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Controversial father of Pakistan nuclear bomb dies at age 85

By KATHY GANNON
Oct 10, 2021 7:00 am - ISLAMABAD (AP) - Abdul Qadeer Khan, a controversial figure known as the father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb, died Sunday of COVID-19 following a lengthy illness, his famil...
Banisadr, Iran's first president after 1979 revolution, dies

By AMIR VAHDAT and JON GAMBRELL
Oct 09, 2021 7:00 am - TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Abolhassan Banisadr, Iran's first president after the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution who fled Tehran after being impeached for challenging the gro...
Martin J. Sherwin, Pulitzer-winning scholar, dead at 84

By HILLEL ITALIE
Oct 09, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Martin J. Sherwin, a leading scholar of atomic weapons who in 'œA World Destroyed'ť challenged support for the U.S. bombing of Japan and spent more than ...
Army general who commanded in Iraq dies of cancer at age 67

By ROBERT BURNS
Oct 09, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Raymond T. Odierno, a retired Army general who commanded American and coalition forces in Iraq at the height of the war and capped a 39-year career by ...
Marie Wilcox, who saved her tribe's language, dies

The Associated Press
Oct 08, 2021 7:00 am - VISALIA, Calif. (AP) - Marie Wilcox, a Native American woman in California who saved her tribe's dying language, has died. She was 87. Wilcox was once the last fluent s...
BYU All-American tight end Gordon Hudson dies at 59

The Associated Press
Oct 07, 2021 7:00 am - PROVO, Utah (AP) - Gordon Hudson, an All-American tight end for BYU and a college football hall of famer, died Sept. 27. He was 59. He died in San Jose, California, the ...
Robert Altman, 1960s counterculture photographer, dies at 76

The Associated Press
Oct 05, 2021 7:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Robert Altman, a photojournalist who captured San Francisco's burgeoning counterculture of the 1960s and became chief staff photographer at Rolling ...
Alan Kalter, announcer for David Letterman, dies at 78

The Associated Press
Oct 05, 2021 7:00 am - STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) - Alan Kalter, the quirky, red-headed announcer for David Letterman for two decades who frequently appeared in the show's comedy bits, has died. He ...
Michael Renzi, former 'Sesame Street' musical director, dies

The Associated Press
Oct 04, 2021 7:00 am - NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) - Michael Renzi, who during a storied musical career worked with Peggy Lee, Mel TormÃ©, Lena Horne and some of the other biggest names in jazz and pop...
Ex-US Rep. Todd Akin, sunk by '~legitimate rape' remark, dies

By JOHN HANNA and JIM SALTER
Oct 04, 2021 7:00 am - Former U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, a conservative Missouri Republican whose comment that women's bodies have a way of avoiding pregnancies in cases of 'œlegitimate rape'ť sunk ...

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