People News Roundup: Dutch Blade Runner star Rutger Hauer dies at 75; Sweden charges U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky with assault

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Dutch Blade Runner star Rutger Hauer dies at 75: ANP

Dutch actor Rutger Hauer, best known for his role in the science fiction classic Blade Runner, died on July 19 after a short illness, Dutch news agency ANP reported on Wednesday, citing his family. He was 75. Hauer, whose funeral took place in the Netherlands on Wednesday, appeared in a total of over 100 Dutch and international movies. He won a Golden Globe in 1988 for his role in Escape from Sobibor.

Sweden charges U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky with assault

U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky has been charged with assault in Sweden over his alleged involvement in a street brawl and is to remain in custody pending trial, the Swedish prosecutor's office said on Thursday. The 30-year-old performer, producer and model from Harlem, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, has been detained since July 3 along with two members of his entourage in connection with a fight in central Stockholm on June 30.

Doctors advise hospice care for Valerie Harper, TV's 'Rhoda'

Six years after going public with her brain cancer diagnosis, "Rhoda" sitcom star Valerie Harper's health apparently has taken a turn for the worse, as her husband acknowledged that doctors have advised that she be placed in hospice care. Her spouse, Tony Cacciotti, pledged in a message posted to Harper's official Facebook account on Tuesday to "do my very best in making Val as comfortable as possible."

Will life imitate art? Steppe queen movie makes Kazakhs wonder

An aging central Asian leader grooms his daughter to succeed him, and she then overcomes suspicion from her patriarchal society to unite her people. It could describe the future trajectory of Dariga Nazarbayeva, the 56-year-old daughter of Kazakhstan's former leader Nursultan Nazarbayev, who many people believe will eventually become president of the oil-producing nation.

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