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Tobe Hooper, 'Texas Chain Saw Massacre' director, dies at 74

By ROBERT JABLON and JAKE COYLE
Aug 27, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Tobe Hooper, the horror-movie pioneer whose low-budget sensation "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" took a buzz saw to audiences with its brutally frightf...
Cregier remembered as hall of fame coach, family man

By Steve Zalusky
Aug 27, 2017 1:00 am - The suburban prep basketball world is mourning the loss of Ron Cregier, whose 42-year coaching career featured stops at St. Viator, Schaumburg and Fremd high schools bef...
Lew Ferguson, esteemed AP Kansas political reporter, dies

By JOHN HANNA
Aug 25, 2017 7:00 am - TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Lew Ferguson, who mentored dozens of other journalists during a long career with The Associated Press that included nearly three decades covering Kan...
Cecil Andrus, logger who rose to Idaho governor, dies at 85

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and KEITH RIDLER
Aug 25, 2017 7:00 am - BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Cecil D. Andrus managed huge swaths of public land as a cabinet member in President Jimmy Carter's administration and was the longest-serving governo...
'Cheers' actor, radio host Jay Thomas dies at 69

By LYNN ELBER
Aug 24, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jay Thomas, a radio talk show host and actor with recurring roles on the sitcoms "Murphy Brown" and "Cheers," has died, his publicist said. Thomas was...
Philadelphia Eagles fan gets last laugh with obituary

The Associated Press
Aug 24, 2017 7:00 am - PORT REPUBLIC, N.J. (AP) - A New Jersey man took a parting shot at the Philadelphia Eagles in his obituary. Jeffrey Riegel, 56, died last Friday. Before his death, the P...
Former MLB GM Klein dies after heart surgery complications

The Associated Press
Aug 23, 2017 7:00 am - PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Joe Klein, who was a general manager for three Major League Baseball teams before spending the last two decades as executive director of the independ...
longtime Stanford sports announcer Bob Murphy dies

The Associated Press
Aug 23, 2017 7:00 am - SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) - Bob Murphy, the longtime voice of Stanford University sports who brought a folksy sense of community to his commentary for more than four decad...
British science fiction writer Brian Aldiss dies at 92

The Associated Press
Aug 22, 2017 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Brian Aldiss, one of the most prolific and influential science fiction writers of the 20th century, has died aged 92. Literary agency Curtis Brown said Ald...
Thomas Meehan, Tony-winning story writer of 'Annie,' dies

By MARK KENNEDY
Aug 22, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Three-time Tony Award-winning book writer Thomas Meehan, best known for transforming the Little Orphan Annie cartoon strip into the smash Broadway musica...

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