Obituaries
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Max Mosley, racing boss who took on UK tabloids, dies at 81
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...
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China's Yuan Longping dies; rice research helped feed world
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 ...
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Australian rugby league great Bob Fulton dead at 73
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...
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Record-setting centenarian cyclist Marchand dies aged 109
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...
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'Head lesbian,' singer and feminist, Alix Dobkin, dies at 80
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,'...
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Roger Hawkins, drummer for 'The Swampers', dies at 75
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...
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Pioneering comic Paul Mooney, a writer for Pryor, dies at 79
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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Record-setting sprinter, '68 Olympic activist Lee Evans dies
May 19, 2021 7:00 am - Lee Evans, the record-setting sprinter who wore a black beret in a sign of protest at the 1968 Olympics then went onto a life of humanitarian work in support of social j...
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Former District 25 school board member remembered for passion for learningMay 19, 2021 1:00 am - Susan Preissing, who merged her passions for reading and service with a 12-year tenure on the Arlington Heights Elementary District 25 Board of Education, died Friday, a...
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'Trailblazer' Corinne Wood, Illinois' first female lieutenant governor, dies of cancerMay 19, 2021 1:00 am - Corinne Wood was a trailblazing politician whose legal background, moderate voice and ability to reach across the aisle helped her become the first female lieutenant gov...