Obituaries
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Longtime Auburn track coach Mel Rosen has died at 90
Mar 27, 2018 7:00 am - AUBURN, Ala. (AP) - Mel Rosen, a former Auburn and Olympic track and field coach, has died. He was 90. An Auburn spokesman says Rosen died Sunday at an Auburn nursing ho...
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Linda Brown, central figure in school segregation case, dies
Mar 27, 2018 7:00 am - TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - As a girl in Kansas, Linda Brown's father tried to enroll her in an all-white school in Topeka. He and several black families were turned away, spark...
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Kansas girl at center of 1954 school segregation ruling dies
Mar 26, 2018 7:00 am - TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Linda Brown, who as a Kansas girl was at the center of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down racial segregation in schools, has die...
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First winner of Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race dies at 75
Mar 26, 2018 7:00 am - ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Dick Wilmarth, a miner who won the first-ever Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and then walked away from the sport, has died. He was 75. Wilmarth di...
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Alabama gambling magnate Milton McGregor dies at age 78
Mar 25, 2018 7:00 am - MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama gambling magnate Milton McGregor, who waged a legal war to keep his electronic bingo casino open and thwarted federal attempts to prosecu...
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Correction: Obit-Jose Antonio Abreu story
Mar 25, 2018 7:00 am - CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - In a story March 24 about the death of Venezuelan musical educator Jose Antonio Abreu, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Abreu was...
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Wayne Huizenga, who built his fortune from trash, dies at 80
Mar 24, 2018 7:00 am - MIAMI (AP) - H. Wayne Huizenga, a college dropout who built a business empire that included Blockbuster Entertainment, AutoNation and three professional sports franchise...
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Former US Sen. Zell Miller dies; he was 2-term governor
Mar 23, 2018 7:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - As Georgia's governor, Zell Miller successfully championed selling lottery tickets to fund scholarships in a Bible belt state and lost a fight to change t...
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Wayne Huizenga, who went from trash to billions, dies at 80
Mar 23, 2018 7:00 am - MIAMI (AP) - College dropout Wayne Huizenga started with a trash hauling company, struck gold during America's brief love affair with VHS tapes and eventually owned thre...
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Houseman, World Cup-winning Argentina striker, dies at 64
Mar 22, 2018 7:00 am - BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Rene Houseman, a striker who won the 1978 World Cup with Argentina, died after fighting tongue cancer for the past year. He was 64. The Ar...