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Czech filmmaker Vojtech Jasny dies at age 93

The Associated Press
Nov 16, 2019 6:00 am - PRAGUE (AP) - Vojtech Jasny, a filmmaker who belonged to the new wave of Czechoslovak cinema in the 1960s, has died. He was 93. Slovacke divadlo, a theatre he frequently...
Vera Clemente, Roberto Clemente's widow, has died

The Associated Press
Nov 16, 2019 6:00 am - PITTSBURGH (AP) - Vera Clemente, the widow of Hall of Fame outfielder Roberto Clemente and a goodwill ambassador for Major League Baseball, has died. She was 78. MLB and...
Last survivor of the Hindenburg disaster dies at age 90

By KATHY McCORMACK
Nov 16, 2019 6:00 am - CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - The last remaining survivor of the Hindenburg disaster, who suffered severe burns to his face, arms and legs before his mother managed to toss him a...
Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Cady dies unexpectedly

By DAVID PITT
Nov 16, 2019 6:00 am - DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Mark Cady, the soft-spoken chief justice of the Iowa Supreme Court who wrote key decisions on gay marriage and abortion access that rankled socia...
'œSchindler's List'ť producer Branko Lustig dies at 87

The Associated Press
Nov 14, 2019 6:00 am - ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) - Branko Lustig, an Oscar-winning Croatian film producer and Holocaust survivor, died Thursday. He was 87. The Yad Vashem center in Jerusalem said L...
Tour de France '~eternal runner-up' Poulidor dies at 83

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN
Nov 13, 2019 6:00 am - BRUSSELS (AP) - Raymond Poulidor, the 'œeternal runner-up'ť whose repeated failure to win the Tour de France helped him conquer French hearts and become the country's al...
Longtime AP sports writer, editor Ben Olan dies at 96

The Associated Press
Nov 11, 2019 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Ben Olan, a sports writer and editor at The Associated Press for more than 50 years who was honored by the NHL Hall of Fame, has died. He was 96. Known f...
Former Spartan, NFL receiver Charles Rogers dies at age 38

By COREY WILLIAMS and LARRY LAGE
Nov 11, 2019 6:00 am - DETROIT (AP) - Former Michigan State star and Detroit Lions receiver Charles Rogers has died at the age of 38. A woman who identified herself as Cathy Rogers, his mother...
Beatles album cover photographer Robert Freeman dies at 82

By JILL LAWLESS
Nov 09, 2019 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Photographer Robert Freeman, who helped define the image of The Beatles with some of the band's best-known album covers, has died aged 82. A statement on T...
Leading intellectual in Benin, Albert Tevoedjre, dies at 89

By VIRGILE AHISSOU
Nov 06, 2019 6:00 am - COTONOU, Benin (AP) - Albert Tevoedjre, a Benin political scientist and one of former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's most trusted experts on social and economic dev...

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