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US animator, filmmaker Gene Deitch dies in Prague at 95

The Associated Press
Apr 18, 2020 7:00 am - PRAGUE (AP) - Gene Deitch, an American Oscar-winning illustrator, animator, film director and producer has died. He was 95. His Czech publisher, Petr Himmel, told The As...
Bob Hermann, soccer boss who helped found NASL, dies at 97

The Associated Press
Apr 17, 2020 7:00 am - LADUE, Mo. (AP) - Bob Hermann, the soccer executive who launched the Hermann Trophy given annually to the top college soccer players in the United States, has died at ag...
Former Leeds defender Norman Hunter dies at 76 with COVID-19

The Associated Press
Apr 17, 2020 7:00 am - LEEDS, England (AP) - Norman Hunter, a former Leeds defender who was part of England's World Cup-winning squad in 1966, died Friday with COVID-19. He was 76. Hunter, who...
Jane Hull, first woman elected Arizona governor, dies at 84

By PAUL DAVENPORT
Apr 17, 2020 7:00 am - PHOENIX (AP) - Jane Hull, Arizona's first woman elected governor and part of the 'œFab Five'ť celebrated as the nation's first all-female elected state executive branch ...
Jackie Court, first woman of color to coach at Brown, dies

The Associated Press
Apr 16, 2020 7:00 am - PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Jackie Court, who was the first woman of color hired to coach at Brown University, has died, the university said in a statement. She was 81. No c...
Music industry mainstay Knox Phillips dies in Memphis

By ADRIAN SAINZ
Apr 16, 2020 7:00 am - MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Knox Phillips, the son of renowned music producer Sam Phillips and an enthusiastic ambassador of Memphis music who worked on records by Jerry Lee L...
Pioneering boxing ref dies, sport's 1st black Olympic judge

By JOHN SEEWER
Apr 16, 2020 7:00 am - TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - Carmen Williamson, who in the 1940s and '50s was a top U.S. amateur boxer and then in 1984 became the first black boxing referee and judge at the Oly...
'~E.T.,' 'Bugsy' cinematographer Allen Daviau dies at 77

By LINDSEY BAHR
Apr 16, 2020 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Cinematographer Allen Daviau, who shot three of Steven Spielberg's films including 'œE.T. The Extra-Terrestrial,'ť has died. A representative from the...
Brian Dennehy, Tony-winning stage, screen actor, dies at 81

By MARK KENNEDY
Apr 16, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Brian Dennehy, the burly actor who started in films as a macho heavy and later in his career won plaudits for his stage work in plays by William Shakespe...
Brian Dennehy, Tony-winning stage, screen actor, dies at 81

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer
Apr 16, 2020 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Brian Dennehy, the burly actor who started in films as a macho heavy and later in his career won plaudits for his stage work in plays by William Shakespeare, ...

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