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Obituaries

Remembering John Lewis, rights icon and `American hero'

By CALVIN WOODWARD
Jul 18, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - People paid great heed to John Lewis for much of his life in the civil rights movement. But at the very beginning - when he was just a kid wanting to b...
Phyllis Somerville, actor of stage and screen, dies at 76

The Associated Press
Jul 17, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Phyllis Somerville, an actor with a lengthy career of roles in film, television and Broadway productions, has died. She was 76. Somerville's manager Paul...
Rev. C.T. Vivian, key civil rights leader, has died at 95

By DESIREE SEALS and MICHAEL WARREN
Jul 17, 2020 7:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - The Rev. C.T. Vivian, an early and key adviser to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. who organized pivotal civil rights campaigns and spent decades advocatin...
Veteran foreign correspondent Christopher Dickey dies at 68

The Associated Press
Jul 17, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Christopher Dickey, a veteran foreign correspondent and author who was a Paris-based editor for The Daily Beast, has died. The Daily Beas...
John Lewis, lion of civil rights and Congress, dies at 80

By Calvin Woodward Associated Press
Jul 17, 2020 1:00 am - ATLANTA - John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize opposition to racial segregation, and w...
Former Phillies All-Star infielder Tony Taylor dies at 84

The Associated Press
Jul 16, 2020 7:00 am - PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Tony Taylor, a former Philadelphia Phillies infielder and coach, died Thursday. He was 84. The Phillies said in a statement that Taylor died from com...
'Magic School Bus' author Joanna Cole dies at age 75

The Associated Press
Jul 15, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Author Joanna Cole, whose 'œMagic School Bus'ť books transported millions of young people on extraordinary and educational adventures, has died at age 75...
World-class hoop dancer Nakotah LaRance dies

The Associated Press
Jul 14, 2020 7:00 am - Champion hoop dancer Nakotah LaRance, who traveled the world performing with Cirque du Soleil then returned to New Mexico to coach youth dancers, has died at age 30. La...
'Mythbusters' star Grant Imahara dies from brain aneurysm

The Associated Press
Jul 14, 2020 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Grant Imahara, the longtime host of Discovery Channel's 'œMythbusters,'ť died from a brain aneurysm, the network said Tuesday. Imahara died Monday at...
British journalist Jo Tuckman dies in Mexico after illness

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA
Jul 14, 2020 7:00 am - MEXICO CITY (AP) - Soon after arriving in Mexico in 2000, British journalist Jo Tuckman reported on what many Mexicans could scarcely have imagined: the election defeat ...

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