Obituaries
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Theoneste Bagosora, architect of Rwanda genocide, dies at 80
Sep 26, 2021 7:00 am - KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) - Theoneste Bagosora, a former Rwandan army colonel regarded as the architect of the 1994 genocide in which more than 800,000 ethnic Tutsi and Hutus ...
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Nebraska billionaire, philanthropist Walter Scott dies at 90
Sep 25, 2021 7:00 am - OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Billionaire Walter Scott, the past top executive of Peter Kiewit Sons Inc. construction firm who helped oversee Warren Buffett's conglomerate and dona...
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McCormack, bishop panned for role in sex abuse scandal, dies
Sep 23, 2021 7:00 am - CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Retired Roman Catholic Bishop John McCormack, who faced criticism for his role in Boston's clergy sex abuse scandal and led New Hampshire's diocese ...
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'Notting Hill,' 'The Duke' director Roger Michell dies at 65
Sep 23, 2021 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Roger Michell, the British stage, television and film director whose movies include the indelibly popular romcom 'œNotting Hill,'ť has died, his family sai...
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Bill Steinman, longtime Columbia athletics official, dies
Sep 23, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - William C. Steinman, the longtime sports information director of Columbia University, has died. He was 77. Steinman, a member of Columbia University's At...
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A Polish bishop punished over abuse cover-up has died
Sep 23, 2021 7:00 am - WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Edward Janiak, a retired Roman Catholic bishop from Poland punished this year by the Vatican for the alleged cover-up of sex abuse of minors by oth...
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Beloved 'Sex and the City' actor Willie Garson dies at 57
Sep 22, 2021 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) — Willie Garson, who played Stanford Blatch, Carrie Bradshaw's friend on TV's "Sex and the City" and its movie sequels, has died, his son announced Tues...
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Robert Gentile, linked to Gardner Museum art theft, dies
Sep 22, 2021 7:00 am - HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Robert Gentile, a mobster who for years denied suspicions from authorities that he knew anything about a trove of artwork valued in the millions t...
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Melvin Van Peebles, godfather of Black cinema, dies at 89
Sep 22, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Melvin Van Peebles, the groundbreaking filmmaker, playwright and musician whose work ushered in the 'œblaxploitation'ť wave of the 1970s and influenced f...
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Pulitzer-winning reporter Jim Sheeler dead at 53
Sep 22, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Jim Sheeler, a former Rocky Mountain News journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his extensive and compassionate reporting on the families of Colorado s...