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Reaction from the country music world on Mel Tillis' death

By The Associated Press
Nov 19, 2017 6:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A look at reaction from the country music world on Mel Tillis, who died Sunday at age 85. ___ Blake Shelton, on Twitter: - He did his best to try...
Longtime country singer, songwriter Mel Tillis dies

The Associated Press
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...
"Cosby Show" actor Earle Hyman dies at 91

By LINDSEY BAHR
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...
Fotis Kafatos, distinguished Greek biologist, dies at 77

By DEMETRIS NELLAS
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...
AC/DC founding member Malcolm Young dead at 64

By MARK KENNEDY
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...
The Latest: Celebrities mourn death of fashion icon Alaia

The Associated Press
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...
'Pocket Hercules,' 3-time Olympic champion, dies at 50

By SUZAN FRASER
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...
Ann Wedgeworth, known for 'Three's Company' role, dies at 83

By KAREN MATTHEWS
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...
Designer Azzedine Alaia, known for clingy style, dies

The Associated Press
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...
Notorious Mafia 'boss of bosses' Toto Riina dead at 87

By FRANCES D'EMILIO and COLLEEN BARRY
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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