Obituaries
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Gospel singer Troy Sneed dies from coronavirus complications
Apr 27, 2020 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Grammy-nominated gospel singer Troy Sneed has died from complications with the coronavirus. He was 52. Sneed's publicist Bill Carpenter said the singe...
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Ex-NASA administrator James Beggs dead at 94
Apr 26, 2020 7:00 am - BETHESDA, Md. (AP) - Former NASA administrator James M. Beggs, who led the agency during the early years of the space shuttle program and resigned after the Challenger d...
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Former Western Kentucky star center Chris Marcus, 40, dies
Apr 25, 2020 7:00 am - BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) - Chris Marcus, a two-time Associated Press All-America honorable mention selection during a decorated career at center for Western Kentucky, has...
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Des Plaines woman who loved to travel dies from COVID-19Apr 25, 2020 1:00 am - Mary Angela Christien visited every state except Hawaii during her 97 years. She no doubt had the Aloha State on her to-do list. Christien, who lived in Des Plaines sinc...
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Former Padre, officer Walters dies 17 years after being shot
Apr 24, 2020 7:00 am - SAN DIEGO (AP) - Dan Walters, who played for the San Diego Padres for parts of two seasons, has died from complications of injuries he suffered as a police officer in 20...
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Harold Reid, Statler Brothers bass singer, dies at 80
Apr 24, 2020 7:00 am - STAUNTON, Va. (AP) - Harold Reid, who sang bass for the Grammy-winning country group the Statler Brothers, has died after a long battle with kidney failure. He was 80. R...
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Shirley Knight, Oscar-nominated actress, has died at 83
Apr 23, 2020 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Shirley Knight, the Kansas-born actress who was nominated for two Oscars early in her career and went on to play an astonishing variety of roles in mo...
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Padres player-turned-cop wounded in 2003 shooting dies at 53
Apr 23, 2020 7:00 am - SAN DIEGO (AP) - Dan Walters, a former San Diego Padres catcher-turned-police officer who was paralyzed in a 2003 shooting, died Thursday, the police union said. He was ...
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Former Ohio St AD Jim Jones dies, was adviser to Woody Hayes
Apr 22, 2020 7:00 am - COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Jim Jones, a former academic assistant to football coaching great Woody Hayes who went on to serve as Ohio State athletic director in the 1980s and...
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Literary scholar Cheryl A. Wall dies at age 71
Apr 22, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Cheryl A. Wall, a longtime Rutgers University professor and prominent scholar of African American women writers who edited two Library of America volumes...