Obituaries
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English beat founder 'Ranking Roger' Charlery dies at 56
Mar 27, 2019 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Musician "Ranking Roger" Charlery, singer with ska band The English Beat, has died at the age of 56. The band says Charlery died Tuesday "peacefully at his...
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Russia says pioneering cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky dies at 84
Mar 27, 2019 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Russia's space agency says pioneering Soviet-era cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky, who made the first of his three flights to space in 1963, has died at age 84. R...
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First Olympic women's aerials champ Cheryazova dies at 50
Mar 25, 2019 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Lina Cheryazova, the first woman to win an Olympic aerials skiing gold medal, has died. She was 50. Officials in the Russian city of Novosibirsk, where Che...
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Scott Walker of the Walker Brothers dies at age 76
Mar 25, 2019 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Scott Walker, the influential singer, songwriter and producer whose hits with the Walker Brothers in the 1960s included "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore,...
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Larry Cohen, director of cult horror films, dies at 77
Mar 24, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Larry Cohen, the maverick B-movie director of cult horror films "It's Alive" and "God Told Me To," has died. He was 77. Cohen's friend and spokesman, the...
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Legendary Israeli Mossad agent Rafi Eitan dies at 92
Mar 23, 2019 7:00 am - JERUSALEM (AP) - Rafi Eitan, a legendary Israeli Mossad spy who led the capture of Holocaust mastermind Adolf Eichmann, died Saturday. He was 92. Eitan was one of the fo...
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Mike Cofer, Pro Bowl linebacker for Lions, dies at 58
Mar 22, 2019 7:00 am - DETROIT (AP) - Mike Cofer, a Pro Bowl linebacker who played a decade with the Detroit Lions and is second on the team's career list in sacks, has died. He was 58. The Li...
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Art Mazmanian, star on USC's CWS title team, dies at 91
Mar 22, 2019 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Art Mazmanian, an All-American second baseman on Southern California's first College World Series championship team in 1948 who later coached future m...
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Cincinnati Reds' first African-American player dead at 94
Mar 20, 2019 7:00 am - CINCINNATI (AP) - The Cincinnati Reds' first African-American player has died at the age of 94. The team says Charles "Chuck" Harmon died Tuesday, nearly 65 years after ...
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Bernie Torme, guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne, dead at 66
Mar 19, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Bernie Torme, a guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne, died a day before his 67th birthday, according to his drummer. Drummer Mik Gaffney told The Associated Press...