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Fiorentina captain Astori found dead aged 31 before match

The Associated Press
Mar 04, 2018 6:00 am - UDINE, Italy (AP) - Fiorentina captain Davide Astori was found dead in his hotel room on Sunday at the age of 31 after a suspected cardiac arrest before an Italian leagu...
Tributes to Roger Bannister, who has died at age 88

By DANIELLA MATAR
Mar 04, 2018 6:00 am - BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) - The world of athletics stopped to watch Roger Bannister run as a black-and-white video was shown on a giant screen at the world indoor athleti...
AP Was There: Roger Bannister, 30 years after his milestone

By MARCUS ELIASON
Mar 04, 2018 6:00 am - In 1984, while stationed in London for The Associated Press, I phoned Roger Bannister to request an interview for the 30th anniversary of his becoming the first man to r...
Roger Bannister, first to run sub 4-minute mile, dies at 88

By CHRIS LEHOURITES
Mar 04, 2018 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - It was a typical British afternoon in early May: wet, cool and blustery. Not exactly the ideal conditions for running four laps around a track faster than ...
Life in quotes: Roger Bannister on landmark sub 4-min mile

The Associated Press
Mar 04, 2018 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The Associated Press interviewed Roger Bannister several times in his later years, including for the 50th and 60th anniversaries of his landmark sub 4-minu...
Hialeah Park owner and breeder John Brunetti dies at 87

The Associated Press
Mar 03, 2018 6:00 am - HIALEAH, Fla. (AP) - John Brunetti, a horse breeder and the owner of historic Hialeah Park since 1977, has died at 87. Hialeah says on its website that he died at his ho...
Conductor Jesus Lopez-Cobos dead at 78.

By The Associated Press
Mar 02, 2018 6:00 am - Jesus Lopez-Cobos, the longest-tenured music director in the history of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, has died. He was 78. The Vienna State Opera says he died Frida...
Late Wheeling Rotary Club president helped lead fight against polio

By Chacour Koop
Mar 02, 2018 12:00 am - This story has been corrected to say that Jack Blane met with Bill Gates Sr., the father of the billionaire entrepreneur who founded Microsoft Corp. When Jack Blane...
William Henry Trotter Bush was brother, uncle of presidents

By FREIDA FRISARO and GARY FINEOUT
Mar 01, 2018 6:00 am - MIAMI (AP) - William Henry Trotter Bush, a wealthy investor and the brother and uncle of presidents, has died. He was 79. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush confirmed Thursday...
Harvey Schmidt who co-created 'The Fantasticks,' dies at 88

By MARK KENNEDY
Mar 01, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Harvey Schmidt, the composer of "The Fantasticks," which made its debut when Dwight D. Eisenhower was still president and became the longest running musi...

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