Obituaries
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Broadway veteran Nick Cordero dies from COVID-19 complications
Jul 06, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK - Tony Award-nominated actor Nick Cordero, who specialized in playing tough guys on Broadway in such shows as "Waitress," "A Bronx Tale" and "Bullets Over Broad...
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Country rocker and fiddler Charlie Daniels dies at age 83
Jul 06, 2020 1:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Charlie Daniels, who went from being an in-demand session musician to a staple of Southern rock with his hit "Devil Went Down to Georgia," has died at...
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Earl Cameron, pioneering British film actor, dies at 102
Jul 04, 2020 7:00 am - Earl Cameron, who was one of the first Black actors to perform in mainstream British films and played supporting roles to enduring entertainment icons such as James Bond...
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Christian Garrison, author, filmmaker, dies in NC at age 78
Jul 03, 2020 7:00 am - WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - Christian Garrison, an author and filmmaker who displayed an unfiltered slice of 1960s Mississippi hill country life in a short film about inf...
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Gary Longhi, a 4-time Paralympian for Canada, dies at 56
Jul 03, 2020 7:00 am - Gary Longhi, a four-time Paralympian road cyclist and Canada's flag-bearer for the opening ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Paralympics, has died. He was 56. The Canadian Par...
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Top Bollywood choreographer Saroj Khan dies at 71
Jul 03, 2020 7:00 am - NEW DELHI (AP) - Saroj Khan, a top Bollywood choreographer, died of cardiac arrest in a Mumbai hospital early Friday, her family said. She was 71. The three-time Nationa...
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Feder: NBC Chicago launched record-setting run for Hugh DownsJul 03, 2020 1:00 am - The great Hugh Downs, whose more than five decades in television earned him a Guinness-certified record for most hours on network TV, started it all in Chicago, Robert F...
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Hugh Downs, genial presence on TV news and game shows, dies
Jul 02, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Hugh Downs, the genial, versatile broadcaster who became one of television's most familiar and welcome faces with more than 15,000 hours on news, game an...
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Former West Indies cricketer Everton Weekes dies aged 95.
Jul 01, 2020 7:00 am - BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AP) - Everton Weekes, who formed one of the famous three 'œWs'ť of West Indian cricket as part of a formidable batting lineup for more than a decad...
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Carl Reiner, comedy's rare untortured genius, dies at 98
Jun 30, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - No one in the world of comedy was more admired, and loved, than Carl Reiner. Reiner was the rare untortured genius of comedy, his career a story of laugh...