Obituaries
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Former Braves C Biff Pocoroba dies at 66; All-Star in 1978
May 28, 2020 7:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - Former Atlanta catcher Biff Pocoroba, who played in the 1978 All-Star Game and was a backup on the Braves team that won an improbable NL West title in 198...
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Larry Kramer used voice, pen to raise consciousness on AIDS
May 27, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Time never softened the urgency of Larry Kramer's demands. Theatergoers leaving a celebrated revival of Kramer's 'œThe Normal Heart'ť in 2011 were greete...
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Reaction to the death of AIDS activist, writer Larry Kramer
May 27, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Reaction to the death of Larry Kramer, the AIDS activist and playwright who turned his fury into mass protests and helped raise the profile of the diseas...
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Robb Forman Dew, prize-winning novelist, dead at 73
May 27, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Robb Forman Dew, a prize-winning fiction writer who drew upon her small-town Ohio background for such novels as 'œDale Loves Sophie to Death'ť and 'œThe ...
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Larry Kramer, playwright and AIDS activist, dies at 84
May 27, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Larry Kramer, the playwright whose angry voice and pen raised theatergoers' consciousness about AIDS and roused thousands to militant protests in the ear...
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Stanley Ho, who built Macao's gambling industry, dies at 98
May 26, 2020 7:00 am - HONG KONG (AP) - Casino tycoon Stanley Ho, whose business empire dominated the Portuguese gambling enclave of Macao for decades, died Tuesday in Hong Kong at age 98. Con...
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Jimmy Cobb, 'Kind of Blue' drummer for Miles Davis, dies
May 26, 2020 7:00 am - Jimmy Cobb, a percussionist and the last surviving member of Miles Davis' 1959 'œKind of Blue'ť groundbreaking jazz album which transformed the genre and sparked several...
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'Visionary' Elk Grove parks leader Jack Claes dies at 96May 26, 2020 1:00 am - Jack Claes grew up in New Jersey, captivated by views of the Manhattan skyline and Palisades Amusement Park. A lifetime was born in those moments. The first park distric...
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William Small, 'hero to journalism' at CBS, NBC, dies at 93
May 25, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Longtime broadcast news executive William J. Small, who led CBS News' Washington coverage during the civil rights movement, Vietnam War and Watergate and...
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Former Brazil women's soccer coach Alvarez dies at 63
May 25, 2020 7:00 am - SAO PAULO (AP) - Oswaldo Alvarez, who coached Brazil at the last two Women's World Cups, died in a Sao Paulo hospital on Monday. He was 63. Alvarez recently said he was ...