Illinois University.
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