Obituaries
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Former St. John's baseball coach, player Russo dies at 74
May 27, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Former St. John's baseball coach and player Joe Russo, who captained the team to the College World Series in 1966 as a slick-fielding shortstop and retur...
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Nobel-winning physicist Murray Gell-Man dies at 89
May 26, 2019 7:00 am - SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Murray Gell-Mann, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist who brought order to the universe by helping discover and classify subatomic particles, has die...
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Auburn announcer Rod Bramblett, wife killed in auto accident
May 26, 2019 7:00 am - AUBURN, Ala. (AP) - Rod Bramblett, the longtime radio announcer for Auburn football and basketball games, and his wife were killed in a two-vehicle accident. Lee County ...
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Former Thai Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda dies at 98
May 26, 2019 7:00 am - BANGKOK (AP) - Prem Tinsulanonda, who as an army commander, prime minister and adviser to the royal palace was one of Thailand's most influential political figures over ...
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Founder of Rosemont Cavaliers, trendsetter for drum and bugle corps diesMay 25, 2019 1:00 am - Don Warren founded the Rosemont Cavaliers and helped guide the drum and bugle corps to more than 20 national titles and seven world championships with Drum Corps Interna...
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WWII Code Talker and longtime NM lawmaker dies at 94
May 24, 2019 7:00 am - SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - John Pinto, a Navajo Code Talker in World War II who became one of the nation's longest serving Native American elected officials as a New Mexico s...
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'The Tiger Who Came to Tea' author Judith Kerr dies at 95
May 23, 2019 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Judith Kerr, a refugee from Nazi Germany who wrote and illustrated the bestselling "The Tiger Who Came to Tea" and other beloved children's books, has died...
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Kenyan author, LGBT activist Binyavanga Wainaina dies at 48
May 22, 2019 7:00 am - NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - One of Africa's best-known authors and gay rights activists, Binyavanga Wainaina, has died at age 48, a colleague and friend said Wednesday. The Ke...
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Spanish economist, science TV show host Punset dies at 82
May 22, 2019 7:00 am - MADRID (AP) - Eduard Punset, a Spanish writer, economist and lawyer known for his popular science shows on Spanish television, has died at age 82. Punset passed away in ...
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Jake Black, of Alabama 3 and 'Sopranos' theme fame, dies
May 22, 2019 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Jake Black, co-writer of the song that opened "The Sopranos" and co-founder of the English electronic band Alabama 3, has died. The band announced Black's ...