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'Chicka Chicka Boom Boom' illustrator Lois Ehlert dies at 86

The Associated Press
May 26, 2021 7:00 am - MILWAUKEE (AP) - Lois Ehlert, whose cut-and-paste shapes and vibrant hues in books including 'œChicka Chicka Boom Boom'ť put her among the most popular illustrators of b...
'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' author Eric Carle dies at 91

By MARK KENNEDY
May 26, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Eric Carle, the beloved children's author and illustrator whose classic 'œThe Very Hungry Caterpillar'ť and other works gave millions of kids some of the...
Dan Frank, revered editor at Pantheon Books, dead at 67

The Associated Press
May 24, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Dan Frank, a revered and longtime editor at Pantheon Books who worked with such prize-winning authors as Cormac McCarthy, Oliver Sacks and Jill Lepore, d...
Max Mosley, racing boss who took on UK tabloids, dies at 81

By STEVE DOUGLAS and JILL LAWLESS
May 24, 2021 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Max Mosley, who shook off the stigma of his family's links to fascism to become international motorsport's top administrator and later made a stand as a pr...
China's Yuan Longping dies; rice research helped feed world

By HUIZHONG WU
May 23, 2021 7:00 am - TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Yuan Longping, a Chinese scientist who developed higher-yield rice varieties that helped feed people around the world, died Saturday at a hospital ...
Australian rugby league great Bob Fulton dead at 73

The Associated Press
May 23, 2021 7:00 am - SYDNEY (AP) - Bob Fulton, one of the most celebrated players in Australian rugby league and a former captain, coach and selector of the Kangaroos, has died. He was 73. F...
Record-setting centenarian cyclist Marchand dies aged 109

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN
May 22, 2021 7:00 am - Robert Marchand, a diminutive Frenchman who once was told he would never excel in cycling only to set world records as a centenarian, has died. He was 109. Marchand, who...
'Head lesbian,' singer and feminist, Alix Dobkin, dies at 80

By THALIA BEATY
May 21, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The lesbian singer and feminist activist who appeared in an iconic and recently resurgent 1975 photo wearing a t-shirt that read 'œThe Future is Female,'...
Roger Hawkins, drummer for 'The Swampers', dies at 75

The Associated Press
May 20, 2021 7:00 am - MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala. (AP) - Roger Hawkins, the original drummer for the studio band immortalized as 'œThe Swampers'ť in the rock hit 'œSweet Home Alabama,'ť died Thursday...
Pioneering comic Paul Mooney, a writer for Pryor, dies at 79

By JAKE COYLE
May 19, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Paul Mooney, the boundary-pushing comedian who was Richard Pryor's longtime writing partner and whose bold, incisive musings on racism and American life ...

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