Obituaries
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Former Raiders, Gators linebacker Neiron Ball dies at age 27
Sep 10, 2019 7:00 am - Former Oakland Raiders linebacker Neiron Ball, who played college football at Florida after recovering from brain surgery, has died at age 27. Ball's sister, Natalie Bal...
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Groundbreaking photographer Robert Frank dies at age 94
Sep 10, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Robert Frank, a giant of 20th-century photography whose seminal book "The Americans" captured singular, candid moments of the 1950s and helped free pictu...
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CLC Hall of Fame coach Larry Whittier diesSep 10, 2019 1:00 am - Friends, family and former athletes will gather in Libertyville and Mundelein later this week to remember Larry J. Whittier, whose long tenure as College of Lake County'...
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Correction: AF-Obit-Robert-Mugabe story
Sep 09, 2019 7:00 am - HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - In a story Sept. 6 about the death of former Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Mugabe was "the firs...
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Susan Kamil, longtime publisher and editor, dead at 69
Sep 09, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Susan Kamil, a revered editor and publisher who found critical and commercial success with authors ranging from Salman Rushdie and Ta-Nehisi Coates to El...
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Spanish singer-songwriter Camilo Sesto dies at 72
Sep 08, 2019 7:00 am - MADRID (AP) - Spanish singer and songwriter Camilo Sesto, a popular star in the 1970s and 1980s, has died of heart failure. He was 72. Sesto's manager, Eduardo Guervós,...
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Abdul Qadir, Pakistan legspinning great, dies at age 63
Sep 07, 2019 7:00 am - LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - Abdul Qadir, the former Pakistan cricketer who was widely regarded as one of the greatest legspinners in history, died of a cardiac arrest on Fri...
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Former Cardinals outfielder Chris Duncan dies at 38
Sep 06, 2019 7:00 am - ST. LOUIS (AP) - Chris Duncan, the former outfielder who helped the St. Louis Cardinals win the 2006 World Series, died Friday. He was 38. Duncan, the son of former St. ...
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'Poseidon Adventure' actress Carol Lynley dies at 77
Sep 06, 2019 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Carol Lynley, a stage and screen actress who starred in the "The Poseidon Adventure" and appeared in numerous other film and television series, has di...
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South Africa Rugby World Cup winner Chester Williams dies
Sep 06, 2019 7:00 am - CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - Chester Williams, the only black player on South Africa's famed 1995 Rugby World Cup winning team, died on Friday of a heart attack. He wa...