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'Bumfights' homeless actor Rufus Hannah dies at 63

By ROBERT JABLON
Oct 07, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Rufus Hannah, a formerly homeless alcoholic who was paid to fight other homeless men and perform dangerous stunts in the notorious "Bumfights" videos,...
Taco Bell designer and ex-president Robert McKay dies at 86

The Associated Press
Oct 06, 2017 7:00 am - TUSTIN, Calif. (AP) - Robert L. McKay, who designed the first Taco Bell restaurant and with founder Glen Bell turned it from a quirky food stand into a fast-food empire,...
Popular mayor of Amsterdam dies after battling lung cancer

By MIKE CORDER
Oct 06, 2017 7:00 am - THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Eberhard van der Laan, the popular mayor of Amsterdam who ran the city with a firm hand and a compassionate touch, has died after a long ba...
Bunny Sigler, who helped create 1970s Philly Sound, dies

The Associated Press
Oct 06, 2017 7:00 am - PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Walter "Bunny" Sigler, a singer, songwriter and producer who helped create "The Sound of Philadelphia" in the 1970s, has died. His longtime attorney,...
Round-faced comic Ralphie May dies of cardiac arrest at 45

The Associated Press
Oct 06, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - A spokeswoman for Ralphie May says the comedian has died. He was 45. In a statement Friday, publicist Stacey Pokluda says May died of cardiac arrest. ...
Father of Aurora Christian student killed in crash: He is an exceptional son

By Susan Sarkauskas
Oct 06, 2017 1:00 am - The family of Nathanael "Nate" Kok, the Aurora Christian High School student killed in a car crash Tuesday, hopes Nate will still influence other students in coming year...
Musician who wrote 'Lake Shore Drive' dies at 71

Chicago Sun-Times
Oct 05, 2017 1:00 am - Skip Haynes, who wrote the Chicago anthem "Lake Shore Drive," died of cancer Monday in California. Haynes, 71, had been the last surviving member of Aliotta, Haynes and ...
Longtime 'Prairie Home Companion' truck driver dies at 81

The Associated Press
Oct 04, 2017 7:00 am - ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Russ Ringsak, a former architect who became the longtime truck driver for Garrison Keillor's "A Prairie Home Companion" public radio variety show,...
Correction: Obit-Scream Doctor story

The Associated Press
Oct 04, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - In a headline for a story Oct. 3 about the death of the psychotherapist who created "Primal Therapy," The Associated Press erroneously reported his na...
Tom Petty, down-to-Earth rock superstar, dies at 66

By HILLEL ITALIE
Oct 03, 2017 7:00 am - Tom Petty, an old-fashioned rock superstar and everyman who drew upon the Byrds, the Beatles and other bands he worshipped as a boy and produced new classics such as "Fr...

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