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A talk with Jimmy Breslin, New York's "New Yorkiest" writer

By JERRY SCHWARTZ
Mar 19, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - In May 2002, Associated Press National Writer Jerry Schwartz interviewed the famously blunt-yet-lyric author and columnist Jimmy Breslin about his life a...
Chuck Berry's influence on rock 'n roll was incalculable

By HILLEL ITALIE
Mar 19, 2017 7:00 am - Rock n' roll was more than a new kind of music, but a new story to tell, one for kids with transistor radios in their hands and money in their pockets, beginning to rais...
Rock 'n' roll legend Chuck Berry dies at 90

By HILLEL ITALIE and JIM SUHR
Mar 18, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Chuck Berry, rock 'n' roll's founding guitar hero and storyteller who defined the music's joy and rebellion in such classics as "Johnny B. Goode," ''Swee...
Miloslav Vlk, a clandestine priest during communism, dies

By FRANCES D'EMILIO
Mar 18, 2017 7:00 am - VATICAN CITY (AP) - Prague Cardinal Miloslav Vlk, who ministered clandestinely to Catholics for years while officially working as a window-washer during communist rule i...
Reaction to the death of rock 'n' roll legend Chuck Berry

By The Associated Press
Mar 18, 2017 7:00 am - Reaction to the death of rock 'n' roll legend Chuck Berry at age 90: ___ "I am so sad to hear of Chuck Berry's passing. I want to thank him for all the inspirational mus...
Nobel laureate Derek Walcott, Caribbean poet, dies at 87

By GUY ELLIS and DAVID McFADDEN
Mar 17, 2017 7:00 am - CASTRIES, St. Lucia (AP) - Derek Walcott, a Nobel prize-winning poet known for capturing the essence of his native Caribbean, died Friday on the island of St. Lucia. He ...
George Braziller, literary publisher, dead at 101

By HILLEL ITALIE
Mar 17, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - George Braziller, an independent and self-taught publisher for more than 50 years who supported early novels by Norman Mailer and Arthur Miller and relea...
Blues harmonica star James Cotton dead at 81

The Associated Press
Mar 16, 2017 7:00 am - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - James Cotton, a Grammy Award-winning blues harmonica master whose full-throated sound backed such blues legends as Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamso...
Architecture student from Arlington Heights remembered by friends

By Eileen O. Daday
Mar 16, 2017 1:00 am - A 2010 graduate of Buffalo Grove High School who was pursuing his fourth year of architecture studies at Syracuse University died March 9 from complications resulting fr...
Climber, clothing company founder Royal Robbins dies at 82

By KRISTIN J. BENDER
Mar 15, 2017 7:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - U.S. rock climbing icon Royal Robbins, who founded the outdoor clothing company bearing his name, has died after a long illness, the company's chief...

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