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Horror writer Jack Ketchum dead at 71

The Associated Press
Jan 24, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Jack Ketchum, a prize-winning horror and screenplay writer known for fiction such as "The Box" and the controversial "Off Season," and once labeled by St...
South African jazz musician Hugh Masekela dies at 78

By KRISTA MAHR
Jan 23, 2018 6:00 am - JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Hugh Masekela, the legendary South African jazz musician and anti-apartheid activist, has died after a decade-long fight with cancer. He was 78. Ofte...
Civil rights leader Wyatt Tee Walker dies; worked beside MLK

By DENISE LAVOIE
Jan 23, 2018 6:00 am - CHESTER, Va. (AP) - The Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker, a leader in the civil rights movement who helped the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. assemble his famous "Letter From Birmingh...
MLK confidant and civil rights leader Wyatt Tee Walker dies

By DENISE LAVOIE
Jan 23, 2018 6:00 am - CHESTER, Va. (AP) - The Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker, a leader in the civil rights movement who helped the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. assemble his famous "Letter From Birmingh...
Armfield, former England captain and broadcaster, dies at 82

By ROB HARRIS
Jan 22, 2018 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Jimmy Armfield, a former England captain who led Leeds to the European Cup final as a manager before a distinguished career in broadcasting, has died. He w...
Former Baylor hoops player Chameka Scott dies of cancer

The Associated Press
Jan 22, 2018 6:00 am - WACO, Texas (AP) - Former Baylor women's basketball player Chameka Scott has died of cancer. The school announced that Scott died on Sunday. The 33-year-old Scott helped...
Weather Channel co-founder dies; doubted climate science

The Associated Press
Jan 21, 2018 6:00 am - LAS VEGAS (AP) - John Coleman, who co-founded The Weather Channel and was the original meteorologist on ABC's "Good Morning America" during a six-decade broadcasting car...
Jim Rodford, ex-bassist of The Kinks and The Zombies, dies

The Associated Press
Jan 21, 2018 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Former Kinks bassist Jim Rodford has died after a fall. He was 76. The Zombies, the group Rodford had played with since 1999, confirmed the death of the Br...
The Latest: TV meteorologist behind The Weather Channel dies

The Associated Press
Jan 21, 2018 6:00 am - LAS VEGAS (AP) - The Latest on the death of John Coleman, who co-founded The Weather Channel (all times local): 6:55 p.m. A broadcaster who co-founded The Weather Channe...
Paul Bocuse, modest but grandiose French chef, dies at 91

By ELAINE GANLEY
Jan 20, 2018 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - He was modest about his accomplishments in the kitchen but grandiose in his dreams. Paul Bocuse credited his long reign as France's master chef to everythin...

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