Obituaries
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Legendary African filmmaker Idrissa Ouedraogo dies at 64
Feb 19, 2018 6:00 am - OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) - Colleagues say prolific filmmaker Idrissa Ouedraogo has died in his home country of Burkina Faso. The National Union of Burkina Faso Fil...
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Olympic hammer champion Litvinov dies aged 60
Feb 19, 2018 6:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Sergei Litvinov, the 1988 Olympic gold medalist in the men's hammer throw, has died. He was 60. The Russian track and field federation said in a statement ...
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French jazz violinist Didier Lockwood dies suddenly at 62
Feb 19, 2018 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - French jazz violinist Didier Lockwood, whose eclectic career spanned more than four decades and the world's most prestigious festivals and concert halls, ha...
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Detroit radio host Cliff Russell dies of heart attack
Feb 19, 2018 6:00 am - DETROIT (AP) - Detroit radio host Cliff Russell, whose talk show focused on issues affecting the city's black residents, has died. Greg Russell said his brother died Sun...
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Legendary climber Jim Bridwell dies at 73
Feb 17, 2018 6:00 am - PALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) - Jim Bridwell, a hard-partying hippie and legendary climber who lived his life vertically on some of the toughest peaks in Yosemite National Pa...
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Former Argonauts coach/GM Leo Cahill dies at 89
Feb 16, 2018 6:00 am - TORONTO (AP) - Leo Cahill, the colorful former coach and general manager of the Canadian Football League's Toronto Argonauts, died Friday. He was 89. "Leo The Lip" was T...
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Former prep coach, UGA star, Billy Henderson dies at age 89
Feb 15, 2018 6:00 am - ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - Billy Henderson, a two-sport athlete at the University of Georgia before a long high school football coaching career that included three state champio...
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Prince Henrik, husband of Danish monarch, dies at age 83
Feb 14, 2018 6:00 am - COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Prince Henrik, the French-born husband of Danish monarch Queen Margrethe who publicly vented his frustration at not being the social equal of ...
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Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai dies at 65
Feb 14, 2018 6:00 am - JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai died Wednesday at age 65, ending a long campaign to lead his country that brought him jailings, beatin...
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Woman who got attention by giving birth to 7 kids has died
Feb 14, 2018 6:00 am - SAN DIEGO (AP) - Patricia Frustaci, who made national headlines in 1985 when she gave birth to seven children but struggled with the financial and publicity fallout and ...