Obituaries
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The Latest: Reaction to the death of a 'night tripper'
Jun 06, 2019 7:00 am - NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Latest on the death of Mac Rebennack, the New Orleans musician better known as Dr. John (all times local): 6 p.m. Louisiana's governor is remember...
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Champions League architect Lennart Johansson dies at 89
Jun 05, 2019 7:00 am - STOCKHOLM (AP) - Lennart Johansson, who oversaw the introduction of the Champions League during a 17-year reign as president of European soccer's governing body, has die...
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Cataract treatment inventor Dr. Patricia Bath dies at 76
Jun 04, 2019 7:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Dr. Patricia Bath, a pioneering ophthalmologist who became the first African American female doctor to receive a medical patent after she invented a...
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Former Syracuse and NBA star Billy Gabor dead at 97
Jun 04, 2019 7:00 am - SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - Former Syracuse basketball star Billy Gabor, who went on to play for the Syracuse Nationals of the NBA, has died. Gabor, who played at Syracuse dur...
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Pioneering sailmaker Lowell North dies at 89.
Jun 03, 2019 7:00 am - SAN DIEGO (AP) - Lowell North, a pioneering sailmaker who won an Olympic gold medal and four world championships in the venerable Star Class, has died. He was 89. North ...
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Legendary Queen of Creole Cuisine, Leah Chase, dies at 96
Jun 02, 2019 7:00 am - NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans chef and civil rights icon Leah Chase, who created the city's first white-tablecloth restaurant for black patrons, broke the city's segreg...
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Famed New Orleans chef who fed civil rights leaders dies
Jun 02, 2019 7:00 am - NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Legendary New Orleans chef Leah Chase always had problems when customers asked if she served "soul food." Well, that would depend on where your soul w...
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Pioneering psychedelic rocker Roky Erickson dies at 71
Jun 01, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Roky Erickson, the blue-eyed, dark-haired Texan who headed the Austin-based 13th Floor Elevators, a pioneering psychedelic rock band in the 1960s that sc...
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Former Spain midfielder Reyes dies in traffic accident at 35
Jun 01, 2019 7:00 am - MADRID (AP) - José Antonio Reyes, the former Spain midfielder who won five Europa League titles and was part of Arsenal's unbeaten "Invincibles" squad, has been killed ...
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FINA: Vice president Dennis Miller dies aged 61
May 31, 2019 7:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - Swimming governing body FINA said Friday that vice president Dennis Miller of Fiji had died of cancer. He was 61. FINA said Miller, a former...