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Jonathan Wolman, Detroit News editor, former AP exec, dies

By DAVID CRARY
Apr 15, 2019 7:00 am - Jonathan Wolman, who over more than 45 years in journalism served as editor and publisher of The Detroit News and previously worked as a reporter, Washington bureau chie...
David Brion Davis, scholar of slavery, dead at 92

By HILLEL ITALIE
Apr 15, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - David Brion Davis, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian who documented the centrality of slavery in Western culture through a landmark trilogy that made hi...
Charles Gross, husband to Joyce Carol Oates, dies at 83

By The Associated Press
Apr 14, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Charles Gross, a longtime Princeton professor of neuroscience and husband to author Joyce Carol Oates, has died. He was 83. Oates said in an email Gross ...
Broadis, oldest former England international, dies at 96

The Associated Press
Apr 13, 2019 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Ivor Broadis, a World War II veteran who become a professional soccer player and was the oldest surviving former England international, has died. He was 96...
Marine whose book helped inspire HBO's 'The Pacific' dies

The Associated Press
Apr 12, 2019 7:00 am - LANCASTER, Texas (AP) - A Marine whose book about grueling jungle combat during WWII became a basis for the HBO miniseries "The Pacific" has died at his home in Texas. S...
Former pitcher Scott Sanderson has died at 62

The Associated Press
Apr 12, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Scott Sanderson, the right-hander who helped the Chicago Cubs make two playoff appearances and was a member of four postseason teams during a 19-year care...
Former Liverpool captain Tommy Smith dies at 74

The Associated Press
Apr 12, 2019 7:00 am - LIVERPOOL, England (AP) - Tommy Smith, a tough-tackling former Liverpool captain whose goal helped his hometown club win the European Cup for the first time, has died. H...
Former Kansas City Chiefs tight end Walter White has died

The Associated Press
Apr 12, 2019 7:00 am - KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The Kansas City Chiefs say former tight end Walter White has died. White was 67. The team said White's family said he died Wednesday of complic...
Chancellor Angela Merkel's mother has died at age 90

The Associated Press
Apr 11, 2019 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Chancellor Angela Merkel's office says the German leader's mother, Herlind Kasner, has died. She was 90. Merkel's office confirmed the death in a short sta...
Charles Van Doren, figure in game show scandals, dies at 93

By DAVE COLLINS
Apr 10, 2019 7:00 am - HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Charles Van Doren, the dashing young academic whose meteoric rise and fall as a corrupt game show contestant in the 1950s inspired the movie "Quiz...

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