Obituaries
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Spade remembered as vibrant and colorful, like her creations
Jun 06, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Bright. Vibrant. Colorful. And, most essentially, fun. The same words used so often to describe Kate Spade's enormously popular handbags - "It" bags that...
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Dwight Clark, 49er great who made 'The Catch,' dies at 61
Jun 05, 2018 7:00 am - SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) - Dwight Clark will forever be remembered for one iconic moment, his leap in the back of the end zone to make a fingertip grab of a game-winning...
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Spade remembered as vibrant and colorful, like her creations
Jun 05, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Bright. Vibrant. Colorful. And, most essentially, fun. The same words used so often to describe Kate Spade's enormously popular handbags - "It" bags that...
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Space pioneer Georg von Tiesenhausen dies at Alabama home
Jun 05, 2018 7:00 am - HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) - Georg von Tiesenhausen, the last of the German rocket team that launched the U.S. space program, has died at his Alabama home. He was 104. U.S. S...
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Officials: Designer Kate Spade found dead in apartment
Jun 05, 2018 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Kate Spade, a fashion designer known for her sleek handbags, was found dead in the bedroom of her Park Avenue apartment Tuesday in an apparent suicide, law en...
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Alaska broadcaster known for Yup'ik stories dies
Jun 04, 2018 7:00 am - ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - An Alaska Native broadcaster who helped preserve the Yup'ik language and culture one story at a time died Monday. John Active was 69. Active wor...
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Nation of Islam says leader Louis Farrakhan's son has died
Jun 04, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The Nation of Islam says the oldest son of Minister Louis Farrakhan has died. The group's Chicago headquarters says 60-year-old Louis Farrakhan Jr. died o...
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Clarence Fountain, a founder of Blind Boys of Alabama, dies
Jun 04, 2018 7:00 am - BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A founding member of the Grammy-winning gospel group the Blind Boys of Alabama has died. Clarence Fountain was 88. Fountain died Sunday in a hosp...
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Suburban priest John Tapper recalled as 'shy, bright and devoted'Jun 04, 2018 1:00 am - The life of the Rev. John W. Tapper, who served as associate pastor at Our Lady of the Wayside Parish in Arlington Heights, St. Cecilia Parish in Mount Prospect and seve...
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Ella Brennan dies at 92, mentored chefs Prudhomme, Lagasse
May 31, 2018 7:00 am - NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Ella Brennan, who couldn't cook but played a major role in putting New Orleans on the world's culinary map, died Thursday. She was 92. "Tonight, the i...