Obituaries
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Longtime country singer, songwriter Mel Tillis dies
Nov 19, 2017 6:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Mel Tillis, the affable longtime country music star who wrote hits for Kenny Rogers, Ricky Skaggs and many others, and overcame a stutter to sing...
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"Cosby Show" actor Earle Hyman dies at 91
Nov 19, 2017 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Earle Hyman, a veteran actor of stage and screen who was widely known for playing Russell Huxtable on "The Cosby Show," has died. Jordan Strohl, a rep...
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Fotis Kafatos, distinguished Greek biologist, dies at 77
Nov 18, 2017 6:00 am - ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Fotis Kafatos, a Greek molecular biologist who had a distinguished academic career in both the United States and Europe and became the founding pre...
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AC/DC founding member Malcolm Young dead at 64
Nov 18, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Malcolm Young, the rhythm guitarist and guiding force behind the bawdy hard rock band AC/DC who helped create such head-banging anthems as "Highway to He...
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The Latest: Celebrities mourn death of fashion icon Alaia
Nov 18, 2017 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - The Latest on the death of fashion icon Azzedine Alaia (all times local): 5:45 p.m. Fashion and entertainment celebrities from around the world are mourning...
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'Pocket Hercules,' 3-time Olympic champion, dies at 50
Nov 18, 2017 6:00 am - ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Naim Suleymanoglu, the Turkish weightlifter who won three Olympic gold medals and was known as "Pocket Hercules," died Saturday. He was 50. Suleyma...
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Ann Wedgeworth, known for 'Three's Company' role, dies at 83
Nov 18, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Actress Ann Wedgeworth, who gained fame on film and Broadway before taking on the role of a flirty divorcee on "Three's Company," has died at age 83. Wed...
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Designer Azzedine Alaia, known for clingy style, dies
Nov 18, 2017 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Tunisian-born designer Azzedine Alaia, a fashion iconoclast whose clingy styles helped define the 1980s and who dressed famous women from Hollywood to the W...
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Notorious Mafia 'boss of bosses' Toto Riina dead at 87
Nov 17, 2017 6:00 am - ROME (AP) - Cosa Nostra's "boss of bosses," who was serving 26 life sentences as the convicted mastermind of dozens of murders of rivals for power on his Sicilian turf a...
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Ferdie Pacheco _ Muhammad Ali's 'Fight Doctor'_ dies at 89
Nov 16, 2017 6:00 am - MIAMI (AP) - Fernando "Ferdie" Pacheco, "The Fight Doctor" who served as Muhammad Ali's ringside physician, has died. He was 89. Pacheco's daughter, Tina Louise Pacheco,...