Obituaries
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Linkin Park singer's death investigated as apparent suicideJul 20, 2017 1:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Linkin Park lead singer Chester Bennington, whose vocals helped the rock-rap band become one of the most commercially successful acts in the 2000s, was fou...
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Co-founder of Purdue Pharma dies at 97
Jul 18, 2017 7:00 am - STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) - The co-founder of Purdue Pharma, a Connecticut company that markets the powerfully addictive painkiller OxyContin, has died at age 97. Company off...
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Harvey Atkin, who played Morty in 'Meatballs,' dies at 74
Jul 18, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Harvey Atkin, the Canadian actor who played the summer camp director Morty in "Meatballs," has died. He was 74. Atkin's longtime agent Larry Goldhar said...
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Walmart class-action suit plaintiff dies in California
Jul 18, 2017 7:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The Walmart greeter who took the retail giant all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court in the largest gender bias class-action lawsuit in U.S. history ...
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Clarification: France-Obit-Veil story
Jul 17, 2017 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - In the June 30 obituary for French political icon Simone Veil, The Associated Press reported that a Polish woman who helped run the Nazi camp at Auschwitz h...
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Oscar-winning actor Martin Landau dies at 89
Jul 17, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Martin Landau, the chameleon-like actor who gained fame as the crafty master of disguise in the 1960s TV show "Mission: Impossible," then capped a lon...
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Former Kentucky player Jerry Bird dies
Jul 17, 2017 7:00 am - CORBIN, Ky. (AP) - Former Kentucky basketball player Jerry Bird, who was a member of the school's Athletics Hall of Fame and had his No. 22 jersey retired to the Rupp Ar...
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George A. Romero, father of the zombie film, is dead at 77
Jul 17, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - George Romero, whose classic "Night of the Living Dead" and other horror films turned zombie movies into social commentaries and who saw his flesh-devour...
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George A. Romero, father of the zombie film, is dead at 77
Jul 16, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - George Romero, whose classic "Night of the Living Dead" and other horror films turned zombie movies into social commentaries and who saw his flesh-devour...
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Bob Wolff, versatile and longtime sportscaster, dies at 96
Jul 16, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Bob Wolff, the only sportscaster to call play-by-play of championships in all four major North American professional team sports, has died. He was 96. So...