Obituaries
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Publisher John Calder, champion of edgy authors, dies at 91
Aug 15, 2018 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Influential publisher John Calder, who championed avant-garde authors and battled censorship, has died, a colleague said Wednesday. He was 91. Alessandro G...
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Dave Dave, whose father set him on fire in 1983, dies at 42
Aug 15, 2018 7:00 am - LAS VEGAS (AP) - Dave Dave, a respected Las Vegas artist who was badly scarred as a boy when his father tried to burn him to death in Southern California, has died. He w...
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Former Marshall quarterback Reggie Oliver dead at 66
Aug 14, 2018 7:00 am - HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - The Marshall University quarterback who was part of the team's return after the 1970 plane crash that killed 75 players has died. Reggie Oliver ...
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Former Wheaton resident remembered as 'caring' volunteer, motherAug 14, 2018 1:00 am - You couldn't miss Jane Wambach at Marquette University's Christmas formal. The straight-A student was named queen of the school's Holly Ball that evening in the early 19...
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Former WWE star Jim 'The Anvil' Neidhart dies at 63
Aug 13, 2018 7:00 am - Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart, who joined with brother-in-law Bret Hart to form one of the top tag teams in the 1980s with the WWE, has died. He was 63. The Pasco Sheriff's O...
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V.S. Naipaul, Nobel Prize-winning author, dies at 85
Aug 12, 2018 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - V.S. Naipaul, the Trinidad-born Nobel laureate whose precise and lyrical writing in such novels as "A Bend in the River" and "A House for Mr. Biswas" and b...
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Founder of The Good Earth restaurant chain dies at age 89
Aug 12, 2018 7:00 am - RENO, Nev. (AP) - William A. "Bill" Galt, the founder of The Good Earth restaurant chain who was considered a health food pioneer, has died. He was 89. Galt died Aug. 2 ...
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Nobel Prize-winning author V.S. Naipaul dies at 85
Aug 11, 2018 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - V.S. Naipaul, the Trinidad-born Nobel laureate whose precise and lyrical writing in such novels as "A Bend in the River" and "A House for Mr. Biswas" and b...
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Ex-Hearst Newspaper chief Robert Danzig dies at 85
Aug 09, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Robert J. Danzig, who overcame difficult beginnings as a foster child during the Great Depression to become the head of Hearst Newspapers, has died, the ...
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Former world hurdles champion Bett killed in car crash at 28
Aug 08, 2018 7:00 am - NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Nicholas Bett, a Kenyan runner who won the 2015 world championship title in the 400-meter hurdles, was killed in an early-morning car crash Wednesd...