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Sam Shepard, Pulitzer-winning playwright, is dead at 73

By Jake Coyle AP Film Writer
Jul 31, 2017 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Sam Shepard, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Oscar-nominated actor and celebrated author whose plays chronicled the explosive fault lines of family and...
Daughter of comedian Stan Laurel dies at 89 in California

The Associated Press
Jul 29, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Lois Laurel Hawes, the daughter of famed comedian Stan Laurel, has died. She was 89. A family statement says Hawes died late Friday night at a Los Ang...
Celebrated photo editor John Morris dies at 100 in Paris

By PHILIPPE SOTTO
Jul 29, 2017 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - John Morris, a celebrated American photo editor who brought some of the most iconic photographs of World War II and the Vietnam War to the world's attention...
Pioneering researcher on the brain's 'plasticity' has died

The Associated Press
Jul 29, 2017 7:00 am - OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Marian Diamond, a neuroscientist who studied Albert Einstein's brain and was the first to show that the brain's anatomy can change with experience...
D.L. Menard, Cajun music ambassador, is dead at 85

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY
Jul 28, 2017 7:00 am - NEW ORLEANS (AP) - D.L. Menard, the Cajun musician whose song "The Back Door" became an anthem for his culture and carried him to 38 countries on State Department tours,...
June Foray, voice of Rocky the Flying Squirrel, dead at 99

By TERRY WALLACE
Jul 27, 2017 7:00 am - Actress June Foray, who gave voice to Rocky the Flying Squirrel and hundreds of other cartoon characters and was sometimes known as the "female Mel Blanc," has died in a...
Blind Aboriginal musician dies in Australia aged 46

The Associated Press
Jul 26, 2017 7:00 am - SYDNEY (AP) - A blind Aboriginal musician renowned for singing in his native Yolngu language with a heart-rending voice and a unique guitar-playing style has died, his r...
Barbara Sinatra, Frank's 4th wife and philanthropist, dies

By JOHN ROGERS
Jul 25, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Barbara Sinatra, the fourth wife of legendary singer Frank Sinatra and a prominent children's advocate and philanthropist who raised millions of dolla...
Brazil's 1982 World Cup goalkeeper dies after heart attack

By MAURICIO SAVARESE
Jul 24, 2017 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Former Brazil goalkeeper Waldir Peres, a member of three World Cup teams, died on Sunday at the age of 66 after a heart attack. His death was annou...
Brazil's 1982 World Cup goalkeeper dies after heart attack

By MAURICIO SAVARESE
Jul 24, 2017 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Former Brazil goalkeeper Waldir Peres, a member of three World Cup teams, died on Sunday at the age of 66 after a heart attack. His death was annou...

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