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San Francisco's first Chinese-American police officer dies

The Associated Press
Nov 11, 2017 6:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Herb Lee, San Francisco's first Chinese-American police officer, has died. He was 84. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Lee died Nov. 1 of co...
Lou Gehrig biographer Ray Robinson dead at 96

The Associated Press
Nov 10, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Ray Robinson, an author and magazine editor best known for a well-regarded biography of his childhood hero Lou Gehrig, has died. Robinson's friend Marty ...
Karin Dor, would-be assassin in 'You Only Live Twice,' dies

The Associated Press
Nov 09, 2017 6:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - German actress Karin Dor, who played an assassin sent by James Bond's nemesis Blofeld to kill the British agent in 1967's "You Only Live Twice," has died. ...
Former AP Hawaii bureau chief Gordon Sakamoto dies at age 82

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER
Nov 09, 2017 6:00 am - HONOLULU (AP) - Gordon Sakamoto, one of the first Asian-Americans hired to work in a U.S. bureau of an international news service, died Wednesday at 82. Sakamoto, a form...
'Magnum, P.I.' actor John Hillerman dies at 84

By LYNN ELBER
Nov 09, 2017 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - John Hillerman, who played stuffed-shirt Higgins to Tom Selleck's freewheeling detective Thomas Magnum in the 1980s TV series "Magnum, P.I." has died,...
Pebble Beach golf director RJ Harper dies of cancer at 61

The Associated Press
Nov 08, 2017 6:00 am - PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) - R.J. Harper, who rose from a golf course marshal at Pebble Beach to head of golf operations at America's iconic golf resort, has died of panc...
Celebrity chef and author Antonio Carluccio dies at age 80

The Associated Press
Nov 08, 2017 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Celebrity chef Antonio Carluccio, who helped popularize inexpensive Italian fare as the founder of an eponymous restaurant chain and a prolific cookbook wr...
Former Belgium striker Josip Weber dies at 52

The Associated Press
Nov 08, 2017 6:00 am - BRUSSELS (AP) - Josip Weber, a former Belgium striker who played at the 1994 World Cup, has died. He was 52. Cercle Bruges, Weber's former club, said he died after a lon...
Hans Schaefer, who won '54 World Cup with West Germany, dies

The Associated Press
Nov 07, 2017 6:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Hans Schaefer, who won the 1954 World Cup with West Germany, has died. He was 90. Schaefer's former team, Cologne, said the winger died Tuesday, calling hi...
Nancy Friday, author of 'My Secret Garden,' dead at 84

By The Associated Press
Nov 06, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Nancy Friday, a journalist and author whose best-selling "My Secret Garden" was a landmark compilation of women's sexual fantasies, has died at age 84. L...

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