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Author Ntozake Shange of 'For Colored Girls' fame has died

By MARK KENNEDY
Oct 27, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Playwright, poet and author Ntozake Shange, whose most acclaimed theater piece is the 1975 Tony Award-nominated play "For Colored Girls Who Have Consider...
Ex-Wimbledon junior champion Todd Reid dies at age 34

The Associated Press
Oct 26, 2018 7:00 am - MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Tennis Australia has confirmed 2002 Wimbledon junior singles champion Todd Reid has died. He was 34. Australian media reported Friday that Re...
Country bluesman, hit songwriter Tony Joe White dies

By KRISTIN M. HALL
Oct 25, 2018 7:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A record label representative says Tony Joe White, the country bluesman and hit songwriter behind such successes as "Polk Salad Annie" and "Rainy...
James Karen, 'Mr. Teague' of 'Poltergeist,' is dead at 94

By HILLEL ITALIE
Oct 25, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - James Karen, a prolific and beloved character actor whose hundreds of credits included memorable appearances in "Poltergeist" and "The Return of the Livi...
Tony Hoagland, witty, prize-winning poet, dead at 64

The Associated Press
Oct 24, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Tony Hoagland, a prize-winning poet admired for his candor and sharp, off-beat humor, has died at age 64. Jeff Shotts, executive editor of Graywolf Press...
Woman who created green bean casserole dies at 92

SHAWN MARSH
Oct 24, 2018 7:00 am - HADDONFIELD, N.J. (AP) - The woman who created a Thanksgiving staple enjoyed by millions - the green bean casserole - has died at age 92. Dorcas Reilly died on Oct. 15 o...
Former NFL, CFL, college coach Rod Rust dies at age 90

The Associated Press
Oct 24, 2018 7:00 am - OCEAN CITY, N.J. (AP) - Rod Rust, who coached Hall of Fame defensive lineman "Mean" Joe Greene at North Texas and later served as defensive coordinator for the New Engla...
Dorcas Reilly, inventor of the green bean casserole, has died at 92

Timothy Bella The Washington Post
Oct 24, 2018 1:00 am - It started with a call from The Associated Press and a question: What's a good recipe for a vegetable side dish that features common pantry products? In 1955, the AP, li...
Norwegian hero Roenneberg who blew up Nazi plant dies at 99

By JAN M. OLSEN
Oct 22, 2018 7:00 am - COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Norway on Monday mourned World War II saboteur Joachim Roenneberg, who headed a five-man team that daringly blew up a plant producing heavy wa...
Japanese Nobel chemistry laureate Shimomura dies at 90

By MARI YAMAGUCHI
Oct 22, 2018 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Japanese-born Marine biologist Osamu Shimomura, who won the Nobel Prize in chemistry, has died. He was 90. His alma mater Nagasaki University said Monday th...

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