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The Latest: France pays homage to 'laughter genius' Lewis

The Associated Press
Aug 20, 2017 7:00 am - LAS VEGAS (AP) - The Latest on the death of comedian and filmmaker Jerry Lewis (all times local): 4:45 p.m. France's culture minister is paying homage to the "laughter g...
Prize-winning Polish-US playwright Janusz Glowacki dies

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA
Aug 19, 2017 7:00 am - WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Renowned Polish-U.S. playwright and screenwriter Janusz Glowacki, who won top prizes for his bitter, ironic analysis of the difficult lives of immi...
Colin Meads, greatest All Black of 20th century, dies at 81

By STEVE McMORRAN
Aug 19, 2017 7:00 am - WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Colin Meads, a famously tough All Blacks lock hailed as New Zealand's greatest rugby player of the 20th century, has died after a year-lon...
Bruce Forsyth, veteran British TV host and entertainer, dies

By FRAZIER MOORE
Aug 18, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Bruce Forsyth, a legendary entertainer, host and quizmaster on English television whose career spanned the history of TV, has died. The BBC announced tha...
'Predator' actor Sonny Landham dead at 76

The Associated Press
Aug 18, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Sonny Landham, the muscular action-movie actor who co-starred in "Predator" and "48 Hrs," has died. He was 76. Landham's sister, Dawn Boehler, said the a...
Legendary Prospect basketball coach set the bar high

By Eileen O. Daday
Aug 18, 2017 1:00 am - Dick Kinneman, the first boys basketball coach at Prospect High School, set the bar high and created a legacy that is remembered some 50 years later. The North Barringto...
Hawkins, star at Notre Dame, worked for Dodgers, dies at 80

By BETH HARRIS
Aug 17, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Tommy Hawkins, the first black basketball player to earn All-America honors at Notre Dame and who played for the Los Angeles Lakers during a 10-year N...
Neuroscientist who studied Einstein's brain dies at 90

The Associated Press
Aug 17, 2017 7:00 am - OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Marian Cleeves Diamond, a neuroscientist who studied Albert Einstein's brain and was one of the first to show that the brain can improve with enri...
Acclaimed modernist architect Gunnar Birkerts dies at 92

The Associated Press
Aug 17, 2017 7:00 am - NEEDHAM, Mass. (AP) - Gunnar Birkerts, an internationally acclaimed modernist architect who designed buildings including the Federal Reserve Bank in Minneapolis, the Cor...
Reds executive Gene Bennett dies at age 89

The Associated Press
Aug 16, 2017 7:00 am - PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (AP) - Gene Bennett, who was with the Cincinnati Reds organization for more than 60 years as a scout and executive, died Wednesday. He was 89. Bennett b...

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