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Civil rights activist the Rev. Clay Evans dead at age 94

The Associated Press
Nov 27, 2019 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Prominent Chicago minister and gospel music singer the Rev. Clay Evans, a civil rights activist who embraced Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. when he expanded h...
Ruckelshaus, who defied Nixon in Watergate firing, dies

By GENE JOHNSON
Nov 27, 2019 6:00 am - SEATTLE (AP) - William Doyle Ruckelshaus, who famously quit his job in the U.S. Justice Department rather than carry out President Richard Nixon's order to fire the spec...
Australian journalist, writer and wit Clive James dies at 80

By JILL LAWLESS
Nov 27, 2019 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Clive James, an Australian journalist, joker and intellectual who had a long career as a writer and broadcaster in the U.K., has died. He was 80. James' re...
Taiwanese-Canadian model-actor Godfrey Gao dies on set

The Associated Press
Nov 27, 2019 6:00 am - HONG KONG (AP) - Taiwanese-Canadian model-actor Godfrey Gao has died after suffering an apparent heart attack while on set in China. Gao was filming a sports reality sho...
Director, Beyond the Fringe star Jonathan Miller dies at 85

By JILL LAWLESS
Nov 27, 2019 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Jonathan Miller, the polymath British stage director, filmmaker and comedian who co-created groundbreaking comedy revue 'œBeyond the Fringe,'ť has died at ...
Celebrity chef Gary Rhodes dies at 59 with wife by his side

The Associated Press
Nov 27, 2019 6:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Celebrity chef Gary Rhodes, who helped transform the stodgy reputation of British food, has died aged 59 with his wife Jennie by his s...
Jakob Kuhn, former Switzerland soccer coach, dies aged 76

The Associated Press
Nov 26, 2019 6:00 am - BERN, Switzerland (AP) - Jakob Kuhn, who coached Switzerland's national soccer team at three straight major tournaments from 2004-08, has died. He was 76. The Swiss socc...
Gahan Wilson, darkly funny cartoonist, dies at 89

The Associated Press
Nov 25, 2019 6:00 am - SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) - Gahan Wilson, whose humorous and often macabre cartoons were a mainstay in magazines including Playboy, the New Yorker and National Lampoon, die...
Henry Bullough, ex-NFL coach, Spartans player, dies at 85

The Associated Press
Nov 25, 2019 6:00 am - EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Henry Bullough, a former NFL coach and a guard on Michigan State's national title team in 1952, has died. He was 85. The university Monday ann...
Fiery theater critic John Simon has died at 94

By MARK KENNEDY
Nov 25, 2019 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - John Simon, a theater and film critic known for his lacerating reviews and often withering assessment of performers' physical appearance, has died. He wa...

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