Obituaries
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Actor Frank Pellegrino of 'The Sopranos' dies at 72
Feb 01, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Former "Sopranos" cast member and New York restaurateur Frank Pellegrino has died. Pellegrino died Tuesday in New York of lung cancer, according to publi...
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Spokesman: Congolese opposition leader Tshisekedi dies at 84
Feb 01, 2017 6:00 am - KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Congo's opposition icon Etienne Tshisekedi, who pushed for democratic reforms for decades in the vast Central African nation throughout dictatorsh...
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Wisconsin artist who cast Mary Tyler Moore sculpture dies
Jan 31, 2017 6:00 am - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Gwendolyn Gillen, a Wisconsin artist whose bronze sculpture of Mary Tyler Moore tossing her hat became a downtown Minneapolis landmark, has died. Sh...
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John Wetton of rock group Asia has died aged 67
Jan 31, 2017 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Singer and bassist John Wetton of the rock group Asia has died. He was 67. A statement from his publicist, Glass Onyon PR, says Wetton died Tuesday from co...
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Author who wrote about life in rural Vermont dies at 74
Jan 30, 2017 6:00 am - IRASBURG, Vt. (AP) - Howard Frank Mosher, a Vermont writer best known for his novels about life in the state's rural Northeast Kingdom has died. He was 74. Mosher's wife...
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Pomsel, former secretary of Nazi propagandist, dies at 106
Jan 30, 2017 6:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Brunhilde Pomsel, a former secretary of Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, has died. She was 106. Pomsel lived most of her life in relative obscurit...
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Japanese arcade pioneer and 'Father of Pac-Man' has died
Jan 30, 2017 6:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Masaya Nakamura, the "Father of Pac-Man" who founded the Japanese video game company behind the hit creature-gobbling game, has died. He was 91. Nakamura, w...
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'Perry Mason' actress Barbara Hale dies at 94
Jan 29, 2017 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Barbara Hale, a movie actress who found her most famous role on television as steadfast secretary Della Street in the long-running "Perry Mason" serie...
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Academy-award winning sound engineer and film professor dies
Jan 29, 2017 6:00 am - TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Richard Portman, a veteran sound engineer who won an Academy Award for his work on "The Deer Hunter" and later became a film school professor, h...
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Oscar-nominated Emmanuelle Riva dies in Paris, age 89
Jan 28, 2017 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Emmanuelle Riva, a French star of screen and stage who was nominated for an Academy Award for best actress in 2013, has died. She was 89. Riva died Friday a...