Obituaries
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Willie Murrell, former K-State basketball star, dead at 78
Dec 20, 2018 6:00 am - MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) - Willie Murrell, the former Kansas State basketball star who is one of two Wildcats with career averages of more than 20 points and 10 rebounds, ha...
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'Laverne' role gave Marshall springboard to historic career
Dec 19, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Penny Marshall was typically self-effacing whenever her brother, the late filmmaker Garry Marshall, proudly boasted that his sister was the first female ...
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Tom Hanks, Rob Reiner and more stars mourn Penny Marshall
Dec 18, 2018 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Celebrities offer their thanks, remembrances and condolences on the death of actress-director Penny Marshall, who died Monday at 75. ___ "I loved Penn...
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Romanian-Canadian singer dies after car plunges into Danube
Dec 18, 2018 6:00 am - BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Anca Pop, a Romanian-Canadian singer-songwriter, has died after her car plunged into the Danube River. She was 34. Emergency authorities identi...
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'Laverne & Shirley' star, 'Big' director Penny Marshall dies
Dec 18, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Penny Marshall, who indelibly starred in the top-rated sitcom "Laverne & Shirley" before becoming the trailblazing director of smash-hit big-screen comed...
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Colin Kroll, co-founder of HQ Trivia, found dead
Dec 16, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Colin Kroll, a tech executive who co-founded the HQ Trivia app, has died. He was 34. The New York Police Department says officers went to Kroll's Manhatt...
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Bill Fralic, star lineman for Pitt and Falcons, dies at 56
Dec 14, 2018 6:00 am - PITTSBURGH (AP) - Bill Fralic, the burly, bruising and athletic offensive lineman who starred for the Atlanta Falcons and was a three-time All-American at Pittsburgh, ha...
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Joan Steinbrenner, wife late George Steinbrenner, dies at 83
Dec 14, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Joan Steinbrenner, the wife of late New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, died Friday. She was 83. The Yankees said she died surrounded by family a...
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Nancy Wilson, Grammy winning jazz singer, dies at 81
Dec 14, 2018 6:00 am - Nancy Wilson, the Grammy-winning "song stylist" and torch singer whose polished pop-jazz vocals made her a platinum artist and top concert performer, has died. Wilson, w...
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Oscar-nominated actress Sondra Locke dies at 74
Dec 13, 2018 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Actress and director Sondra Locke, who was nominated for an Academy Award for her first film role in 1968's "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" and went on...