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Givenchy, designer of Hepburn's little black dress, has died

By SYLVIE CORBET
Mar 12, 2018 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - French couturier Hubert de Givenchy, a pioneer of ready-to-wear who designed Audrey Hepburn's little black dress in "Breakfast at Tiffany's," has died at 91...
British comedy veteran Ken Dodd dies at 90

The Associated Press
Mar 12, 2018 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - British comedian Ken Dodd, whose seven-decade career stretched from the music-hall era to the age of social media, has died, his publicist said Monday. He ...
Givenchy legacy: Hepburn's little black dress, and much more

The Associated Press
Mar 12, 2018 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - In her sleeveless black gown, with rows of pearl at the neck and oversized sunglasses, Audrey Hepburn's Holly Golightly defined understated elegance. Hers w...
Russian actor, stage director Oleg Tabakov dies at 82

The Associated Press
Mar 12, 2018 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Oleg Tabakov, a Russian actor and theater director who for decades was one of the most revered figures in Russia's theater and film communities, has died. ...
German ex-Catholic head Cardinal Karl Lehmann dies at 81

The Associated Press
Mar 11, 2018 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Cardinal Karl Lehmann, the former head of Germany's Catholic Bishops Conference, has died. He was 81. The Catholic group said in a statement that Lehmann d...
Ronnie Franklin, jockey for Spectacular Bid, dies at 58

By DAVID GINSBURG
Mar 10, 2018 6:00 am - BALTIMORE (AP) - Ronnie Franklin, who rode Spectacular Bid to victory in the 1979 Kentucky Derby and Preakness before their Triple Crown try was derailed in the Belmont,...
John Sulston, who decoded the human genome, dies at 75

The Associated Press
Mar 09, 2018 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - John Sulston, a Nobel Prize-winning British scientist who helped decode the human genome, has died. He was 75. The Wellcome Sanger Institute, the successor...
Swear, law officer and TV show advisor, dead at 60

The Associated Press
Mar 07, 2018 6:00 am - GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - D'Wayne Swear, a law enforcement officer in Louisiana and Mississippi whose career with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service led to a job as a...
Poet Lucie Brock-Broido dead at 61

The Associated Press
Mar 07, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Lucie Brock-Broido, a prize-winning poet and educator, has died at age 61. Publisher Alfred A. Knopf announced Wednesday that Brock-Broido died Tuesday a...
Woody Durham, longtime voice of Tar Heels sports, dies at 76

The Associated Press
Mar 07, 2018 6:00 am - CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - Woody Durham, the retired "Voice of the Tar Heels" who called North Carolina football and basketball games for four decades, died Wednesday. He ...

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