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Hall of Fame outfielder, speedster Brock dies at age 81

By HILLEL ITALIE
Sep 06, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Hall of Famer Lou Brock, one of baseball's signature leadoff hitters and base stealers who helped the St. Louis Cardinals win three pennants and two Worl...
Lou Brock, who went from Cubs to Cardinals in infamous trade, dies at 81

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer
Sep 06, 2020 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Hall of Famer Lou Brock, one of baseball's signature leadoff hitters and base stealers who helped the St. Louis Cardinals win three pennants and two World Ser...
David Gaines, former Globetrotter, college coach, dies at 80

The Associated Press
Sep 05, 2020 7:00 am - DETROIT (AP) - David 'œSmokey'ť Gaines, the former Harlem Globetrotters and ABA player who coached at Detroit-Mercy and San Diego State, has died. He was 80. Gaines died...
Belgian singer and actress Annie Cordy dies, aged 92

The Associated Press
Sep 04, 2020 7:00 am - BRUSSELS (AP) - Belgian singer and actress Annie Cordy, who recorded several popular hits and was made a baroness by King Albert II, has died, the government announced F...
Bocharova, star of 1st Soviet Olympic gymnastics team, dies

The Associated Press
Sep 03, 2020 7:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - Nina Bocharova, an Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast in the first Soviet Union team sent to a games, has died. She was 95. The Ukraine-born...
David Graeber, influential in Occupy Wall Street, dies at 59

By DANICA KIRKA
Sep 03, 2020 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - David Graeber, who helped organize the Occupy Wall Street movement, has died in Venice, his agent said. He was 59. A professor of anthropology at the Londo...
Tom Vint, retired AP sports writer, dies of COVID-19 at 72

By ERIC OLSON
Sep 02, 2020 7:00 am - OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - As much as Tom Vint loved writing about sports, he might have loved playing and coaching sports more. Vint, who covered the dominant Nebraska football...
Khmer Rouge's chief jailer, guilty of war crimes, dies at 77

By SOPHENG CHEANG and JERRY HARMER
Sep 02, 2020 7:00 am - PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - The Khmer Rouge's chief jailer, who admitted overseeing the torture and killings of as many as 16,000 Cambodians while running the regime's m...
Tom Seaver, Mets pitching great, who got 300th win with White Sox, dies at 75

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer
Sep 02, 2020 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Tom Seaver, the galvanizing leader of the Miracle Mets 1969 championship team and a pitcher who personified the rise of expansion teams during an era of radic...
Iconic suburban auto dealer Bob Rohrman dies

By Eric Peterson
Sep 02, 2020 1:00 am - Bob Rohrman, the iconic auto dealer known for his comical television commercials and namesake suburban dealerships, died peacefully from natural causes Tuesday evening w...

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