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Gospel star Edwin Hawkins, known for 'Oh Happy Day,' dies

The Associated Press
Jan 15, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Edwin Hawkins, the gospel star best known for the crossover hit "Oh Happy Day" and as a major force for contemporary inspirational music, died Monday at ...
Pioneering black footballer Regis, who defied racists, dies

By ROB HARRIS
Jan 15, 2018 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Cyrille Regis, a pioneer for black soccer players in England who endured racist abuse while forging a career with West Bromwich Albion and defied threats o...
Dolores O'Riordan, voice of The Cranberries, dies at 46

By JILL LAWLESS
Jan 15, 2018 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Dolores O'Riordan, whose urgent, powerful voice helped make Irish rock band The Cranberries a global success in the 1990s, died suddenly on Monday at a Lon...
Zion veteran who survived Pearl Harbor dies at 97

By Mick Zawislak
Jan 15, 2018 12:00 am - The living history of Pearl Harbor survivors in northern Illinois has ended with the death of 97-year-old Zion resident and Navy veteran Joe Triolo. Triolo spoke to recr...
Cranberries singer Dolores O'Riordan dies suddenly at 46

Associated Press
Jan 15, 2018 12:00 am - LONDON - Dolores O'Riordan, whose urgent, powerful voice helped make Irish rock band The Cranberries a global success in the 1990s, died suddenly on Monday at a London h...
Racing pioneer Dan Gurney dead from pneumonia complications

The Associated Press
Jan 14, 2018 6:00 am - NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) - Dan Gurney, the first driver with victories in each of the Formula One, IndyCar and NASCAR Cup series, died Sunday from complications of pne...
Julio Rocha, jailed former Nicaragua soccer boss, dies at 67

The Associated Press
Jan 13, 2018 6:00 am - MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) - Julio Rocha, the former Nicaraguan Football Federation president convicted in the United States in a corruption scandal at FIFA, died on Saturd...
'Mississippi Burning' KKK leader Killen dies in prison at 92

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS and REBECCA SANTANA
Jan 12, 2018 6:00 am - JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Edgar Ray Killen, a 1960s Ku Klux Klan leader who was convicted decades later in the "Mississippi Burning" slayings of three civil rights workers, ...
Doreen Tracey, an original Disney Mouseketeer, dies at 74

By MARK KENNEDY
Jan 12, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Doreen Tracey, a former child star who played one of the original cute-as-a-button Mouseketeers on "The Mickey Mouse Club" in the 1950s, has died, accord...
Man convicted of 3 killing civil rights workers dies in jail

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS and REBECCA SANTANA
Jan 12, 2018 6:00 am - JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Edgar Ray Killen, a 1960s Ku Klux Klan leader who was convicted decades later in the "Mississippi Burning" slayings of three civil rights workers, ...

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