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British sports writer Hugh McIlvanney dies at age 84

The Associated Press
Jan 25, 2019 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Hugh McIlvanney, widely regarded as one of Britain's greatest and most authoritative sports writers, has died. He was 84. The Football Writers' Association...
Tom Raum, versatile Washington reporter for AP, is dead

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
Jan 25, 2019 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Tom Raum, a versatile writer who covered three presidents, Congress and national politics and translated knotty economic issues for readers during 44 y...
Bob Gates, UNO leader in baseball coaching wins, dies at 92

The Associated Press
Jan 24, 2019 6:00 am - OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Bob Gates, the University of Nebraska at Omaha's all-time baseball wins leader and a state champion coach at Omaha Holy Name in the 1950s, has died. T...
Diana Athill, literary editor and writer, dies at age 101

By JILL LAWLESS
Jan 24, 2019 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Diana Athill, a writer and editor who honed the work of novelists including John Updike and Margaret Atwood before finding late-life fame as a frank and fe...
Russell Baker, author and NY Times columnist is dead at 93

The Associated Press
Jan 23, 2019 6:00 am - LEESBURG, Va. (AP) - Russell Baker, the genial, but sharp-witted writer who won Pulitzer Prizes for his humorous columns in The New York Times and a moving autobiography...
Hazel Head, mother of Pat Summitt, dies at 93

The Associated Press
Jan 23, 2019 6:00 am - HENRIETTA, Tenn. (AP) - Hazel Head, the mother of former longtime Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt, has died. She was 93. Casey Davis, Head's granddaughter...
Zimbabwe and world music star Oliver Mtukudzi dies at 66

By FARAI MUTSAKA and ANDREW MELDRUM
Jan 23, 2019 6:00 am - HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - One of Zimbabwe and Africa's most iconic musicians, Oliver Mtukudzi, died on Wednesday at age 66 after decades of rollicking, captivating perform...
Jonas Mekas, 'godfather' of avant-garde, dies at 96

By HILLEL ITALIE
Jan 23, 2019 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Jonas Mekas the Lithuanian-born director, critic, patron and poet widely regarded as the godfather of modern American avant-garde film and as an indispen...
Maxine Brown Russell of country trio The Browns dead at 87

By KRISTIN M. HALL
Jan 22, 2019 6:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Maxine Brown Russell, who together with her brother Jim Ed Brown and sister Bonnie Brown formed the country trio The Browns, has died. She was 87...
Photographer Leighton Mark, shot in Beirut in 1984, has died

The Associated Press
Jan 22, 2019 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Leighton Mark, a photojournalist who taught himself to make pictures with one arm after he was wounded in 1984 while covering the civil war in Lebanon,...

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