>>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19381098
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>>I watched him in 1969 live on our black and white TV.
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>Why sad news? He lived long, good and died with natural reasons.

I actually don't understand the meaning of "as" in the title. Is it "such as", or "while" or "when" or something else? Either way, we only know that he died, but not what are those sad news. And damn english doesn't have a singular of news, so we don't know how many of them were there.