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Lucy Simon, composer of 'The Secret Garden,' dies at 82

By MARK KENNEDY
Oct 21, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Lucy Simon, the composer who received a Tony nomination in 1991 for her work on the long-running Broadway musical 'œThe Secret Garden,'ť has died. She wa...
Former Quaker Oats president remembered for hard work, giving back

By Doug T. Graham
Oct 20, 2022 1:00 am - Editor's note: An earlier version of this story should have read Frank J. Morgan was a former president and COO of Quaker Oats. Frank J. Morgan, whose long career i...
Globe-trotting AP photographer John Gaps III dies, age 63

By MARGERY A. BECK
Oct 18, 2022 7:00 am - John Gaps III, an award-winning former Associated Press photographer who documented everything from war zones to the NCAA College World Series, was found dead at his hom...
Actor in cult favorite 'American Movie' dies at age 53

The Associated Press
Oct 17, 2022 7:00 am - MILWAUKEE (AP) - Musician Mike Schank, best known for his good guy role in the award-winning documentary film 'œAmerican Movie," has died, according to a close friend. H...
Former US Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti dies at 87

By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL
Oct 17, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Former U.S. Attorney General Benjamin R. Civiletti, who investigated President Jimmy Carter's brother while in the administration and who later became ...
Astronaut James McDivitt, Apollo 9 commander, dies at 93

By SETH BORENSTEIN
Oct 17, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - James A. McDivitt, who commanded the Apollo 9 mission testing the first complete set of equipment to go to the moon, has died. He was 93. McDivitt was ...
Actor Robbie Coltrane, Harry Potter's Hagrid, dies at 72

The Associated Press
Oct 14, 2022 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Robbie Coltrane, the baby-faced comedian and character actor whose hundreds of roles included a crime-solving psychologist on the TV series 'œCracker'ť and...
Actor Robbie Coltrane, Harry Potter's Hagrid, dies at 72

Oct 14, 2022 1:00 am - LONDON - Robbie Coltrane, the baby-faced comedian and character actor whose hundreds of roles included a crime-solving psychologist on the TV series "Cracker" and the ge...
Anita Kerr, a key voice in the Nashville Sound, dies at 94

By KRISTIN M. HALL
Oct 12, 2022 7:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Grammy-winning singer and composer Anita Kerr, whose vocal group the Anita Kerr Singers provided the lush backdrop to the Nashville Sound, has di...
Furniture store patriarch Walter E. Smithe Jr. dies at 86

Daily Herald report
Oct 12, 2022 1:00 am - Walter E. Smithe Jr., the patriarch of the family behind the namesake furniture store, has died at age 86, according to a family announcement Wednesday. "He died peacefu...

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