Obituaries
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Coroner still probing death of US student held by N. Korea
Jun 20, 2017 7:00 am - CINCINNATI (AP) - A cause of death hasn't been determined for a 22-year-old college student who was detained for nearly a year and a half in North Korea before being sen...
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Comic Bill Dana, who won fame as 'Jose Jimenez,' dies at 92
Jun 19, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Comedy writer and performer Bill Dana, who won stardom in the 1950s and '60s with his character Jose Jimenez, has died. Dana died Thursday at his home in...
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Venus Ramey, Miss America who inspired WWII effort, dies
Jun 19, 2017 7:00 am - ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - Venus Ramey, a former Miss America who helped rally the nation during World War II and found renewed fame later in life by shooting out the ti...
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US student freed by North Korea in a coma dies at age 22
Jun 19, 2017 7:00 am - CINCINNATI (AP) - Otto Warmbier, an American college student who was released by North Korea in a coma last week after almost a year and a half in captivity, died Monday...
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Stephen Furst, Flounder in 'Animal House,' dies at 63
Jun 17, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Stephen Furst, who played naive fraternity pledge Flounder in the hit movie "Animal House," has died of complications from diabetes, his family said S...
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Helmut Kohl, chancellor who reunited Germany, dies at 87
Jun 16, 2017 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Helmut Kohl, the physically imposing German chancellor whose reunification of a nation divided by the Cold War put Germany at the heart of a united Europe,...
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The Latest: IMF chief laments death of 'visionary' Kohl
Jun 16, 2017 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - The latest on the death of former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, whose legacy includes a reuniting Germany after the Cold War and helping to create the con...
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Director John Avildsen dies at 81; won Oscar for 'Rocky'
Jun 16, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - John G. Avildsen, who directed "Rocky" and "The Karate Kid" - two dark-horse, underdog favorites that went on to become Hollywood franchises - died Fr...
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Helmut Kohl, chancellor who reunited Germany, dies at 87
Jun 16, 2017 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Helmut Kohl, the physically imposing German chancellor whose reunification of a nation divided by the Cold War put Germany at the heart of a united Europe,...
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Czech sculptor Olbram Zoubek dies at age 91
Jun 15, 2017 7:00 am - PRAGUE (AP) - Sculptor Olbram Zoubek, an artist known for taking a death mask of a Charles University student who burned himself to death to protest the 1968 Soviet-led ...