Obituaries
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British abstract artist Gillian Ayres dies at 88
Apr 11, 2018 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - British artist Gillian Ayres, whose abstract works celebrated shape and color, has died at 88. The Alan Cristea Gallery, which represented her, says Ayres ...
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Mitzi Shore, whose club was a comedy mecca, dies at 87
Apr 11, 2018 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Mitzi Shore, owner of the Los Angeles club the Comedy Store and one of the most influential figures in stand-up for more than four decades, has died. ...
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Yvonne Staples of hit-making Staple Singers dies in Chicago
Apr 10, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Yvonne Staples, whose voice and business acumen powered the success of the Staple Singers, her family's hit-making gospel group that topped the charts in ...
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Report: Austrian Holocaust denier Gerd Honsik dead at 76
Apr 09, 2018 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Gerd Honsik, an Austrian author who was considered a leading ideologue in Europe's neo-Nazi movement, has died at 76. The Austria Press Agency reports Hons...
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Prolific voice actor and comedian Chuck McCann dies at 83
Apr 09, 2018 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Chuck McCann, the zany comic who hosted a children's television show in the 1960s before branching out as a character actor in films and TV, died Sund...
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Pioneering black choreographer, director Donald McKayle dies
Apr 09, 2018 7:00 am - IRVINE, Calif. (AP) - Donald McKayle, a modern dancer and choreographer who brought the black experience in America to the Broadway stage in musicals such as "Raisin" an...
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Susan Anspach, who starred in 'Five Easy Pieces,' dead at 75
Apr 09, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Susan Anspach, a screen and stage actress best known for playing non-conformists in "Five Easy Pieces," ''Blume in Love" and other films, has died at age...
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Daniel Akaka, first Native Hawaiian in Congress, dies at 93
Apr 06, 2018 7:00 am - HONOLULU (AP) - Former Sen. Daniel Kahikina Akaka, the first Native Hawaiian elected to Congress who served for more than three decades, died Friday. He was 93. Akaka di...
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Cecil Taylor, pioneer of free-jazz movement, dead at 89
Apr 06, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Cecil Taylor, the visionary pianist who revolutionized jazz by launching the free-jazz movement in the late '50s, died Thursday at his home in Brooklyn. ...
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Studio Ghibli co-founder, director Isao Takahata dies at 82
Apr 06, 2018 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Isao Takahata, co-founder of the prestigious Japanese animator Studio Ghibli that stuck to a hand-drawn "manga" look in the face of digital filmmaking, has ...