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Countercultural filmmaker Robert Downey Sr. dies at 85

By LINDSEY BAHR
Jul 07, 2021 7:00 am - Robert Downey Sr., the accomplished countercultural filmmaker, actor and father of superstar Robert Downey Jr., has died. He was 85. Downey Jr. wrote on Instagram that ...
Jovenel MoÃ¯se, Haiti's embattled president, killed at 53

By DÃNICA COTO and EVENS SANON
Jul 07, 2021 7:00 am - PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Haitian President Jovenel MoÃ¯se, a former banana producer and political neophyte who ruled Haiti for more than four years as the country gr...
'Superman,' 'Lethal Weapon' director Richard Donner dies

By LINDSEY BAHR
Jul 06, 2021 7:00 am - Filmmaker Richard Donner, who helped create the modern superhero blockbuster with 1978's 'œSuperman'ť and mastered the buddy comedy with the 'œLethal Weapon'ť franchise,...
Rockabilly performer Sanford Clark dead at 85 from COVID-19

The Associated Press
Jul 05, 2021 7:00 am - JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) - Rockabilly and country performer Sanford Clark, who had a Top 10 hit with 'œThe Fool'ť in 1956, has died in a Missouri hospital from COVID-19. He was ...
Terry Donahue, winningest UCLA football coach, dies at 77

By BETH HARRIS
Jul 05, 2021 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Terry Donahue, the winningest coach in Pac-12 Conference and UCLA football history who later served as general manager of the NFL's San Francisco 49er...
Italian TV: Beloved entertainer Raffaella Carra' dies at 78

By FRANCES D'EMILIO
Jul 05, 2021 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Raffaella Carra', for decades one of Italian television's most beloved entertainers, a woman affectionately nicknamed the 'œqueen of Italian TV," died Monday...
Rumsfeld, a cunning leader who oversaw a ruinous Iraq war

By ROBERT BURNS
Jul 01, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Calling Donald H. Rumsfeld energetic was like calling the Pacific wide. When others would rest, he would run. While others sat, he stood. But try as he...
Louisiana's ex-Lt. Gov. Jimmy Fitzmorris dies at 99

The Associated Press
Jul 01, 2021 7:00 am - NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Jimmy Fitzmorris, the affable two-time lieutenant governor who narrowly lost his long-sought-after bids for New Orleans mayor and Louisiana governor, ...
Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld dies at 88

By ROBERT BURNS
Jun 30, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Donald Rumsfeld, the two-time defense secretary and one-time presidential candidate whose reputation as a skilled bureaucrat and visionary of a modern ...
Rumsfeld, a cunning leader who oversaw a ruinous Iraq war

By ROBERT BURNS
Jun 30, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Calling Donald H. Rumsfeld energetic was like calling the Pacific wide. When others would rest, he would run. While others sat, he stood. But try as he...

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