Obituaries
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David S. Wyman, Holocaust scholar, dead at 89
Mar 15, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - David S. Wyman, a leading scholar of the U.S. response to the Holocaust whose "The Abandonment of the Jews" was a provocative, best-selling critique of e...
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Brilliant, popular physicist Stephen Hawking dies at 76
Mar 14, 2018 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - In his final years, the only thing connecting the brilliant physicist to the outside world was a couple of inches of frayed nerve in his cheek. As slowly as...
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Stephen Hawking, best-known physicist of his time, has died
Mar 14, 2018 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Stephen Hawking, whose brilliant mind ranged across time and space though his body was paralyzed by disease, died Wednesday. He was 76. Hawking died at his...
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The Latest: Clinton saddened by Hawking's death
Mar 14, 2018 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The Latest on the death of Stephen Hawking (all times local): 9 p.m. Former President Bill Clinton says that he and wife Hillary are saddened by the death ...
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Lebanese author, feminist Emily Nasrallah dies at age 87
Mar 14, 2018 7:00 am - BEIRUT (AP) - Acclaimed Lebanese author and feminist Emily Nasrallah, who articulated women's experiences in her writing about Lebanon's civil war, has died at the age o...
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Ventures bassist-guitarist Nokie Edwards dead at 82
Mar 13, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Nokie Edwards, the influential lead guitarist for the "surf rock" pioneers the Ventures, has died at age 82. Ryan Greenblatt, who works on booking for th...
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Correction: Obit-Desfor story
Mar 13, 2018 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - In a story Feb. 19 about the death of former Associated Press photographer Max Desfor, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Desfor's wife Cla...
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'Flava in Ya Ear' rapper Craig Mack dies in South Carolina
Mar 13, 2018 7:00 am - WALTERBORO, S.C. (AP) - Former rapper Craig Mack, best known for the platinum 1994 hit "Flava in Ya Ear" has died in South Carolina. Colleton County Coroner Richard Harv...
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Former Brazil volleyball coach Freitas dies at 68
Mar 13, 2018 7:00 am - SAO PAULO (AP) - Bebeto de Freitas, a former volleyball coach who led Brazil to silver at the 1984 Olympics, has died of a heart attack shortly after attending a news co...
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Ken Flach, owner of 6 Grand Slam doubles titles, dies at 54
Mar 13, 2018 7:00 am - Ken Flach, who won four Grand Slam titles in men's doubles and two in mixed doubles, has died, according to the ATP World Tour and International Tennis Federation. He wa...