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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...
Longtime AP Sports Writer Rob Gloster has died at 62

By JIMMY GOLEN
Apr 10, 2019 7:00 am - GLOUCESTER, Mass. (AP) - Rob Gloster, a longtime Associated Press Sports Writer who covered 10 Olympics, two soccer World Cups, tennis and golf majors, and other assignm...
Country musician Earl Thomas Conley dies at 77

The Associated Press
Apr 10, 2019 7:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Country musician Earl Thomas Conley has died. He was 77. Erinn Scates of Nashville is one of Conley's daughters. She says her father passed away ...
Marilynn Smith, Hall of Famer and LPGA founder, dies at 89

The Associated Press
Apr 09, 2019 7:00 am - DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Marilynn Smith, one of the 13 founders of the LPGA Tour whose 21 victories, two majors and endless support of her tour led to her induction in...
Richard Cole, last WWII Doolittle Raider, dies in Texas

By DIANA HEIDGERD and DAN SEWELL
Apr 09, 2019 7:00 am - DALLAS (AP) - Retired Lt. Col. Richard "Dick" Cole, the last of the 80 Doolittle Tokyo Raiders who carried out the daring U.S. attack on Japan during World War II, died ...
Former Seton Hall baseball coach Mike Sheppard Sr. dies

The Associated Press
Apr 08, 2019 7:00 am - SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. (AP) - Mike Sheppard Sr., who coached Seton Hall's baseball program for 31 seasons and had 30 players reach the major leagues - including Hall of Fame...
Actor Seymour Cassel, frequent Cassavetes collaborator, dies

By LINDSEY BAHR
Apr 08, 2019 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Character actors aren't often called larger-than-life, but Seymour Cassel, was just that. The live-wire pillar of independent film known for his frequ...
Korean Air boss dies weeks after board removal over scandals

By KIM TONG-HYUNG
Apr 08, 2019 7:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Korean Air's chairman, whose leadership included scandals such as his daughter's infamous incident of "nut rage," has died due to illness, the ...
Longtime Naperville educator remembered for 'long and fruitful' service

By Lauren Rohr
Apr 08, 2019 1:00 am - Ron Gibson had a knack for recognizing potential. He saw it in students, teachers and administrators. He noticed it in classrooms and school buildings. And he used it in...
Co-founder of chart-topping The O'Jays dies of cancer at 78

The Associated Press
Apr 07, 2019 7:00 am - OCEANSIDE, Calif. (AP) - Bill Isles, an original member of the chart-topping R&B group The O'Jays, has died at his Southern California Home. He was 78. Isles died of can...

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