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Philip Roth, fearless and celebrated author, dies at 85

By HILLEL ITALIE
May 22, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Philip Roth, the prize-winning novelist and fearless narrator of sex, death, assimilation and fate, from the comic madness of "Portnoy's Complaint" to th...
Richard N. Goodwin, White House speech writer, dead at 86

By HILLEL ITALIE
May 21, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Richard N. Goodwin, an aide, speechwriter and liberal force for the Kennedys and Lyndon Johnson who helped craft such historic addresses as Robert Kenned...
Bernard Lewis, prolific Mideast scholar, dies at 101

By MATT SEDENSKY
May 21, 2018 7:00 am - Bernard Lewis, a prolific Middle East scholar whose insights on Islam illuminated debates on the region's conflicts, has died. He was 101. Lewis died Saturday at an assi...
Richard N. Goodwin, White House speech writer, dead at 86

By HILLEL ITALIE
May 21, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Richard N. Goodwin, an aide, speechwriter and liberal force for the Kennedys and Lyndon Johnson who helped craft such historic addresses as Robert Kenned...
LSU Heisman Trophy winner Billy Cannon dies at age 80

The Associated Press
May 20, 2018 7:00 am - BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Billy Cannon, the gifted running back who won the Heisman Trophy for LSU in 1959 with a memorable Halloween night punt return touchdown against M...
Patricia Morison, Broadway and Hollywood star, dies at 103

By MARK KENNEDY and ANDREW DALTON
May 20, 2018 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Patricia Morison, who originated the role of an overemotional diva in the Broadway musical "Kiss Me, Kate," starred on stage opposite Yul Brynner in "...
Former Alexian chief had vision for suburban health giant

By Steve Zalusky
May 20, 2018 1:00 am - Dean Grant, who rose from an ambulance driver to health care system CEO, is being remembered for leading the growth of the Alexian Brothers Health System into a major fo...
Reggie Lucas, who worked with Miles Davis and Madonna, dies

By The Associated Press
May 19, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Reggie Lucas, the Grammy-winning musician who played with Miles Davis in the 1970s and produced the bulk of Madonna's debut album, has died. He was 65. T...
Scholar of Russian history, aide to Ronald Reagan dies

The Associated Press
May 18, 2018 7:00 am - CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - A renowned scholar of Russian history and aide to President Ronald Reagan has died in Massachusetts. Richard Pipes was 94. His son, Daniel Pipes,...
Former Australian junior middleweight boxer Troy Waters dies

The Associated Press
May 17, 2018 7:00 am - SYDNEY (AP) - Former junior middleweight world title boxing contender Troy Waters has died following a long battle with leukemia, his family said Friday. He was 53. One ...

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