Obituaries
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Author, activist Jewish convert Julius Lester dies at 78
Jan 19, 2018 6:00 am - BELCHERTOWN, Mass. (AP) - Julius Lester, an author, musician, civil rights activist and university professor who made a late-life conversion to Judaism, has died. He was...
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Prolific artist Ed Moses of LA's 'Cool School' dies at 91
Jan 18, 2018 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - The prolific abstract expressionist Ed Moses, who was one of the founding members of a collective known as the "Cool School" and helped transform Los ...
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Romney mentor, Bain & Co. founder, William Bain Jr. dies
Jan 18, 2018 6:00 am - BOSTON (AP) - William Bain Jr., the founder of global consulting and private equity businesses bearing his name who helped drive the career of former Republican presiden...
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British actor Peter Wyngarde dies in London hospital aged 90
Jan 18, 2018 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Longtime British television and stage star Peter Wyngarde, best known for his role as the detective Jason King in the 1970s, has died. He was 90. His manag...
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Peter Mayle, author of 'A Year in Provence,' is dead at 78
Jan 18, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Peter Mayle, the British author whose midlife relocation to France inspired his best-selling "A Year in Provence" and other works set in his adopted coun...
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Stansfield Turner, who led major CIA reforms, dies
Jan 18, 2018 6:00 am - SEATTLE (AP) - Stansfield A. Turner, who served as CIA director under President Jimmy Carter and oversaw reforms at the agency after the Senate uncovered CIA surveillanc...
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Hugh Wilson, director of 'Police Academy,' dead at 74
Jan 17, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Hugh Wilson, an award-winning director and writer with a knack for broad and witty comedy whose credits ranged from the raucous film "Police Academy" to ...
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Washington State QB Tyler Hilinski found dead
Jan 17, 2018 6:00 am - PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) - Washington State quarterback Tyler Hilinski has died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. The 21-year-old Hilinski was discovered in his ...
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Australian actress Jessica Falkholt dies after car crash
Jan 17, 2018 6:00 am - SYDNEY (AP) - Australian actress Jessica Falkholt died in a Sydney hospital on Wednesday, three weeks after a two-car collision that had already claimed four lives inclu...
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Washington State QB Tyler Hilinski dies in apparent suicide
Jan 17, 2018 6:00 am - PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) - Washington State quarterback Tyler Hilinski has died from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said. The 21-year-old Hilinski was dis...