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Capt. Tom Moore, WWII vet whose walk cheered UK, dies at 100

By DANICA KIRKA
Feb 02, 2021 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Capt. Tom Moore, the World War II veteran who walked into the hearts of a nation in lockdown as he shuffled up and down his garden to raise money for healt...
Former AFL-CIO President John Sweeney dies at age 86

By DINO HAZELL
Feb 02, 2021 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - John Sweeney, who spent 14 years steering the AFL-CIO through a time of declining union membership and rising internal dissent, has died. He was 86. He...
Hal Holbrook, prolific actor who played Twain, dies at 95

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer
Feb 02, 2021 12:00 am - NEW YORK - Hal Holbrook, the award-winning character actor who toured the world for more than 50 years as Mark Twain in a one-man show and uttered the immortal advice "F...
Cicely Tyson, purposeful and pioneering actor, dead at 96

By MARK KENNEDY
Feb 01, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Cicely Tyson, the pioneering Black actor who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper's wife in 'œSounder,'ť won a Tony Award in 2013 ...
'Saved by the Bell' star Dustin Diamond dies of cancer at 44

By MARK KENNEDY
Feb 01, 2021 6:00 am - 'œSaved by the Bell'ť star Dustin Diamond died Monday after a three-week fight with cancer, according to his representative. He was 44. 'œDustin did not suffer. He did n...
Famed San Francisco private eye Palladino dies after attack

By JANIE HAR and JOHN ROGERS
Feb 01, 2021 6:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Jack Palladino, the flamboyant private investigator whose clients ranged from presidents and corporate whistleblowers to scandal-plagued celebrities...
John Forbes, horse trainer and racing advocate, dies at 73

The Associated Press
Feb 01, 2021 6:00 am - OCEANPORT, N.J. (AP) - John Forbes, a horse racing advocate and thoroughbred trainer who won more than 2,100 races, has died. He was 73. Forbes, the president of the New...
Olympic cycling silver medalist Szurkowski dies at 75

The Associated Press
Feb 01, 2021 6:00 am - WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Ryszard Szurkowski, a two-time Olympic cycling silver medalist from Poland, died Monday. He was 75. Iwona Arkuszewska-Szurkowska said her husband d...
'Saved by the Bell' star Dustin Diamond dies of cancer at 44

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer
Feb 01, 2021 12:00 am - "Saved by the Bell" star Dustin Diamond died Monday after a three-week fight with cancer, according to his representative. He was 44. "Dustin did not suffer. He did not ...
Hilton Valentine, founding Animals guitarist, dies at 77

By PAN PYLAS
Jan 31, 2021 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Hilton Valentine, the founding guitarist of the English rock and roll band The Animals who is credited with coming up with one of the most famous opening r...

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